Happy #WellnessWednesday!
I love learning about new ways to stay active, especially when you’re able to participate in events with friends while enjoying gorgeous Arizona weather. If you’re local to Arizona I don’t want you to miss out on this free event! This Saturday, February 13th, 2016, at Desert Ridge Marketplace is the first community-wide event put on by FIT4MOM of Phoenix & Scottsdale Stroller Strides. The event is in honor of February being Heart Month. The instructors from FIT4MOM will be raising awareness for heart health while leading a workout.
If you haven’t heard of FIT4MOM it is a fitness franchise that is geared towards moms or mothers-to-be and offers Fit4Baby®, Stroller Strides® and Body Back® exercises. Their focus is to help moms achieve their ultimate physical and emotional health potential, while also providing support and education for moms. They also inspire children to emulate their moms by making fitness a part of their lives, and encouraging optimal health and well being.
If you know me, then you’re probably wondering what my connection to FIT4MOM is since I’m not pregnant and my (dog)child doesn’t fit in a stroller. I’m actually super excited to be attending the event with my friend and her (almost) one year old daughter. Also, I double checked with Amy, the FIT4MOM owner just to be sure. She assured me that Saturday is a stroller friendly workout, but it’s open to anyone who wants to get their heart pumping and learn more about heart disease in adults as well as in children, including those born with heart defects.
I asked Amy a couple questions about FIT4MOM and Saturday’s event….
- What should we expect from Saturday’s event?
Amy: Fun and education. We really want to get the word out about heart health. Heart disease is a major killer of women, and many don’t recognize the signs. It’s also a major factor in infant mortality, which many are unaware of. Many children are born with heart defects each year, sometimes diagnosed in utero, and sometimes not. We want to bring awareness to local families, while offering a great workout and some fun for the kids. We’ll have Story Book Entertainment there with characters for the kids, As You Wish Pottery doing a craft, our staff helping the kids make Valentines for heart patients and more. We’ll do some giveaways of FIT4MOM products, a Kindermusik session and more! We also have some goody bags for the first 30 people to show up.
2. What are you the most excited for at Saturday’s event?
Amy: Bringing awareness to people. Seeing some new faces, and just generally connecting with moms.
Like Amy mentioned, at the event there will be an hour long complimentary cross-training stroller-friendly workout class for the adults, in addition to giveaways, raffle items, music and entertainment for kids including photos with popular princesses and action heroes and a craft from As You Wish Pottery. Men, women and children of all ages are welcome to attend and donations will be collected for Phoenix Children’s Hospital to support heart research. For more of my interview with Amy, check back next week.
FIT4MOM Heart March
Saturday, February 13th
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Desert Ridge Marketplace
Benefiting Phoenix Children’s Hospital
More details and to sign up, please continue to the Facebook event listing here.
For more information please contact:
Lindsey Dempsey | Media Contact | 602-309-5224 | Lindsey@elitemarketsavvy.com
Be you, bravely.
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