The Banks-Vernonia State Trail is a verdant beauty running through its two namesake towns | Courtesy Oregon State Park Guest Blog By Rails-to-Trails Conservancy This blog was originally posted in Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s TrailBlog on Aug. 16, 2017. Can you imagine your perfect outdoor oasis? Take a moment to picture it. Is it quiet, or is it filled…
By Rachel Banner and Karen Soohoo, NRPA “In a world that is becoming increasingly virtual, the parks remain places of visceral beauty. Places where we can remember that we are but a small part of the life on this planet, and that is a truly wonderful planet and the only one we’ve got.” — mystery author…
Dr. Bob Sallis: Simple Steps to Health A doc who talks the talk and walks the walk. Dr. Bob Sallis is working to fix one of the biggest health problems of our time: physical inactivity. He’s the physician spokesperson for Every Body Walk!, a movement that collaborated with America Walks last October to bring the…
Kaiser Permanente and Every Body Walk! earned an Honorable Mention for best video at the 2014 Ragan’s Content Marketing Awards. PR Daily created the Content Marketing Awards program to recognize marketing and communications professionals who are writing, editing, filming, creating, and publishing content to promote a brand or organization. Categories include best blog, content series,…
Sponsored by Publicis Healthcare Communications Group GOLD AWARD Rigler Creative and Kaiser Permanente Every Body Walk! Every Body Walk! is public awareness campaign that touts the health benefits of walking to motivate people to walk 30 minutes a day, five days a week. Outstanding results were garnered on a $500,000 budget, including Facebook reach of…
Kaiser Permanente and Every Body Walk! just got named a finalist in the prestigious Medical Marketing and Media Awards 2014 in the category “Best Health & Wellness Digital Initiative for Consumers”. http://awards.mmm-online.com/
Dr. Bob Sallis, past president of the American College of Sports Medicine and physician spokesman for the Every Body Walk! Campaign, makes a vivid case for walking: “If we had a pill that conferred all the proven health benefits of walking, physicians would prescribe it to every patient and health care systems would find a…
“Every Body Walk! has released 33 short videos from their 2013 Walking Summit! With a range of presenters and a diversity of topics, each video shares a local walking story. The videos are from the Walking Summit held last October in Washington, DC, “to get America walking”. With audience members representing over 200 nonprofit, civic…
Fitness Resolution: Every Body Walk! Every Body Walk! touts walking and walkability for health and a slew of other reasons: economics, environmental benefits, student achievement and more. Click here to read the full article.
The following guest post is excerpted from the new booklet Walking As a Way of Life: Movement for Health & Happiness. Researchers have discovered a “wonder drug” for many of today’s most common medical problems, says Dr. Bob Sallis, a family practitioner at a Kaiser Permanente clinic in Fontana, California. It’s been proven to help…