World Health Day LA 2013: Put your heart into health!

This year's World Health Day LA will be held on April 6th to promote heart healthy lifestyles and physical activity with free health screenings and fun events for the whole family. World Health Day is a joint event between the University of Southern California and the University of California Los Angeles that provides local families each year a day of free screenings, activities and entertainment to promote health in the community.

The event will provide free health screenings, live entertainment performances by local artists, health education and children’s physical activity stations featuring a fitness challenge obstacle course hosted by Children Sports International.

Join your community for a day of promoting healthy hearts, bodies and minds! Check out the event details below. Click here to register or sign-up to volunteer.

When: Saturday, April 6, 2013 Where: Expo Center Soboroff Sports Field- 3980 Bill Robertson Lane, 90037 What: Health Screenings: 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Activities & Entertainment: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

World Health Day LA Flyer: English | Espanol

About Children Sports International

Founded in 2010, Children Sports International is innovative non-profit that provides low-to-no cost fitness programs for children in under-served communities and low income schools in Los Angeles and Long Beach. In addition to their Youth Sports Performance and After-School Fitness Programs, Children Sports aims to make a difference in the lives of families and in the environment through various community events year around. Learn more about the great work they do, visit www.ChildrenSportsInternational.org. You can also find them on Twitter @ChildrenSports, and on Facebook.com/ChildrenSportsIntl

World Health Day LA 2013 is co-sponsored by:

USC Institute for Global Health, Keck School of Medicine of USC, USC School of Pharmacy, UCLA School of Public Health, UCLA School of Nursing, the EXPO Center, City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and Global Health Review

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