Baltimore County, MD Time of Your LIfe, 3 Jul 2018

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From YouTube: Cigna

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Monica Schmude, President, Mid-Atlantic Region, Cigna.

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Welcome back to the time of your life., I'm your host, ethel rasmussen.. The department of aging is fortunate to enjoy the generous support of sponsors like cigna mid-atlantic. here to talk with us is monica schmude,, president of cigna mid-atlantic region..

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Welcome to the show, monica. thanks, ethel.

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It's great to be here.

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For the seventh year, cigna is our presenting sponsor for the department of aging's, get ready, get set, get fit 5k run walk.. Can you talk about cigna's commitment to the event and the level of participation??

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We love this event.

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We're honored to be partnered with the baltimore county department of aging., seven years that we've been here..

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It's such a great event.. It aligns cigna's mission,. It helps us to support the community.

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Cigna is very committed in their philosophy to physical activity.. Can you explain to our viewing audience what that means?.

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Yeah, as I've mentioned,, it aligns perfectly with our mission to improve the health, well-being, and sense of security of those that we serve,, and that includes the community. in this area,. It's where our individuals, live,, work, and.

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Our teams get very excited about participating in this event,.

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And watching the community flourish through events like this. health is supported through physical activity and watching.

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All the individuals participate in this event helps us to achieve our goal of making sure that individuals stay active and keep their bodies moving.

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As you know,, this event is also an intergenerational event.. Can you talk about why it's important for people at any age to keep active and participate?? It is so important and let's be honest, at any age,.

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We all need more activity in our lives..

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We live sedentary lives, these days.

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so to watch the young people.

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Out there, with the older generation and everything in between is really exciting, because they're learning from each other, they're watching each other enjoy the activity, and everyone's doing it in their own individual way, which is what we would like to promote..

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We always enjoy hearing personal stories about our run. Walk., and I know many of your colleagues have participated and been there.. Can you share some of their experiences or comments with us?.

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As I mentioned,, we love this event.. It gives me the opportunity to be with the rest of our team.

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In cigna mid-atlantic., but likewise, it's to share with the families of our employees.. My own family participates in it as well., and we have grandmothers with their grandchildren.

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We have sisters., we have moms and daughters participating., it's just fantastic to see them walking together or running.

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Together because it truly is a run or walk,.

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And participating in a way that helps to support each other.. My favorite part of the event is really split in two.

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It might be the starting line, but it's also the finish. Line.

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There's so much motivation, that's shared among all the individuals that participate. there's so much energy in the air and congratulations.

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and to me,. It's really helping those individuals move to the next level of what that might be..

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So this is on a sunday morning, but I know that it's also motivating for those individuals.

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On monday, morning.

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That is wonderful.. Thank you again, on behalf of the department of aging for your longterm support and cigna being a part of our event.. I look forward to seeing you there and cheering you and your family on. and you will.

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It's our honor, thanks for the opportunity to participate.

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Interested in staying in the know?, it's my pleasure to tell you about the agency's daily updates, which are available on bcda's facebook, page., remember to friend, bcda on facebook to stay current about news and programs.

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we're gonna take a short break. when we return,. Let's continue our conversation about bcda's, get ready, get set, get fit. 5K walk, run.

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And one mile walk.