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More More, Milton! Walking Month: June 2012

June is Move More, Milton! Walking Month. Get moving and join the active revolution by exploring neighbourhood trails and participating in community walks throughout the month of June.

Walking Month Resources

There are several handy online resources available to help you discover trails and parks in urban and rural Milton:

• Take to the Trails Guides
• Community Connections Maps
• Conservation Halton Trail Maps

Community Walks

Move More Mayor's Walk Thursday, June 7, 10:00 am Free	Bruce Trail Public School: 1199 Costigan Rd, Milton Kick off Walking Month in June by joining Mayor Gordon Krantz, Move More, Milton! volunteers, Bruce Trail students and members of the community with a 30-minute walk around the neighbourhoods surrounding Bruce Trail Public School.
Take to the Trails, Hike-it at Kelso Thursday, June 21, 6:00 pm Free (With park admission)	Hosted by: Conservation Halton Kelso: 5234 Kelso Rd, Milton (GPS Coordinates: 43.509-79-941) Meeting location: Main Chalet Join Conservation Halton staff on a guided hike through the Niagara Escarpment. Explore the natural beauty of the escarpment during this 1.5 hour easy walk.  Please bring water and appropriate footwear. Note: there is a slight climb up the escarpment. For more information, call 905-878-5011, ext. 0 or visit the website: Conservation Halton
Walk and Seek Tuesday, June 26, 10:00 am, 10:30 am and 11:00 am Free	Hosted by: Milton Community Resource Centre McCready Park: Corner of Scott Blvd and McCready Park, Milton Come out to this 30-minute walk led by Milton Community Resource Centre staff.  Participants will be provided with a list of items to seek out along the trail. For more information on the walk and a potential rain date, visit the website: Milton Community Resource Centre

Recreation and Parks Month: June

June is also Recreation and Parks Month across Ontario. Get active and try something new with free recreation events offered at Town of Milton facilities in June.

• Recreation and Parks Month

Move More, Milton! Month: March 2012

Congratulations Milton! We more than doubled our Move More, Milton! month goal of 65,000 activity minutes with a total of 157,721 minutes community-wide in March!           

Special thank you to the following individuals, families, schools, groups, organizations and businesses for helping us achieve our goal: 

Family/Individual	School	Group/Organization/Business
Lyn Baskett Hierman Family Mary Mayo Elaine Stover	Bruce Trail Public School	Gary Collins Group Halton Region Basketball Association Milton Chamber of Commerce Milton Community Resource Centre Milton Public Library Milton Soccer Academy Milton Springers Gymnastics Club Milton Stags Basketball Thank Dog! Bootcamp Town of Milton Training Edge

Resources and Templates

Active Living Articles	Couch Potato Workout: Sneak in a workout and stay active during commercial breaks with quick and easy exercises. Workout "Chore"ography: Follow our household "chore"ography and discover the benefits to active cleaning. Put Some Pep In Your Step: Discover ten helpful steps to get you walking more often.
Downloadable Templates	Event Poster Template (Microsoft Word): Customize this template to promote your next active living event. Sample Event Poster
Logo Files (JPEG)	Full-colour Colour and font specs

New Walking/Jogging Track at the Milton Sports Centre

The Town of Milton is pleased to introduce a walking/jogging track at the Milton Sports Centre, added this year as part of the Centre's expansion. The track offers an ideal venue for engaging in one of the easiest ways to stay active; just 30 minutes of brisk walking or jogging each day may help improve your mental and physical health. Walk or jog to your heart's content! A full-year membership is only $5. (1 km = five laps.)

• New Walking/Jogging Track

Walk Around the World - Goal Achieved!

In December we achieved our fitness goal of walking, running or jogging around the world! Laps around the Sports Centre walking/jogging track were recorded on a monthly basis and got us one step closer to reaching our goal of travelling around the circumference of the world. Thanks to everyone who came out to the Sports Centre to get moving!

Month	Laps	Kilometres	Location
September	26,000	5,200	Dublin, Ireland
October	39,927	7,626	Kathmandu, Nepal
November	52,095	9,637	Juneau, Alaska
December	55,895	10,340	Milton, Ontario - goal achieved! Lima, Peru

Take to the Trails!

Explore the trails in a neighbourhood near you and connect with your community. Explore nature while you nurture your health all winter long.

• Take to the Trails Brochure

Sign up for e-news

Subscribe to the Move More, Milton! e-newsletter for ideas on how to be more active, more often.

• Move More, Milton! e-newsletter sign-up
• Current e-newsletter: Celebrate Move More, Milton! Month in March

Community Partners

• Halton Parks
• Milton Community Resource Centre
• Spokes and Slopes

About Move More, Milton

Move More, Milton! is a community-wide program designed to encourage Milton residents and employees to be more active, more often and as a result - healther! Think you need to run a marathon, work out for hours at at time or spend money to be active? Think again! You can easily include a variety of activities in your daily routine anytime and anywhere to benefit your health, maximize your mood, connect with your community and have some fun!

For more information about how you can get involved with Move More, Milton, contact 905-878-7252, ext. 2706.

Move More, Milton! is an initiative of Milton's Physical Activity Plan. Move More, Milton! was developed by the Town of Milton, in partnership with Milton Community Resource Centre, and funded by the Ministry of Health Promotion.