Mayor Thompson Launches “Move with the Mayor” Health Initiative

(Broadview, IL) – The national “Move with the Mayor” health initiative is coming to the Village of Broadview.

The initiative, led by the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and which works with mayors across the country to challenge their communities to be more physically active, is being championed in Broadview by Mayor Katrina Thompson, who announced it at the Board of Trustees’ regular meeting on May 1.

“Mayors need to encourage their communities to be physically active to lower their chances of heart disease and its risk factors like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes,” said Thompson. “Because I love to bike and golf for the fun and exercise, I am going to build Broadview’s ‘Move with the Mayor’ program around walking, biking and golfing.”

Thompson will officially kick off the Broadview “Move with the Mayor” chapter at the 16th Annual Autism & Development Disabilities Walk-a-Thon at Proviso West High School on May 6.

After the May 6 kick off, Thompson will lead a bi-weekly hour-long biking and walking event on Saturdays.

The first bi-weekly biking, walking, and a hula hoop event will be Saturday, May 27, at the Village of Broadview Municipal Lot at 10:00 a.m. The Broadview Police will be registering bikes and at 11:00 a.m. (weather permitting). Thompson and residents will ride for one hour and have a hula hoop twirling event from noon to 1:00 p.m.

“Break out your bikes, clubs, and hula hoops, because we’re going to be moving, swinging, and twirling,” said Thompson.

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