(Cover page from the paper issue) President’s Message... This has been a fantastic fall at the BODY RECALL Headquarters! We are successfully expanding our ability to get the lifetime fitness message out further. I feel that I have found my second wind by working in the public schools. The after-school module with parents and their school age children has been well received on the elementary level. A second public school module in Williamsburg, KY is now being conducted. It will last through March. This program is for high school students, and it is a collaboration with the humanities teacher there. Both programs have the same focus: lifetime fitness! It is critical to start youth in the direction of lifetime fitness. Physical education programs in the schools have lost ground since the time most of you met the gymnasium. The responses of the after-school classes I have been teaching show that parents want a way to prevent youth obesity and to get their children involved in fitness programs. The super active options are already in place. There needs to be more education, fun, and relevance to life while students learn. As these public school programs were getting under way, I was also writing a grant for potential teachers to be trained at the Center so they can continue the work as I am presenting it in the public schools. The outcome of the grant is still uncertain, but the ability to hold youth’s attention with Body Recall is a greater challenge! In the beginning of BODY RECALL it was the adults who needed to be won over. Mission accomplished, provided they avail themselves to the classes. High school students are a significant frontier. The students do not have a choice about coming to class, but the program needs to be acceptable and appropriate for them. You will hear more about the outcome of this project! Carol has begun a research class that is being sponsored by the Health Promotion and Administration Department of Eastern Kentucky University. Carol’s teaching site is a retirement community in Richmond. Dr. Vickie Sanchez, the Graduate Coordinator for Masters of Public Health students, will compile information in this project, and we hope the group will publish the results. This is an activity Luke Woodie feels will help toward more successful grant proposals. For several weeks Luke has been well occupied in the area of grant writing. It is reassuring to know that four proposals are completed and out of our hands. His ability to prepare grant proposals is a lifesaver for BODY RECALL. He also meets with many organizations that network in community efforts across the state. Because of this participation, our area is becoming more aware of how BODY RECALL can enrich the region. Recently we presented a demonstration in the rotunda of our state capitol sponsored by the Kentucky Cardiovascular Health Coalition. We have been invited to Washington D.C. and many other state capitols, but this was our first invitation to our own capitol. As a partner with 4-H we will initiate a fitness club for youth at the Center during the month of May. My work in the public schools gives me confidence that we can handle such an assignment. All of these contacts eventually reach the homes the students come from, the parents, and possibly the grandparents. Affiliation with public schools is a strategic move for us. If we find our plan succeeds in Kentucky, it could work in other states now that schools are inviting the "Specialists" who have skills and educational information for our times. All of you are specialists! Wherever you offer your programs, I am grateful for your fine work. Know my blessings. I
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