I have added a link on the lefthand side bottom of my links section. It is for the President's challenge. You can log your activity over the 8 week period - March 20 to May 15, 2008. Basically it's is a way to encourage you to to be active at least 30 minutes a day, 5 times a week. You get points for different activities that you enter and for the length you did the activities. This is a blurb from the site to give you more info on the program: "What began as a national youth fitness test has grown up. In a big way. Today, the President's Challenge takes staying active beyond the school gym, and into everyday life.
We've expanded the President's Challenge into a whole series of programs designed to help improve anyone's activity level. Young or old. It's about choosing to live healthier - and finding things you really like to do." I remember doing this challange back in 4th or 5th grade when it first started and I still have my certificate in with my school papers.
There are 2 levels - Active lifestyle (30 minutes a day, 5 days a week) or Presidential Champions - people who are already active at least 30 minutes a day and want to step it up. There are awards for completing the challenge. For Active Lifestyle you have to get 6 stars filled to get the award. For Presidential Champions its baised on points earned and then there are 3 award levels: Bronze, Silver & Gold.
You can join groups, which are set out by States. I thought it might be interesting to start a group for those of us in J-land who are doing the challenge. If you are interested let me know and I'll set it up and get you the info.
Back to knitting and then work. Later J-land. ~Hugs~Jen
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