PCPFS 50TH ANNIVERSARY
AND MAY MONTH TOOLKIT

This toolkit is provided as a resource for you to use to celebrate physical activity and fitness at any time throughout the year. As National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, May is suggested as an ideal time to celebrate active living.

Message from the Executive Director

Press Kit

• Sample Press Release for 50th Anniversary Partners
• Sample Press Release for May Month
• Quotes
• History of PCPFS (table format)
• Physical Activity Facts
• News Media Resources
  • The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports: The First Fifty Years - 1956-2006
    (PDF or HTML)
  • Photos from The First Fifty Years: 1956-2006
  • Physical Activity: "The Magic Pill"
    (PDF)
  • Who We Are/What We Do (PDF)

Activity Ideas

• General Overview
• Getting Started
• Kicking-off or Wrapping-up a Program
• Focusing on a Cause
• Contract to Get Active

Health Observances in 2006

List of 50th Anniversary Partners to Get America Moving

• Alphabetical Listing of Partners
• Partners by State

Presidential Proclamation

Additional Web Resources

General History of PCPFS

Fact Sheets on Physical Activity

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