Last weekend I attended and participated in the Sunflower Revolution, an event sponsored by the University of Cincinnati's Gardner Center for PD. There was a symposium on Saturday with lots of great speakers and on Sunday-- two bike rides, a 5k walk/run and an hour of PD exercise demos. I got up on the stage on Saturday and demonstrated some PWR! Moves in front of 600 people. I also made flyer for four of our exercise opportunities. And on Sunday I walked the 5K in 43 minutes, then participated in ALL 6 of the exercise demos, on stage for one and leading another. Whew! I am doing my darnedest to not only keep myself active, but to encourage others to get on the exercise bandwagon. The message from the symposium over and over was YOU MUST EXERCISE! It makes such a huge difference. And those of us who do are so much better off. I don't know how to get the word out better, but sometimes I feel like I am yelling at a brick wall. I want to increase the number of participants in our exercise classes. If anyone knows some ways to help, please let us all know! (The attendance at the dance class this week was way up, though! )
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