Local seniors invited to participate in Christian City's Health and Fitness Day

Local seniors

invited to participate in Christian City's Health and Fitness Day

Metro Atlanta

Seniors will gather for the eighth annual National Senior Health and Fitness

Day (NSHFD) on Wednesday, May 30, at Christian City. Christian City will

serve as the official host site as Atlantans join an estimated 150,000

seniors at 1,500 sites across the nation as they walk, dance, play and

learn their way to better fitness and health.

Atlanta's seniors

are invited to participate in walking events, seated volleyball, putt-putt

golf, Tai Chi, bowling, rhythm band dance contest and a ballroom dancing

contest. Information booths and screenings will include a nutrition booth,

diabetes education, blood pressure check, physical therapy balance screening,

and occupation therapy. Christian City also will host an open house for

its Strength Center and swimming pool.

"Exercise

can be fun, and we hope that through our walking and dancing events our

seniors will have a chance to experience appropriate and enjoyable forms

of exercise," said Bob Crutchfield, president and CEO of Christian

City. "It's also a great opportunity for seniors to find out about

health-related resources in our community."

For more information

regarding National Senior Health and Fitness Day, call Patricia Mitchell,

Wellness coordinator for Christian City at 770-703-2627.

National Senior

Health and Fitness Day is the nation's largest annual fitness event for

older adults and is held on the last Wednesday in May as a part of Older

Americans Month and National Physical Fitness and Sports Month celebrations.

The theme for National Senior Health and Fitness Day 2001, "Strengthen

Your Future With Exercise!" was chosen from more than 1,000 entries

in a slogan contest for older adults. Betty Jackson of Chicago, Illinois,

submitted the winning slogan.

Christian City

is a nonprofit, non-denominational organization providing for the needs

of children and senior citizens. The 400+ acre complex in Union City helps

to meet the needs of more than 1,100 people in the Home for Children,

Convalescent Center, Alzheimer's Care, Sparks Inn Assisted Living/Personal

Care Facility and Independent Retirement Homes and Apartments. For more

information, go to the Christian City Website at www.christiancity.org.

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