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Walk to School Day, October 5th 2011, compels us to appreciate the efforts being made in the Birmingham community. The United Way of Central Alabama has begun a simple initiative in the fight against childhood obesity, the Walking School Bus. Parents and agency-approved volunteers coordinate groups of children and walk them to school on Wednesdays, […]
Having never been an athlete, I’ve always had opinion of runners that vacillates between admiration (“Wow, that’s dedication“) and scorn (“What idiots! Who runs outside in this weather?“), depending on my mood. So it was out of character for me to sign up for a Couch to 5K program and (here’s the out of character […]
It all began with the rock wall at iJump. My 6-yr old daughter scaled the rock wall during a birthday party and declared, “I love rock climbing.” For months, I’d planned to explore this new interest and today, after months of good intentions, we walked through the door of First Avenue Rocks. What a […]
There are advantages to having Southern Progress, publisher of some of our favorite magazines, right here in our backyard. One of the best advantages ever has to be an opportunity offered by the editors of Health magazine (a Southern Progress publication) for Birmingham women to participate in a diet program at no cost. The program lasts 12 weeks and offers participants group sessions […]