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ACES - All Children Exercise Simultaneously
ACES-with-a-Friend IDEA KIT

ACES With-a-Friend Quick Facts

ACES Stands For: All Children Exercise Simultaneously. The With-A-Friend designation encourages schools to invite parents and others to join the fun.
Mission: Bring attention to the importance of lifelong physical activity
When: Typically the first Wednesday in May, during National Fitness Week
Michigan Sponsors:

Farm Bureau Insurance

Michigan Fitness Foundation

Michigan Chairs:

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel G. Mulhern

Originally Founded: 1989
Founder: Len Saunders, a New Jersey Physical Education teacher
Participants: All 50 states and more than 50 countries
2009 Participation of Michigan Students & Schools:         

Students: 466,997
Schools: 1,158

Counties: All 83 counties were represented in 2009

Record for Most Participants  in Individual State: 466,997 (Michigan, 2009)
Previous Record: 453,583 (Michigan, 2005)
Endorsements:

The President’s Council on Physical Fitness & Sports

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance

American Running and Fitness Association

 

“ As parents, Dan and I recognize the benefits of having an active family, and we challenge all Michigan families to be healthy and fit in 2009. ”

                  Governor Jennifer M. Granholm, ACES With-A-Friend Co-Chair, 2009

Link to Michigan Action for Healthy Kids

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