Let's Get Moving Alpena is made possible through the generous support of our major sponsors:
Be sure to visit these organizations and businesses who have supported LGM Alpena with donated prizes for the weekly drawings- and thank them for helping to make the Let's Get Moving Alpena program so successful!
LGM Alpena will officially
kick off on May 21, 2008
NEW!
LGM Alpena will proudly feature
nationally known motivation speaker
Billy Mills
1964 Olympic Gold
Medalist
Key note speaker
Toastmasters International
named
Billy the Top Motivational/Inspirational
Speaker
Billy Mills LIVE
Tuesday, May 20th @ 7:00 PM
Alpena High School
Stanley Beck Auditorium
offered FREE thanks to the support of our generous sponsors
GOOD WILL DONATIONS ALWAYS APPRECIATED!
While at the Billy Mills Presentation, be sure to visit area health
promotion displays from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM;
See how many
ways we can get moving
toward better health
NEW! "LIMITED EDITION"
LET'S GET MOVING POLO SHIRTS
ARE IN!
ROYAL BLUE POLOS WITH THE NEW LGMNM EMBROIDERED LOGO
ONLY $20.00 WHILE SUPPLIES LAST
LGM Reminders:
Save a Tree and use our online platform to register for LGM Alpena and record your miles, it's easy and convenient-
If you choose not to register or update your miles online, you can still register and drop off your miles at the many convenient locations in and around the Alpena Area:• Alpena Regional Medical Center Health Resource Center• Alpena City Hall• Alpena Chamber of Commerce• Alpena Plaza Pool• Alcona Library• Alcona Health Services locations • Bay Athletic Club• Curves of Alpena and Rogers City• Northern Lights Arena• St. John the Baptist Catholic Church• And many more!
RULES: • Miles are registered as a “wellness mile equivalent”. Activities that may be used as wellness miles are listed under the Resource tab of the website.• The program begins May 21, 2008 and ends on August 29, 2008. Miles can be recorded on the Wellness Journal provided or online. For those not choosing to update their miles online, accumulated weekly miles can be submitted on the coupons provided. Either way, all submitted miles count in the weekly drawings for GREAT prizes.• If using mileage coupons, turn in your corresponding mileage coupons to the drop-off boxes provided in designated areas so that they can be tabulated. Remember, every mile counts! •
GET FIT, FEEL GOOD, HAVE FUN!LGM is great for the whole family. Earn a healthy mile for following healthy nutrition guidelines like eating 5-9 servings of fruits/vegetables, Quiting smoking, or even drinking 6-8 glasses of water. Whether young or old, fit or not fit, Let's Get Moving is fun for YOU!
For information regarding the Let's Get Moving Alpena program, please call the Alpena Regional Medical Center Health Resource Center at 989-356-8124 or email Martha at mlafave@agh.org.
What's a Wellness Mile? Click on this link for downloadable and printable tools:
Insights and
Health
Tip of the
Week:
"Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you."Cynthia KerseyAuthor of Unstoppable Women Good posture will strengthen abdominal muscles and support your back. To improve your posture, bring your head and neck back and breathe in to tighten your stomach.
"Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you."Cynthia KerseyAuthor of Unstoppable Women
Good posture will strengthen abdominal muscles and support your back. To improve your posture, bring your head and neck back and breathe in to tighten your stomach.
"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."Eleanor Roosevelt1884-1962, American First Lady, Columnist and Lecturer
TEAM SPIRIT
FORMING A TEAM: Your family, school, business or department can develop its own LGM Alpena Team. If you want to designate a new team for the 2008 campaign, contact Martha at 356-8187 or mlafave@agh.org to get your team name registered on the website. Teams established from previous LGM Alpena campaigns are still listed on the website. Once registered, all your team miles will be credited to your team as well as to the Alpena Area.
TEAM PLAQUES: Get Your Team Spirit Going- Two participation plaques will be awarded at the completion of the 14 week program for the team with the most miles per person and the most over-all miles. So gather up your team members and encourage everybody to "Get Moving"!
