April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month!
Join us on social media and at the PWR!Gym throughout April for Parkinson’s Awareness Month, as we join with friends and advocates from around the world, including the Parkinson’s Foundation, Stand Up to Parkinson’s, and countless others, to spread awareness of Parkinson’s disease and those it affects. Check out all these fun things we’ve got going on:
- Tuesday, April 1 is AZ Gives Day – kick off Parkinson’s Awareness Month by supporting people with Parkinson’s to get better and stay better with exercise!
- Saturday, April 5 is our Living with PD: A Prescription for Exercise event at the PWR!Gym – and you’re invited!
- Attend PWR!Gym Lunch & Learn events every Tuesday in April starting April 8.
- Courtesy of the Parkinson’s Foundation, get to know PAM, your guide to Parkinson’s Awareness Month. PAM is here to help raise awareness by addressing key Parkinson’s disease (PD) topics each week of the month.
- April 7-11 is PWR!Gym Spirit Week! Join us at the gym – or tag pics of yourself on social media – for themed days each day:
– Move Big Monday – wear something oversized and move BIG all day!
– Tuesday is – Twin Day – match with a friend to show we are stronger together!
– Wacky Wednesday – wear mismatched socks to “shake” things up!
– Thursday is Brain Boost Day – wear a thinking cap, hat, headband, or other head accessory!
– Friday is World Parkinson’s Day – wear PWR!, Parkinson’s apparel, or red to increase awareness of PD!
- Friday, April 11 is World Parkinson’s Day and the Stand Up 2 Parkinson’s #sit2stand Challenge, where we collectively aim to complete 2 million sit-to-stands in 24 hours worldwide!
#ParkinsonsAwarenessMonth #standup2pd #sit2stand