Editor Note: This spring, the ladies of JIW attended First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move 2nd Anniversary Celebration in Orlando Florida. The recap below is a review written by JIWs Arden W. and Deryn D.
The ladies of Journey Into Womanhood were invited by the Duval County Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition, a program of Healthy Kids, Healthy Jacksonville to participate in First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move 2nd Anniversary Celebration. This was a wonderful event from start to finish and something that every girl will be able to tell her children later on in life.
The day started with presentations at a local church. Different speakers share their testimonies on how they experienced health and fitness in their lives. One of the speaker’s testimonies was given by Tom Joyner’s wife, Mrs. Donna Joyner. She told the audience about a story about her father journey towards living a healthy lifestyle after suffering from three strokes.
Mrs. Obama is trying to prevent this from happening for any young children. She started Let’s Move, to encourage the youth of today to get and exercise but it will REALLY pay off in the future. Singer Yolanda Adams then wowed the crowed with her amazing voice. Her song was very encouraging. In her song she mentioned "happiness doesn't come by chance, so get up and dance!" It was a perfect song for the event!
Mrs. Michelle Obama spoke at the end of the presentation. The speech she gave was empowering because it made us think about what is really happening with the children of American and them becoming over weight or having health. She shared the history of “Let’s Move” and then told the audience some pretty funny stories how when she growing up every meal was balanced thanks to her grandmother. She eventually got use to it and figured out that healthy eating and living isn’t bad.
The second event was held at the Walt Disney ESPN Center. This was an event where the younger kids (8-14) get to get up and start moving right along with Mrs. Michelle Obama. There were stars from Disney Channel and two of the J.I.W. got to dance with them!
We really enjoyed this entire experience! This was a great opportunity for us to be able to tell our kids one day that we were in the same exact room with First Lady Michelle Obama! On behalf of myself and the other J.I.W. girls we really thank Mrs. Michelle for inviting us to these wonderful events.
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