UPCOMING GUIDANCE FOR FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010
1:30 PM: First Lady Michelle Obama will be joined by Newark Mayor and honorary Partnership for Healthy America Vice Chair Cory Booker to discuss with students how they are shaping school nutrition, and physical activity policies and programs in their schools and communities. As part of her Let’s Move! initiative to reduce childhood obesity Mrs. Obama will receive a student briefing, moderated by Mayor Booker, where she will hear from Maple Avenue School students as well as representatives from the Alliance for a Healthier America Youth Council. The briefing will be pooled.

Then Mrs. Obama and Mayor Booker will participate and speak at a Let’s Move! student event. This event is OPEN PRESS, but media must RSVP with the Name, Media Outlet, Phone and E-Mail to firstladypress@who.eop.gov by Tuesday, November 16, at 5:00 PM.

3:40 PM: Also on Thursday, as part of her Let’s Move! initiative, the First Lady will participate in an after-school event in Central Harlem with elementary school children at the New York Police Athletic League’s Harlem Center to highlight the importance of physical activity and the innovative ways community organizations are working together to offer local children opportunities to improve their health, increase their physical fitness, and develop life-long habits. With support from a Physical Education Program grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the New York Athletic League has formed an alliance with the Office of Councilwoman Inez Dickens, New York Department of Health, Healthy Schools/Healthy Families, and Public School 180 to fill gaps in meeting New York State physical education standards for K-8th grade students. Program activities take place at the Police Athletic League Harlem Center and serve 225 students from multiple area schools.

This event is OPEN PRESS, but media must RSVP with the Name, Media Outlet, Phone and E-Mail to firstladypress@who.eop.gov by Tuesday, November 16, at 5:00 PM.