Hope for Warriors launches new initiative ahead of Memorial Day: 30 x 30 Wellness Day Challenge
Updated: April 30, 2024 10:46 AM EDT
Next break. Yes, Brian, thank you for your prediction. It’s time for our first live guest this morning. May 1st is already tomorrow. I think that’s incredible. Yeah. A veteran organization called Hope for the Warriors is launching a new initiative ahead of the upcoming May 27th anniversary. It’s called the 30 BY 30 Memorial Day Wellness Challenge. Anyone can participate, not just veterans. Additionally, Sean Lamar joined us live this morning. He is responsible for strategic communications at Warriors of Hope. I am always grateful for your help. Hello. good morning. Thank you so much for having me. I’m really happy to be here. Oh, you’re welcome. First of all, could you tell us about your anniversary? This is like his month-long wellness challenge, which ends on May 30th. What does that mean? Of course, every year we kick this off. It starts from the beginning. He is required to perform 30 minutes of exercise for 30 consecutive days. Well, it’s a virtual, free wellness challenge that focuses on an individual’s emotional and physical well-being. Well, we honor and remember at the same time those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving. Well, we have a large collection of Hope Client services that we feature throughout it. Well, it’s a great opportunity to get out and be active while hearing real stories from people in your local community. I love that, yeah. Sean, what do you think the overall impact of the 30 by 30 Challenge will be? Well, we want to get people out and moving. Really? Um, I think community engagement is a really important thing for people, especially with COVID, and there’s no doubt that the veteran community is suffering. Well, we want to simultaneously honor those who lost their lives while we were evacuating people and while we were letting people leave. And there are many ways for people to get active. it’s not. When people think about these wellness challenges, they often think they have to become a big runner or hiker or something. Hmm, but that’s really subjective. You know, any kind of activity that gets you outside and exhausts your body. Well, it works for us. Some of us garden as a daily 30-minute activity. This is, well, anyone who has a garden knows that it can also be quite a bit of work. So is there room for people of all abilities to join this challenge? Yes. Gardening is a workout. of course. I know, it’s better than nothing. right. So I’m glad you’re saying things like, people don’t have to be scared of wellness challenges. Does it cost anything, Sean? And where does the money raised from this challenge go? Oh, thank you for your question. Well, it doesn’t cost anything. It’s a free challenge. I’m looking forward to, uh, anyone else? Oh, I feel like there’s space here for people who want to complete it. Registration is free. Um, but for people who want to fundraise, there’s peer-to-peer fundraising that’s a really great resource that’s available, and all of those funds go directly to, uh, Warriors programs and services. Understood. amazing. Sean. thank you. If you want to sign up for the challenge, what do you need to do? Well, visit our website. I got it at the request of a warrior organization. You can find it now on our home page, Smack Center. Well, click on “30 BY 30 Memorial Day Challenge.” It will direct you to our registration. We encourage people who can do it on their own. It’s a great workplace wellness challenge. You can bring some people. Even if you work for a small business or maybe a large company, um, anyone can also, uh, put together a really great team. You can also compete with people you work with or people you know within your family. Yeah. A little friendly competition is fine. Sean. There’s still time until we say goodbye to everyone. The mission of hope for the warriors is to remind people that ah. Thank you for your question. Oh, and I especially want the fans in North Carolina to have hope that the Warriors were born and raised there. Um, we started with a few different families who were seeing their loved ones coming back due to the effects of war and, um, knew they needed to do something to help. That was nearly 20 years ago, and today we offer an array of programs and services aimed at giving people everything from physical and mental health to stability and greater power in their communities. Well, we take a holistic approach to caring for our veterans and military loved ones. Well, I also want to stress that we are a post-911 veteran organization. Um, but it’s not just veterans and active duty. The same goes for military families, military children, and caregivers. Well, it’s a broad spectrum of what we’re trying to help with and connect to services. oh. Well, Sean, thank you for what you do. And everyone at home, thank you for taking the time to be here this morning. I would like to inform you once again. The Memorial Day 30 BY 30 Wellness Challenge starts tomorrow, May 1st. You can register as an individual or join as a team.you can find more
Hope for Warriors launches new initiative ahead of Memorial Day: 30 x 30 Wellness Day Challenge
Updated: April 30, 2024 10:46 AM EDT
Hope For The Warriors presents a 30-day virtual challenge focused on physical and mental health to honor the efforts of the Triad military community. Participants complete an activity for 30 minutes a day for 30 days. Watch The Local Vibe’s interview above. Throughout the challenge, HOPE will provide a library of fitness and mindfulness activities. You can choose from these activities or do another activity of your choice to complete your daily 30 minutes. For 30 days, participants will receive motivational emails on Mission Mondays and self-care and wellness tips on Fridays. TOP STORIES 4 officers killed, 4 injured while executing warrant in Charlotte ‘Today we lost a hero’ Charlotte police chief and mayor speak out for 4 officers killed, others injured ‘We “This is an unusual situation for the warriors”: Charlotte residents react after mass shooting in neighborhood Click here to get the latest news stories that interest you Participants, individually or as a team, hopeforthewarriors. We encourage you to sign up for the free 30-day fitness challenge at org.org.
Hope For The Warriors presents a 30-day virtual challenge focused on physical and mental health to honor the efforts of the Triad military community.
Participants complete 30 minutes of activity per day for 30 days.
Watch The Local Vibe’s interview above.
Throughout the challenge, HOPE will provide a library of fitness and mindfulness activities. You can choose from these activities or do another activity of your choice to meet your daily 30 minutes. For 30 days, participants will receive motivational emails on Mission Mondays and self-care and wellness tips on Fridays.
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Participants are encouraged to register individually or as a team for the free 30-day fitness challenge at hopeforthewarriors.org.
