Part of Island-wide Public Health Initiative
(Long Island, NY) Take a beachfront stroll on the Jones Beach Boardwalk on Thursday evening July 21st at 6 p.m. with State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker, State Senator Kemp Hannon, Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. James Tomarken, and Dr. Tavora Buchman, Director of Quality Improvement, Epidemiology and Research and Director of Tuberculosis Control for the Nassau County Department of Health. They will lead members of the public and the Long Island Health Collaborative (LIHC) on a two-mile stroll (rain or shine). The event begins at 6 p.m. in front of the West Bath House, where the commissioners will hold a press event.
Take a beachfront stroll on the Jones Beach Boardwalk on Thursday evening July 21st at 6 p.m. Photo Credit: LIHC.
There is no event fee, parking fee, or registration. Purpose of the Sunset Stroll is to highlight walking as a simple and easy way to include exercise and healthy habits into a busy lifestyle.
The Collaborative is focused on helping community members better manage and prevent chronic diseases. It’s hosting the Sunset Stroll to promote walking as an easily achievable exercise. The Collaborative sponsors an interactive online portal called, Are You Ready, Feet?™, which can be used by people of all ages to track physical activity and progress.
The Are You Ready, Feet?™ portal is an interactive dashboard that lets users track their physical activity via minutes moved, miles traveled, or steps walked. Users can receive trophies for their accomplishments, watch as their dashboard maps a journey across Long Island, share on social media, and be entered to win health and wellness prizes every time they log activity.
Participants at the July Sunset Stroll will be given the opportunity to sign up for Are You Ready, Feet?™ and log the evening’s steps as their first activity.
About the Long Island Heath Collaborative
The Long Island Health Collaborative is a partnership of Long Island’s hospitals, county health departments, physicians, health providers, community-based social and human service organizations, academic institutions, health plans, local government, and the business sector, all engaged in improving the health of Long Islanders. The LIHC is part of the Long Island Population Health Improvement Program, which is a New York State Department of Health grant-funded initiative designed to promote population health activities.
