Join the Every Body Walk Campaign by Yvette Lynn
T
he numer- ous health
benefits of
daily 30-minute walks are the reason why the Collier County Health Depart- ment put the fo- cus on walking for its Summer
2011 Worksite Wellness Program. “We are always look- ing for ways to help our employees improve their health, and walking is so simple that it can be done during lunch hour,” says Stacy Revay, healthy communities coordinator and chairwoman of the Smart Growth Coalition. Revay’s Smart Growth efforts are tied to improving residents’ well-being as she works to help the county make the connection between health, the built environ- ment and the need for creating walkable neighborhoods. While the joy of walking can be experienced inde- pendently, it’s much more fun when done with groups, such as The Naples Walking Club or The Florida Volkss- port Association.
The Naples Walking Club meets at 7 a.m., on Sat- urday mornings, in the Perkins Restaurant parking lot at 4255 North Tamiami Trail. The group walks to the City Dock, out to the Naples Pier, up the beach and back again. The club of approximately 75 members pursues other activities as well, such as hiking the mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee.
You can keep track of your walking history with the American Volkssport Association, a nonprofit organiza- tion that sponsors walking clubs and events throughout the United States. The Meandering Manatees Volkssport Club, in Lehigh, is one of 350 walking clubs in the as- sociation’s network.
For more information: Naples Walking Club,
NaplesWalkingClub.org; Meandering Manatees, contact Beverly MacNeill at 239-368-1673 or BevMNeill@aol. com; American Volkssport Association’s Florida club walks in Fort Myers, LaBelle, Naples and Sanibel Island,
WalkFlorida.org.
For information on parks with walking trails in Collier and Lee counties, visit
LeeParks.org and
CollierGov.net. Information on state parks in Southwest Florida is avail- able at
FloridaStateParks.org.
For information on Kaiser Permanente’s Every Body Walk Campaign, visit
EveryBodyWalk.org.
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