Let's Move April 21

PUEBLO – Students and faculty in the Exercise Science, Health Promotion, and Recreation Department at Colorado State University-Pueblo will host a day dedicated to promoting active, healthy lifestyles for children in kindergarten through 8^th grade. The event is free of charge.

As part of the national “Let’s Move” campaign, CSU-Pueblo will lead a day of free activities, demonstrations, and access to health-related vendors from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 21 on the CSU-Pueblo campus. The event will be held at Massari Arena beginning with registration at 8:15 a.m. A full range of activities and demonstrations will be featured between 9 a.m. and noon including but not limited to rock wall climbing, bouncy house, yoga, and other sport activities, as well as booths by several health-related vendors.

The Let’s Move – Active Schools program is a comprehensive initiative launched in 2010 by Former First Lady Michelle Obama, dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation, said EXHP faculty member Karen Marley. This is the sixth year CSU-Pueblo has hosted the “Let’s Move” event on campus.

The event is co-sponsored by the Colorado S.H.A.P.E. (Society of Health and Physical Education); the Colorado Governor’s Council for Active and Healthy Living; and the Society of Health and Physical Educations S.H.A.P.E. America, and the CSU-Pueblo Student Recreation Center.

For more information regarding this event, contact Marley at karen.marley@csupueblo.edu.