My name is Letitia, I am fourteen years old and Christie Lake kids (CLK) has been in my life since I was 12. My mom is a single mother raising 3 daughters on her own without support, she deals with depression, physical health issues and everyday life struggles (and I love her for all of these things). Before Christie Lake Kids, my sisters and I felt that we were not included in activities, we were getting bullied, we couldn’t make friends, and we found it difficult to socialize with anyone. Finally, someone mentioned Christie Lake Kids and our lives changed, we were finally able to attend weekly programs where we felt included and I was finally successful at something!

Sitting Worse Than Smoking

Yep, you read that right siting and a lack of exercise have been shown to be even more harmful to our health than smoking! You can read more about the recent research HERE and HERE.

And that’s just one of the reasons why we’ve created The Good Health Walk; to create a greater awareness around the necessity for daily movement. Movement is a requirement. All of us require daily movement if we expect our brains and our bodies to work at their absolute best and to express our greatest health potential.

The Good Health Walk is a one of a kind community event to raise awareness for the one thing everyone values – HEALTH.

Essentially all charity based walks and runs aim at bringing attention to and raising funds for the treatment of different diseases and illnesses.  In no way is this a negative but it does speak to our cultural focus on disease treatment as a path towards health.