San Jose Boot Camp Company Offers Free Community Workout

“We are not charging admission for this event, although we will happily accept donations of any amount, which will go directly to Community United San José” (www.communityunitedsj.org), said Becky Williamson, President of lifeSport Fitness (http://www.lifesportfitness.net/).  “I will also be making a personal donation of $5 per person for any participant that attends the workout who has never done a boot camp workout with us before.  This is our way of encouraging people to spread the word about the importance of exercise in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.  We want to get people off the couch!”

Community United is a non-profit organization committed to creating opportunity for young people ages 6-17 by increasing their awareness of the possibilities to lead happier, more creative and productive lives.  Community United currently services 60-70 kids a day at two youth centers in San Jose. A majority of these kids are “at-risk” youth identified as likely to fall into gangs and drug use unless there is some kind of successful intervention. Community United provides a safe place for the kids to go after school where they can get help with their homework, participate in sports and recreation activities and eat a healthy snack.

LifeSport Fitness welcomes people of all ages and fitness levels to participate in this event.  This free community workout will take place on Saturday, March 16th from 9:30-10:20 am at The Harker School auditorium (3800 Blackford Ave., San Jose  CA   95117). Pre-registration is required. Individuals interested in participating in the free workout can register online at http://bootcampinsanjose.com/workout-for-charity/

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North Carolina Health and Community Leaders Issue State Challenge to Lose 10 Million Pounds

On Thursday, April 18, at 9:00 a.m., NC SPIN will host a press conference featuring state leaders from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, NC State Board of Education/Department of Public Instruction, NC Department of Commerce and the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. The press conference will announce the launch of a new, statewide public health education campaign and challenge called “A Healthier NC.”

The “A Healthier NC” campaign and challenge provides free health journaling tools and access to a clearinghouse of North Carolina health resources and educational materials at www.ahealthiernc.com. “A Healthier NC” has four key themes: “What does ‘healthy’ mean?; What is our responsibility for improved health?”; “What are smarter ways to access care?”; and a statewide challenge to engage 1 million North Carolinians in 15 million hours of activity to lose 10 million pounds.

According to Tom Campbell, who is the creator and producer of NC SPIN, the organization that initiated the “A Healthier NC” campaign, "A Healthier NC is about more than just weight loss—it’s about transforming lives. It's an appeal and call to action for all of us to be active participants in our own health. It's encouraging one another to make smarter choices about what we eat, how active we are, and how important it is to take care of ourselves and the ones we love. We are grateful to the sponsors that have stepped forward to make this statewide campaign a reality.”

The campaign is sponsored by leading North Carolina health and community organizations, including the NC Academy of Family Physicians, NC Medical Society, NC Office of Rural Health and Community Care, the AARP Decide.Create.Share campaign, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC.

WHO:       NC SPIN, NC DHHS, NC DPI, NC Department of Commerce, NC Conference of the United Methodist Church

WHAT:     Press Conference to Announce Kick-off of “A Healthier NC Campaign and Challenge”

WHEN:     Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 9:00 AM

WHERE:   NC Department of Health and Human Services, Adams Building, 101 Blair Drive, Raleigh, NC

Featured Speakers:

Tom Campbell, Creator and Producer of NC SPIN

Robin Cummings, MD, Director of NC DHHS Office of Rural Health and Community Care

June Atkinson, Secretary of the State Board of Education and State Superintendent of NC DPI

Sharon Decker, Secretary of NC Department of Commerce

Hope Morgan Ward, Bishop of the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church

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Charter School empowers community to help fight childhood obesity, Hosts free Fitness event

San Diego 1st Annual Fitness and field day will take place on Saturday 11 may 2013 a from 10: 30 am to 12: 30. Hosted by Empower Charter School, this event will be launched to the community along with a variety of free, fun, fitness activities for the whole family to enjoy. This all-volunteer effort is to create awareness for Empower Charter School, a free, public school, which is unique in its focus on fitness and health and strives to be a community resource to rest of parents and children in today's era of rampant childhood obesity.

"Childhood obesity affects 1 in 3 children ...", says Jessica Muto, Secretary for Empower Charter School, "while most schools have cut PE, we plan to integrate into our fitness and health curriculum. We carry this free event show people that they can communicate and have fun with their families, outdoors, and they don't need fancy equipment to be active and have fun with their children-much like our school will teach. "

Empower Charter School to submit plans for approval of its application to San Diego Unified School District in Fall 2013 with a plan to open in Fall 2014. They offer an immersion in the Spanish and innovative curriculum for children in grades kindergarten through 5. Their goal is to empower the genius and super hero in each child.

