Today First Lady Michelle Obama will take her Let’s Move! initiative to a Washington, DC soccer clinic. According to the First Lady’s Press Office…
“Mrs Obama join the US Soccer Foundation, Major League Soccer, Women’s Professional Soccer, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health and others at the clinic to highlight the Let’s Move! campaign and the importance of children getting 60 minutes of active play each day. This event will build on Major League Soccer’s support of Let’s Move! by expanding outreach and participation in youth soccer and education efforts on the importance of eating well and staying active. Soccer is the number one sport among America’s youth, with 4 million young boys and girls registered to play across the country. Since its creation in 1994, the US Soccer Foundation, which is the major philanthropic arm of US Soccer, has funded more than 489 youth programs and helped build more than 1,200 soccer fields.”
Posted by Aminah Hanan
