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

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From YouTube: Get Ready! Get Set! Get Fit! 5K Walk/Run 1 Mile Walk

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Innie Neun, Director, Overlea Senior Center.

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Welcome to the time of your life with the baltimore county department of aging., I'm your host, ethel rasmussen..

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Today's show keeps you in the know, by conveying important and interesting information about the contemporary topics that impact you,. Our viewing audience.

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get ready, get set, get fit. 5K walk/run one mile walk.

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Is the focus of today's show.? Our guests include monica schmude, president of cigna's, mid-atlantic region.,.

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Monica will share information about cigna's commitment.

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To physical activity, as well as cigna's, long-term support.

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Of the walk/run as a presenting sponsor., the show continues with connie sellars,, a member of the edgemere senior center and patti hess,, a member of the cockeysville senior center.

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Learn about the run/walk from their perspective as valued guest.

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The show concludes with debbie orlove, community business liaison.

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At the baltimore county department of aging.

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debbie provides information about senior center travel,.

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Senior box office and what's happening at your local senior center.

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Innie neun,, director of the overlea senior center at the department of aging, kicks off today's show with important information about bcda's, get ready, get set, get fit.

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5K walk/run one mile walk.

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Welcome to the show, innie.. Thank you for having me.

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bcda hosts an annual event called the get ready, get set, get fit.

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5K walk/run one mile walk each year.

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Can you provide some information about the background of this event?.

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Sure., the 12th annual get ready,, get set,, get fit. 5K run/walk and one mile walk.

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Is going to be held on sunday, september 16th.

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At the ccbc essex campus at 8:00 in the morning.

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This intergenerational event will feature award medals.

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For our top finishers overall and in age groups from 15 and below.

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All the way to 80 and above and it's truly a family event.

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For more information,, you can go to www.getreadygetsetgetfit5k.com.

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It is a mouthful,, isn't it? it is., (, chuckling ).

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So why is this event so important to our senior center members?.

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Well, staying active is the key to living longer and living well,.

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Which our senior center members really value and it's what this event is all about.

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Daily physical exercise, whether it's walking or running.

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Or lifting weights or taking exercise classes at our senior centers.

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Is the perfect way to reduce hospital visits,.

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To limit the amount of medication that you need.

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And to reduce the occurrence of falls.

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Activity is the way to stay healthy.

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It allows you to enjoy your life more.

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And to live longer independently in your own home.

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Many of our senior centers participate in this event for their own personal wellness.

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But encourage everyone of all ages to promote good health.

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And it's important to remember that this event is a fundraiser..

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Can you talk about how the proceeds of the event support, senior centers?.

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Yes. all proceeds go to the exercise and fitness programs.

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For older adults in baltimore, county.

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We have 20 bcda senior centers.

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And those funds help support all the exercise and wellness classes and programs. There.

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As well as it helps pay for the fitness studio, exercise, training, classes,.

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The scholarships that are given to some people for the fitness studio.

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And the preventative equipment cost to maintain the equipment,.

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To repair the equipment and to even replace it at 13 of the bcda fitness studios located within the senior centers,.

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Many of the senior centers.

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It's also important to remember,. This is such a fun event and I'm sure there's some new things that you would like to share about. It.

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Yes. it's much more than just a running race.

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It's really a celebration of health and wellness across the ages.

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It offers prevention, falls, awareness and screenings.

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We have swag bags for the first 200 on-site registered participants,.

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Lively music to get you moving, refreshments after the race.

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And wonderful moisture-wicking technical long, sleeve t-shirts.

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And this year, we're going to bring back.

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The maryland colors and theme for the t-shirts.

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And we also have various vendors and door prizes.

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That include five of the $100 gift cards for the fitness,.

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I believe it's a fitness pays gift, card. it is. mm-hmm.

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And if someone wants to volunteer but doesn't want to necessarily run the race.

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Or do the walk, they can certainly,.

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There's wonderful opportunities available for them to give back.

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To their community, as well. teams are encouraged and we will give awards for the largest team.

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And the team raising the most money and we'll also recognize.

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And award the individual who raises the most money.

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Outstanding. lots of opportunity to win. yes.

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The generosity of the walk/run sponsors make an event of this possible.

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Can you go ahead and share with our viewers, who are some of the sponsors that are participating in the event?.

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Yes. they couldn't do this event without the sponsors.

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So cigna this year is our presenting sponsor.

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Our gold sponsors are the whiting-turner contracting company.

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And ccbc essex, a special thanks to them for hosting the event.

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Our bronze sponsors are giant food, anytime, fitness in perry, hall,.

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Baltimore coffee and tea, company, geresbeck's food market and herr foods, incorporated.

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Our fitness pays sponsor this year is van dyke, & bacon, shoes.

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Our mile marker sponsor is university of maryland's st. joseph medical center.

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Our one mile water stop sponsor is maryland vein. Professionals.

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And our swag bag sponsor is promoproducts.com,.

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A division of promo, world, incorporated.

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Our media sponsors are comcast and power of age digest.

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And a special thanks to our entertainment being provided this year.

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To the group,, the timing is everything.

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All right., I'm sure, you've inspired many to register for the event.

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So where can they go ahead and register?? They can register in three different ways.

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I'm sorry. five different ways..

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You can register online at www.getreadygetsetgetfit5k.com.

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Or you can register at any of our bcda 20 senior centers.

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Located all around baltimore county., you can register by mail.. You can register in the morning of the event in person and you can follow on the run/walk facebook page.

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Lots of ways, lots of opportunity..

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Thank you for bringing your enthusiasm for the run/walk to the show today.

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Thank you so much for having me to talk about this great event.

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And I hope to see you there., you can count on it.

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We're going to take a short break, but first, take a look at footage from last year's walk/run.

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when we return, we ll, be talking about presenting sponsor,, cigna mid-atlantic.

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