Strengthening Our Future: Moving Our Kids
Video: Get Kids Moving!
The Tampa Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Delta, Inc., The American Diabetes Association, Tampa YMCA, First Baptist Church of College Hill, and other collaborating organizations will host a large-scale diabetes awareness and community obesity prevention event on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Howard. W. Blake High School. The program plan encompasses the core pillars of the national "Let's Move" initiative, which are healthy choices, healthy schools, early childhood nutrition education, access to healthy and affordable food, and physical activity. The event will offer a day of fun and activity for Tampa's youth and their families. The event aims to increase access to health-promoting community resources, encourage physical activity, promote nutritious snacking, and demonstrate support and advocacy for broad scale community health. Tampa families, youth, church and scout groups, recreation centers, schools, civic clubs, and the general public are welcome to bring a team to come out and play. There will be give-a-ways, healthy food samples, line dancing, local food vendors, relay races, obstacle courses, kickball tournament, diabetes prevention/ control classes, and free health screenings.
The schedule for Strengthening our Future...Moving our Kids:
10:00am-Welcome and Program Kick-Off
10:00am-Kickball Tournament
10:00am-Health Screenings
10:30am-Healthy Choices Education Class
10:30am-Exhibit Hall Opens
11:00am-Group Line Dance
11:30am-Diabetes Education Class
11:45am-Group Line Dance
12:00pm-Relay Games
12:30pm-Nutrition Education Class
1:30pm-Community Acknowledgements
2:30pm-Let's Move Dance Exhibition
3:30pm- Awards, Remarks, DANCING!
In recognition of National Diabetes Awareness Month, Tampa Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has served the Tampa community by bringing nationally recognized diabetes advocates, Mother Love, and twice the past president of the American Diabetes Association, Dr. James Gavin in the past three years. In addition, the chapter has hosted life skills cooking and nutrition education programs for the mothers and children at the Alpha House of Tampa. As nutrition education is an important component of diabetes prevention, this year the focus is diabetes awareness and childhood obesity prevention. The organization has repeatedly demonstrated commitment to the success of youth and community at large, and understand that healthy youth today generate the opportunities for successful youth tomorrow.
About Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.:
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is the world's largest public service organization of college-educated women of predominantly African American descent. For the past 98 years, our sisterhood has implemented programs to motivate and empower communities toward improvement in academics, economics, physical and mental health, politics, and international awareness. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and DELTA, Inc. are private, non-profit organizations whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities. The Tampa Alumnae Chapter has designed programs to uplift and empower the Tampa Bay community since 1947. Our members understand that stimulating change can be challenging and that together communities achieve more. Our visibility and involvement as change agents is evident locally, state wide, and nationally as our membership includes Tampa's own State Senator, Arthenia Joyner, Florida's first African American Congressional Representative since Reconstruction, Carrie Meek, and even our nation's current Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin. Please review our programs on our chapter website, www.dstta.com and our national website, www.deltasigmatheta.org.
The Tampa Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Delta, Inc., The American Diabetes Association, Tampa YMCA, First Baptist Church of College Hill, and other collaborating organizations will host a large-scale diabetes awareness and community obesity prevention event on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Howard. W. Blake High School. The program plan encompasses the core pillars of the national "Let's Move" initiative, which are healthy choices, healthy schools, early childhood nutrition education, access to healthy and affordable food, and physical activity. The event will offer a day of fun and activity for Tampa's youth and their families. The event aims to increase access to health-promoting community resources, encourage physical activity, promote nutritious snacking, and demonstrate support and advocacy for broad scale community health. Tampa families, youth, church and scout groups, recreation centers, schools, civic clubs, and the general public are welcome to bring a team to come out and play. There will be give-a-ways, healthy food samples, line dancing, local food vendors, relay races, obstacle courses, kickball tournament, diabetes prevention/ control classes, and free health screenings.
The schedule for Strengthening our Future...Moving our Kids:
10:00am-Welcome and Program Kick-Off
10:00am-Kickball Tournament
10:00am-Health Screenings
10:30am-Healthy Choices Education Class
10:30am-Exhibit Hall Opens
11:00am-Group Line Dance
11:30am-Diabetes Education Class
11:45am-Group Line Dance
12:00pm-Relay Games
12:30pm-Nutrition Education Class
1:30pm-Community Acknowledgements
2:30pm-Let's Move Dance Exhibition
3:30pm- Awards, Remarks, DANCING!
In recognition of National Diabetes Awareness Month, Tampa Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has served the Tampa community by bringing nationally recognized diabetes advocates, Mother Love, and twice the past president of the American Diabetes Association, Dr. James Gavin in the past three years. In addition, the chapter has hosted life skills cooking and nutrition education programs for the mothers and children at the Alpha House of Tampa. As nutrition education is an important component of diabetes prevention, this year the focus is diabetes awareness and childhood obesity prevention. The organization has repeatedly demonstrated commitment to the success of youth and community at large, and understand that healthy youth today generate the opportunities for successful youth tomorrow.
About Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.:
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is the world's largest public service organization of college-educated women of predominantly African American descent. For the past 98 years, our sisterhood has implemented programs to motivate and empower communities toward improvement in academics, economics, physical and mental health, politics, and international awareness. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and DELTA, Inc. are private, non-profit organizations whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities. The Tampa Alumnae Chapter has designed programs to uplift and empower the Tampa Bay community since 1947. Our members understand that stimulating change can be challenging and that together communities achieve more. Our visibility and involvement as change agents is evident locally, state wide, and nationally as our membership includes Tampa's own State Senator, Arthenia Joyner, Florida's first African American Congressional Representative since Reconstruction, Carrie Meek, and even our nation's current Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin. Please review our programs on our chapter website, www.dstta.com and our national website, www.deltasigmatheta.org.