Lindbergh Park is located on Eckstrom 7399 Street, San Diego, CA 92111 (off of the 805 freeway and Balboa Ave). You can register for the event and learn more about Empower Charter School by visiting www.empowercharter.org.

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Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Tabs My Sports Dreams as Fundraising Partner

The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference announced today that it has named My Sports Dreams as an official fundraising partner. Specializing in working with college and scholastic athletic programs nationwide, My Sports Dreams will provide Jayhawk member teams with the ability to raise significant sums of money for operating expenses without requiring student-athletes to sell products.

Organized in 1923, the Jayhawk Conference is one of the NJCAA’s most prolific. Its 19 member institutions have won more than 100 National Championships in 12 different sports, and hundreds of former Jayhawk athletes have gone pro in their respective sports.  

“The KJCCC is the home of some of the best competition at the junior college level, but like most small schools, our members have been hit hard by the state of the economy,” said KJCCC Commissioner Bryce Roderick. “We feel that My Sports Dreams will help our programs continue to run at a high level and make our conference one of the best in the nation.”  

My Sports Dreams is already familiar to many athletic programs in the Jayhawk State. Both the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association and the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches endorse the company and its “product-less” approach to raising money.

"Community college athletics may not have the ‘big-time’ rep of their NCAA counterparts, but those programs are just as vital to the development of student-athletes,” said Tom Hess, Vice President of Sales at My Sports Dreams. “We’re looking forward to helping the teams of the KJCCC and the outstanding young men and women attending these institutions.”

For more information on the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference and its members, visit www.kjccc.org.

For additional info or questions about My Sports Dreams, contact VP of Sales Tom Hess at (800) 376-5988 x313 or tom@mysportsdreams.com, or visit www.mysportsdreams.com/th.

About My Sports Dreams: My Sports Dreams is one of the nation’s leading sports fundraisers. To date, their unique sales-free system has helped over 18,000 programs at all levels raise thousands of dollars quickly and easily. For additional information, please contact Jordan Kern, Co-Founder at 1-800-376-5988 x300 or Jordan@MySportsDreams.com, or visit www.mysportsdreams.com/pr.

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Rivalbook Releases Mobile App to College Sports Community

Rivalbook LLC, the leading provider of mobile applications for the sports community, enabling social connections between fans and sports teams to collaborate, today announced the official launch of the iTunes version of Tablegaters mobile application. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tablegaters/id507970998?ls...
The Tablegaters mobile app will allow you to post the details of your college teams’ events for game watching for both basketball and football along with a photo to our national database.  Fans can also download this iTunes mobile app for free for a limited time and find events from anywhere in the country with details of location, email address, contact information, and venue website links. Tablegaters will also provide a google map overlay for exact location of the venue and access to posting events via Facebook and Twitter as well as easy access with Facebook login.

The Rivalbook™ company provides the best mobile apps for sports, college sports and their communities as well as their fans and the teams they support. With the introduction of Tablegaters the college sports community has now expanded it’s reach by leveraging a key resource, a mobile presence that allows you fast and easy access to your college alumni community and the venues in which they will view your team’s game. Tablegaters will provide a way for college alumni, fans and college team sports clubs to spread the word via Facebook and Twitter to allow for maximum exposure and support.

“Our goal is make college sports and viewing college games a ubiquitous and social collaboration experience,” said Jo Ann Stadtmueller, co-founder and CMO, Rivalbook.  “We have made it easier for alumni fans to view college games in a social environment with one another anytime, anywhere and to share the fun with their friends on social media”

“Viewing your alumni college games with friends and other alumni has now been made easier with the advent of Tablegaters, on the road for business, no matter where I am, I am able to find a venue with instant friends to watch my college basketball team’s game together,” said Dave Williams, co-founder and CCO, Rivalbook.

“This app will help to change the way we enjoy our favorite past times with fellow alumni and club members by making locations of viewing venues an easy one step process with just one click of the Tablegaters mobile app” stated Joel Goobich, co-founder and COO, Rivalbook.

About Rivalbook

Rivalbook’s mission is to connect local sports teams, college sports teams and professional sports teams with alumni, clubs, rivals and fans to the game. Showing support is essential to all sports and the game the athletes play. Rivalbook wishes to be the essential mobile app that fans go to for community involvement, collaboration, support and team spirit.

The company was founded in May 2011, in Charleston, South Carolina by three founding partners; Joel Goobich, Jo Ann Stadtmueller and Dave Williams. More information can be found at http://rivalbook.spruz.com/ . Rivalbook is a trademark of Rivalbook, LLC.
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