Live Long, Live Strong In Asheville.
Activate Asheville Area is designed to celebrate healthy living and encourage kids and families to embrace a more active lifestyle. The blog is best known for connecting people of all fitness levels to physical activities of all types, empowering them to balance the needs of their spirit, mind and body. Providing Western North Carolina with expert nutrition advice for a healthier you!
A wide-ranging group of Asheville area organizations has joined together to encourage people in our community to get moving and live healthier. We call our effort Activate Asheville Area. We are dedicated to making the Asheville and the surrounding area the healthiest communities in North Carolina.
We believe that, together, we can accomplish more by helping to leverage the work that individual organizations, businesses, nonprofits and schools are already doing. This web site is a "clearinghouse" of valuable information on local events, best healthy lifestyle practices and shared resources.
Together, we will activate the Asheville area. Join us!
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Let's Move Asheville
"Let's MOVE Asheville! Join Asheville in helping raise healthy children!" Let’s all work towards helping our kids move more, make healthy food choices and have healthier food accessible for all children.
Join Asheville and Michele Obama in creating a healthier Asheville community for all! www.letsmove.gov/join/
The Moveabout Program
The Moveabout program is a 10 week physical activity incentive for businesses, their employees and anyone else who wants a little extra motivation, and runs each spring and fall. At the end of the 10 weeks, those who kept a log of all their minutes of activity (not pounds lost or miles ran) become eligible for all sorts of prizes, including water bottles, t-shirts and even a Weekend Getaway for two!
For more information check out http://sites.google.com/site/moveaboutbuncombe/ for specific Moveabout info and for Moveabout and other helpful health tips check out http://www.healthybuncombe.org/healthycommunity/moveabout/index.htm!
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Bill McClement interviews Kristen Weaver on Activate AshevilleLeah McGrath interviews Kristen Weaver on Activate Asheville
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YMCA Health Plan Testimonials
Testimonial from the Vice President of Volvo
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Jerri Jamison interviews John Mikos on Activate Asheville
Jerri Jameson interviews Mark Fenton on Activate Asheville
Asheville has a chance to get healthy - if it takes it
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Expert out to bring walking back to everyday life
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Activate Asheville seeks to make city healthier...
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Register now for the chance to learn first hand how we can make Asheville, NC a healthier place to live. Mark Fenton, an advocate for walking and a recognized expert on community health initiatives, is coming to Asheville on November 10-12 to inspire us to live healthier lives, which will lead to a better community for all.
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