Mental Health Association: "Awakening Utah" Walk for Suicide Prevention and Awareness
Come and Participate!
The Mental Health Association of Utah is holding its 3rd Annual "Awakening Utah" Walk for Suicide Prevention and Awareness on Saturday April 16th, 2005 at Sugarhouse Park. Our hope is that through this event, the Utah Community will "Awaken" to a new public awareness of suicide prevention and a pro-active commitment to life and living. For registration and more information please see: http://www.xmission.com/~mhaut/suicide%20prevention%20III.htm or contact:
Mental Health Association of Utah
1800 South West Temple Suite, 501
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
(801)596-3705 Fax (801)596-3658
mhaut@xmission.com
Salt Lake City Gets Fit Together
Beginning Monday-April 24-for 12 weeks "Salt Lake City Gets Fit Together"
- walking program for individuals or teams-4 days/week--30 min/day
- record progress online/register online
- walk with "Mayor Rocky" during program
- prizes
For more information, visit their website at:
http://www.slcgetsfit.com/
American Heart Association: Simply Fit For Life
The American Heart Association's mission is to help reduce death from heart disease and stroke, as these are America's #1 and #3 killers. If you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress, diabetes, are obese, or a smoker, you are at risk. This 10-week program helps individuals implement healthy lifestyle changes in nutrition, exercise, stress management and more. The classes are taught by health professionals once a week for all individuals interested in balancing their lives, or who just want to learn about health and nutrition. The cost of the class is $70 per quarter or $7 per week. The class locations range from Ogden down to Provo and there is even a class in St. George. Please come and join us! ~Learn and Live~
| Time: | Varies |
| Date: | Jan 10 to Mar 15 |
| Location: | Refer to Website or call the American Heart Association |
| Org: | American Heart Association |
| Category: | Health & Wellness |
| Address: | Refer to Website or call the American Heart Association |
| Area: | Other |
| Web Site: | http://www.heart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3025349 |
SLCo Parks and Recreation
Go to this link to find all recreations places maintained by the county: 14 recreation centers, 11 outdoor swim pools, 8 indoor swim pools, 6 golf courses, 3 ice centers, park pavilions, equestrian center, adult & youth sports, and Wheeler Historic Farm.
http://www.parks-recreation.org/
Sportsguide
Check out the online version of Utah's local sports magazine for their "Keeper." It lists 100s of events for the year, including races, clinics, and film festivals. The list is organized by sport, and everything from triathalons to snowshoeing.
http://www.sportsguidemag.com/keeper/events.asp
Utah Walks
This website tells you how to help create places for people to walk and bicycle, as well as identifies where you can find such places for your own use.
It is designed to help in the development of even more opportunities for Utahns to get out, get active and get fit. Browse through the following pages for information on trail building and funding, locations of recreational areas, health benefits of walking and bicycling, as well as ways for you to become involved in this new and exciting community movement.
http://www.utahwalks.org/
Get active Utah! Fitness Challenge |
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This site is for the Utah Summer Games and the Check Your Health Fitness Challenge! The site provides a detailed explanation of how to get started in the challenge, where to get your nutrition and activity tracker, and how to qualify for awards.
You can also find new trails and pathways to walk, and learn how to organize a fitness event in your community to help your friends, neighbors and coworkers get active!
http://www.checkyourhealth.org
Utah's Guide to Healthy Living
A very valuable resource on health topics for every age group. Check out the kids link for health topics for your children, and the monthly calendar of upcoming events.
http://www.uthealth.com/
Healthy Utah
Even if you're not a member, you should access this site for their monthly articles on physical activity, stress management, and nutrition and weight management.
http://www.healthyutah.org/home/monthlyarticles.html
