FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 6, 2010

CONTACT: John Schuster
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-1126

Miami-Dade public schools students, parents and District staff

Ceremony for the “I Can Do It, You Can Do It” program’s recipients of the President’s Active Lifestyle Award

Monday, May 10, 2010
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Felix Varela Senior High School
15255 S.W. 96th Street
Miami, FL 33196

The “I Can Do It, You Can Do It” program, an initiative developed by the   U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Disability, is a    physical fitness/activity program that links mentors with students with     disabilities. The mentors offer training and guidance five-days-a-week, for   eight-week intervals.  Students who complete the program receive the President’s Active Lifestyle Award patch and certificate.

The program was designed to address the childhood obesity and type 2     diabetes found in children with disabilities, who are more likely to be inactive.  This event is associated with first lady Michelle Obama’s, “Let’s Move” campaign.