Welcome to Activate Greenville

Welcome to the official Activate Greenville website.  Activate Greenville is a FREE year-round healthy living awareness program that targets youth and adult obesity and related diseases. Read more...

Don't forget next weigh-in is on Friday, May 16th. 
Monthly Weigh-In on  5/16/2008

Activate Upstate Walk in the Park

Mark your calendars to come to the park and walk with family, friends, and community neighbors on Saturday, May 24^th. Activate Upstate will host a Walk in the Park in conjunction with Freedom Weekend Aloft at Heritage Park in Simpsonville, SC.  Registration begins at 8:30 am and the walk starts at 9 am. Activate Upstate is partnering with Loaves and Fishes and Harvest Hope Food Bank. Bring a non-perishable food item as your entry fee for the walk and help fight hunger. All walkers will recieve a pedometer and with 10,000 steps a participant may register for a "Family Fun Pack". 

May 2008 Health Talks
Weight Management That Works
Are you tired of struggling with your weight? Learn effective strategies for long-term weight management. Discussion topics will include common misconceptions about weight loss, calorie requirements, physical activity, tips for controlling appetite, maximizing metabolism and fat loss, and learning from the success of others.
5/14/2008 12 pm Golden Strip Family YMCA, Jessica Ward, M.A.
5/15/2008 12 pm Greenville Life Center,
5/15/2008 6 pm Eastside Family YMCA, Deb Bucci
5/19/2008 6 pm Furman University Burgess Theater, Alicia Powers, Ph.D.
5/20/2008 12 pm Furman University, Burgess Theater, Kelly Frazier, M.A.

We Want to Hear From You!
Do you have a question about healthy living for our wellness professionals?  Would you like to share a healthy living tip?  Your questions or tips may be included in future issues of the Activate South Carolina Healthy Living Newsletter. (click here) 

Visit our Greenville News health blog at: 
http://greenvilleonline.com/healthandwellness

To all Activate Greenville Participants: 
If you are active for 30 minutes/day, five days/week for six weeks between March 20 - May 15, you will automatically be part of the National President's Challenge. Help South Carolina become one of the top five states in the National President's Challenge. Just keep logging your physical activity on the Activate website. Click on the link below to see results. 
http://www.presidentschallenge.org/national_challenge/results.aspx


Spring Training with the Greenville Drive
Walk the Warning Track at Fluor Field at the West End as Part of Activate Upstate in Greenville, SC – It may not be Fort Myers, Florida but the Greenville Drive will be hosting their own version of “Spring Training” beginning Monday, March 3rd.

As part of Activate Upstate’s free, year-round initiative to support a healthy lifestyle, the Drive will open up Flour Field at the West End to the public on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM, weather permitting, so that participants are able to walk the field’s warning track as part of their exercise regimen.

Interested lunch walkers will enter Fluor Field through the Main Street gates and may enter the field through section 103.  The initiative will continue throughout the Drive’s season, which begins on April 3rd, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays when the team is on the road.

Weekly Healthy Living Newsletter
A Weekly Newletter will be sent to the email address you provided when you registered. All articles found in the Weekly Newsletter can be accessed by clicking on Healthy Living Guide.