Are You as Fit as a Fifth-Grader?

WHAT:  Students ages 5-12 will cut the ribbon on their secret weapon to combat pediatric obesity and improve physical health - Project Fit America, a two-year program using specially designed cardiovascular equipment and curriculum. 
Monkey bar rotations, pole climbs and bar jumps are just a handful of the exercises that will keep these Chicago-area students moving to a healthy beat all day.

Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, part of Loyola University Health System, has sponsored 15 schools in more than a decade through Project Fit America program grants. Lincoln Elementary is the 2012 Gottlieb Project Fit grant recipient.

WHEN:  Tuesday, Sept. 25, 1:15-2:15 p.m., Lincoln Elementary School, 3420 Jackson St., Bellwood Ill.

Media must contact Stasia Thompson in advance at (708) 417-5036.

WHO:  Benny the Bull, mascot of the Chicago Bulls, is the surprise guest who will join the colorful, music-filled celebration and help more than 300 elementary school students and their physical education teachers demonstrate new physical exercise techniques that will be used daily throughout the next two years.

WHY:

• Test your fitness at the seven stations of exercise equipment with Benny the Bull and kids
• Capture 300 school kids getting excited about exercise and health improvement
• Join a “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” aerobics flash mob of Lincoln students and Benny the Bull