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Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition Presents Third-Annual Vive tu Vida! Get Up! Get Moving!(TM) Event
Thousands Expected for Healthy Lifestyle Celebration
Governor Pat Quinn and Mayor Richard Daley Declare June 27, 2009 Vive tu Vida! Get Up! Get Moving Day! in Chicago and State of Illinois
CHICAGO, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 60 health and community
services agencies will join the Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition to
present Chicago's third-annual Vive tu vida! Get Up! Get Moving!(TM)
celebration. The event promotes family physical activity for better
health and wellness for people of all ages and all sizes. The event
will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at McKinley Park Fieldhouse
at 2210 West Pershing Road (at the corner of West Pershing and South
Western Blvd.) in Chicago. The event is FREE and open to the public.
Vive tu vida! Get Up! Get Moving!(TM) reminds us that people of all
ages and sizes can make movement a part of their daily lives -- and
have fun doing it! Dance, learn a new activity, or walk with family or
friends. "There are hundreds of ways to 'get up and get moving' for
your health," says Esther Sciamarella, executive director of the
Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition.
Proclamations declaring Vive tu vida! Get Up! Get Moving!(TM) day
will be issued by Governor Pat Quinn and Mayor Richard Daley
highlighting the State and City's commitment to "exercise: mind, body
& spirit -- it is how to live!"
This exciting event is expected to attract thousands and will
feature FREE health screenings including cholesterol, blood pressure,
immunizations, and eye exams, as well as health information for all
participants. Among the fun FREE family activities scheduled are Fun
Kick soccer clinics sponsored by the Chicago Fire; tennis clinics,
including lessons for youth, sponsored by the Midwest Tennis
Association; a basketball hoops tourney; dance lessons; safe bike
lessons; and Zumba! FREE Raffles will also take place throughout the
event for kids bikes; family-pack tickets to the Chicago Fire soccer
game that evening against the Tigres UANL; Antonio Solis, Pepe Aguilar,
and Wisin and Yandel concert tickets; and much more.
The event will also feature the "Artery Explorer," a multi-sensory
motion simulator ride that takes people on a virtual tour of the heart
and illustrates the importance of vascular health. The simulator is
part of AstraZeneca's "US Against Athero" national tour that brings a
positive message about the steps we can all take for our heart health.
"Making movement a daily part of your life is one of the most
important steps you can take for your and your family's health," says
Jane L. Delgado, PhD, MS, President and CEO of the National Alliance
for Hispanic Health. "We are grateful to our national sponsors for
their support of these family health events and thank AstraZeneca for
helping us make heart health information available, Univision
Communications for working to get the word out about the events, and
the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) and U.S. Soccer Foundation for
making tennis and soccer clinics a part of a great day of fun
activities for the whole family!"
Source: National Alliance for Hispanic Health
CONTACT: Carmen Cruz, +1-404-408-2103, clcruz@effectivemediagroup.com,
for National Alliance for Hispanic Health
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