ParticipACTION – Time to Move
Time to Move
One of the greater promoters of hiking in Canada is ParticipACTION, a national organization with a vision to have a Canadian Society the most physical active on Earth. They are advocacy agency for physical activity that work with partners to communication and create action.
Each month they produce a monthly newsletter with interesting research and facts, activities and success stories. You can subscribe to their monthly newsletter and join their movement. Every month, they promote hiking and walking. In the September newsletter, they feature our festival as well the Arthritis Lifetsyle makeover challenge program that you can sign up and receive some forms to start recording your results. The arthristis society states that for every 10 pounds you lose, you are relieving your knee joints 40 pounds of stress. The October newsletter featured an article on physical activitiy and breast cancer and how activty reduces the risk. In the November newsletter, Kelly Murumets writes 8 things to do in November for physical activity with one of course being hiking.