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WHEN AND WHERE
Wednesday, Oct. 1st
10AM-11AM
Newport Public Library
300 Spring Street
Newport, Rhode Island 02840
401-847-8720
Friday, Oct. 10th
10AM-11AM
Bryant University, Gulski Conference Room
1150 Douglas Pike
Smithfield, RI 02917
401-232-6000
Tuesday, Oct. 14th
1:30PM-2:30PM
Westerly Public Library
44 Broad St
Westerly, RI 02891
(401) 596-2877
Please email rickman@shapeupri.org or call Ray Rickman, Senior Consultant, at (401) 421-0608 to learn more about this innovative community based wellness campaign and to sign up for one of our informational meetings. |
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Shape Up RI is Hosting Informational Meetings on October 1st, October 10th and October 14th
These meetings are free and open to federal, state, and local public sector organizations
With the touch of a computer key, Rajiv Kumar is able to view the weekly health progress of 12,000 Rhode Islanders who are participating on 1,300 Shape Up RI teams. By zooming in and out of a unique tracking management system, a state-of-the-art software program used to collect and study exercise and health results, he can gather data on our participants who live in all thirty-nine towns and cities in Rhode Island.
Over 12,000 employees participated in this year's challenge from corporations and governmental organizations such as CVS/Caremark, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Brown University, Lifespan, and the Towns of Barrington, Charlestown and Little Compton. Shape Up RI also had a significant amount of participation from many colleges and schools across the state. We were very excited to see the interest Rhode Island schools, towns and cities took in the program last year, and have organized these meetings to encourage more to participate this year.
These meetings will explore how you can get your employees involved on teams to help reverse the alarming trend of obesity in Rhode Island. Rajiv Kumar provide extensive information on how federal, state, and local governments along with schools and libraries can register for this team based competition in 2009. Each year, millions of dollars are spent on the medical costs of overweight and obese Rhode Islanders, and the illnesses associated with this epidemic. Shape Up RI believes that fostering an environment of good health will help to overcome this growing problem, which diminishes productivity and increases absenteeism and illness. |
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Shape Up RI 2008 is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation chaired by Brown medical student Rajiv Kumar. It is co-chaired by prominent Rhode Island community leaders: Governor Donald Carcieri, Congressman Patrick Kennedy, House Majority Leader Representative Gordon Fox, Rhode Island First Lady Suzanne Carcieri, WPRI news anchor Karen Adams, Barbara Morse of NBC10, and Joseph Amaral, MD, former President and CEO of Rhode Island Hospital.
www.shapeupri.org |
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