To mark this year’s National Health and Fitness Day, an initiative to make Canada the Fittest Nation on Earth, the District of Squamish is hosting an afternoon of activity at the SORCA Mountain Bike Skills Park at the Brennan Park Recreation Centre. Everyone is invited on Saturday, June 6 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. to bring their bike, family, and friends, to celebrate and promote physical activity and health with other communities across Canada.
“We are very pleased to take part in National Health and Fitness Day as it reinforces all that we strive to offer and promote here in Squamish – physical activity and healthy living opportunities in our community,” says District of Squamish Mayor Patricia Heintzman. “We are also thrilled to showcase the SORCA Mountain Bike Skills Park, an amazing amenity built by our community through the Squamish Off-Road Cycling Association, that is free and available for everyone to use.”
John Weston, MP for Sea to Sky and District of Squamish Acting Mayor Doug Race will be on hand at 1:30 p.m. to say hello. Draw prizes, healthy snacks, and Brennan Park courtesy pass prizes will be given away throughout the afternoon.
National Health and Fitness Day is an initiative to make Canada the fittest nation on earth. The day provides an opportunity for municipalities and citizens to celebrate and promote the use of local health, recreational, sports and fitness facilities. The objective is to inspire Canadians to become fitter and more active which will result in reduced health care costs attributed to preventable diseases related to inactivity.
WHAT: Everyone is invited to bring their bike, friends, and family to the SORCA Mountain Bike Skills Park
WHEN: Saturday June 6 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: SORCA Mountain Bike Skills Park, Brennan Park Recreation Centre 1009 Centennial Way
WHO: John Weston, MP for Sea to Sky and District of Squamish Acting Mayor Doug Race will be in attendance at 1:30 p.m.
After six years of working with local community groups and national health promotion organizations to review ways of improving health and fitness in Canada, John Weston, MP, in partnership with Senator Nancy Greene Raine, saw passage of Bill S-211, the National Health and Fitness Day Act, in December 2014. The passage of the Bill creates a strong impetus towards bringing communities together every year on the first Saturday in June, to highlight the importance of Health and Fitness. Currently hundreds of municipalities across the country from east to west to north have proclaimed the day and are planning to celebrate the day by hosting activities, promoting the use of local health, recreation, sports and fitness facilities, as well as simply encouraging people to Get Up, Get Out and Get Active!
June 2, 2015
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