McMinnville Seventh-day Adventist Church

"Let's Move! Day" Coming Up

Nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese, increasing their risk for asthma, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, sleep problems, depression, and bullying. Some of the contributing factors are decreased exercise, large portion sizes, too much refined foods, not enough whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, and the inability of low-income families to access healthy foods.

United States First Lady Michelle Obama launched “Let’s Move” in February 2010 to help solve the problem of childhood obesity within a generation, so that kids born today reach adulthood at a healthy weight. The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America has joined some 50 other faith and community organizations in supporting this national initiative to fight the epidemic of childhood obesity by launching Adventists InStep for Life, an initiative to assist Adventist churches, schools and health care organizations in tackling the challenge of childhood obesity.

As a part of the Adventists InStep for Life initiative, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America has set aside Sunday, September 23 as “Let’s Move! Day.” The main idea is to engage kids, youth, parents, schools and the community in working together to fight obesity. (Source: InStep for Life)

Your Health Ministry committee is sponsoring a 5K Fun Run/Walk on Sunday, September 23 starting at 7:30 a.m. The location is yet to be determined, so watch for more information. We encourage you ALL to participate in this event! If you have any questions, please contact Snahal at 503-550-3061.

See you at the starting line!