The Leading Edge: October Events-Let's Move!


	The Leading Edge fitness centers of Amherst and Greenfield, RedFire Farm of Granby, Hampshire Gymnastics of Amherst and Interskate 91 of Hadley and Wilbraham announce a collaborative effort to launch healthy family Meetups throughout October ! OCTOBER SCHEDULE: Let's Move! Western Mass! October programs to promote and support healthy choices and activities for our kids: MEETUP 1: When: Saturday, October 9th 1pm - 7pm What: Free Harvest Potluck and Cider Pressing at Red Fire Farm. Enjoy an afternoon of tasting and eating delicious food that's good for you too, with tips on how to do it at home. Potluck begins at one pm. Bring a healthy dish to share with a card that includes the ingredients.At 2pm take a walking tour around the farmyard and field and learn about how Redfire farmers grow organic food. Cider Pressing goes on all afternoon until 7pm. Enjoy the fall flavors of fresh pressed cider and samples at the Winter Squash Variety Tasting! There are many different flavors and textures of Winter Squash to try. Where: Red Fire Farm, 7 Carver St. Granby Directions/More info: http://www.redfirefarm.com/ MEETUP 2: When: Saturday, October 23. 4-6pm What: A fun free afternoon featuring basic gymnastics instruction and equipment use for children age 5-12! This Meetup will feature basic gymnastics instructions and guided cardio, stretching, floor exercises, bars, trampoline, rock wall and foam pit. Where: Hampshire gymnastic School, 461 West St. Amherst Directions/More info: http://www.hampshiregymnastics.com/ MEETUP 3: When: Saturday, October 30, 11:00am-12pm What: Free Strength training for teens and parents. This workshop is for teens age 13 and up and their parents. The session will be appropriate for all levels of fitness. Participants will be guided by a personal trainer through some basics of strength training, balance-building exercises and dynamic stretching. Working individually and with partners, participants will learn how to make strength training fun and a little about why it's so important! Where: The Leading Edge fitness center of Amherst, 10 University Dr., Amherst Directions/More Info: http://www.theleadingedgefitness.com/ SPECIAL PRIZES!: Interskate 91 of Hadley and Wilbriham is offering free admission coupons for rollerskating to the first 100 people who attend the meetups. About the Let's Move! Initiative The Let's Move! campaign, started by First lady Michelle Obama, has an ambitious national goal of solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation so that children born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight. Let's Move! will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that will engage every sector impacting the health of children and will provide schools, families and communities simple tools to help kids be more active, eat better, and get healthy. Central to this initiative are grassroots efforts called Meetups. These free and flexible gatherings and intended to help educate and inspire families to make healthier lifestyle choices. Let's Move! and Meetup Everywhere make it easy for parents, teachers, chefs, elected officials and others to take action by organizing or participating in face-to-face meetings to help solve the challenge of childhood obesity in their local communities. The idea behind a Let's Move! Meetup is to spark a conversation about solving the problem of childhood obesity.