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Walk 2 Wellness was first launched as a pilot in 2017 at the Youth Enrichment Center. The walk served as an honoree celebration to highlight senior accomplishments, that resulted from the Arthritis Foundation Walk With Ease, evidenced based programs performed annually at the senior center. In 2018 the Social Services Department partnered up with the Mayor and Vice Mayor of Pembroke Park to collaborate a much larger walk which attracted the catchment cities that the Southcentral/Southeast Focal Point serviced. The two following years 2019 – 2020 the walk returned to Miramar, hosted at the Corporate Pavilion and the Miramar Amphitheatre respectively. On 2.22.22 the City of Miramar Southcentral/Southeast Focal Point Senior Center held its 5th Walk 2 Wellness, 5 senior centers, 3 counties, 22 cities and over 200 seniors, with the strong support of 12 sponsors at the event. The W2W program had the pleasure to once again honor seniors within the senior center as a Walking Warrior. The names nominated were avid participants of the ‘Step by Step with the City’ walking program held at the senior center.
The recipients for the 2021 Walking Warriors were highlighted in the respective categories.
The 60s Age Group Edwina D. who walked 37,043 steps, 70s Age Group Noemi R. 36,117 steps, 80s Age group Gloria B. 33, 460 steps and the 90s Age group Edna W. 4161 steps.
Thanks to the commission (Vice Mayor Colbourne and Commissioner Maxwell Chambers) for making the award ceremony special for the seniors. Special thanks to the Arthritis Foundation and Humana for providing the pedometers to our senior program for their health and wellness.
To our Walk 2 Wellness sponsors for making this event great. Platinum Sponsors: Humana, Miami Jewish/PACE Center , Memorial Health Miramar, VidaMax Medical, Gold Sponsors: Healthy Partners, Medicare and Much More (MMM), Silver Sponsor: HCW Biologics , Bronze Sponsors: Aetna, Elite Health, Home Care Plus, Publix, Bartlett Podiatry
Contributed by: Janielle Brathwaite
