A local project of First Lady Michelle Obama’s national Let’s Move! initiative, Let’s Move! West LA will stage a series of recreation-oriented challenges in fitness, nutrition awareness and wellness experiences for the Del Rey Day’s Neighborhood Celebration.
The City of LA-certified Del Rey Neighborhood Council’s 8th annual event is set for Sunday, October 20th at Glen Alla Park, 4601 Alla Rd. LA 90292. The public is invited to this neighborhood party-style event scheduled from 11AM – 3PM featuring many neighbors performing LIVE music with performing stage entertainment. Vendors will offer snacks and beverages and lawn chairs and picnic supplies are encouraged.
Another Let’s Move! Challenge is lead by Chef Jackie Keller, an original Let’s Move! volunteer in West LA. Chef Jackie will lead a Nutrition Awareness Challenge for adults and children to demonstrate how any age family members can create healthier quality food/snack choices for tasty and more affordable meals.
Chef Jackie’s Let’s Move! Nutrition Awareness Workshop followed specialized training she received at the White House under Assistant Executive Chef to the First Family, Sam Kass. Chef Kass serves as National Executive Director for Let’s Move! projects goal to eliminate childhood obesity within our generation.
First Lady Michelle Obama created the ‘Chefs Move! to Schools’ program to train culinary professionals that wanted more community involvement with parents, schools or community groups interested in growing more nutritious households. On her previous Let’s Move! assignment, Chef Jackie led hands-on seminars for students at a LAUSD High School.
A visionary entrepreneur, Chef Jackie co-founded NutriFit in 1987 as a personalized meal-delivery and health & wellness consulting service for A-List celebrities, currently including Anne Hathaway, ‘Breaking Bad’s’ Bryan Cranston, Will Ferrell, Ginnifer Goodwin, Daisy Fuentes and many in the entertainment industry.
In 2010 First Lady Michelle Obama, a former hospital executive, created the Let’s Move! initiative in response to the epidemic of childhood and adult obesity in the country. Today over 10,000 volunteers at work on Let’s Move! fitness – nutrition awareness and wellness projects in 350 cities in all 50 states.
Visit http://www.LetsMoveWestLA.ning.com events section for more information on the Del Rey Family Wellness
Day. The Del Rey Days event is sponsored the Del Rey Neighborhood Council. For information on the Neighborhood Council visit http://www.delreync.org. The free event is scheduled Sunday, October 20th from 11AM to 3PM at Glen Alla Park, 4601 Alla rd. 90292.