BETTER WELL-BEING KICKS OFF ON JANUARY 20 IN GRANTS PASS!

Bring your friends, family, and neighbors to our free and fun community celebration to launch Blue Zones Project®, a movement that's transforming the well-being of Grants Pass by making healthy choices easier in all the places we live, work, learn, and play. Get all the event details below and register for updates.

Saturday, January 20, 2018
1 - 4 p.m.
Performing Arts Center
Grants Pass High School
830 NE 9th Street
Grants Pass, OR 97526 
 

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 EVENT DETAILS

SPEAKING PROGRAM

FEATURING:

NICK BUETTNER, COMMUNITY AND CORPORATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

See Nick Buettner!

Nick is responsible for leading the development and implementation in all of the Blue Zones communities. Over the last 20 years, Nick has led 17 expeditions over 6 continents around the world, three of which were to Blue Zones sites. Nick will tell the story of the original Blue Zones - home to the world's longest lived people - highlighting how we are putting them to work right here in Grants Pass.

Panel Discussion:

  • Peggy Maguire, Cambia Health Foundation
  • Sarah Foster, Oregon Healthiest State Initiative 
  • Dr. Robin Miller, Triune Medical and KOBI NBC 5 Docs on Call
ABOUT BLUE ZONES PROJECT
 

 

ACTIVITIES AND EXHIBITORS 

Community Showcase

Learn what it's like to live in a community where the healthy choice is the easy choice in all the places we spend our time!

Local Performances

Enjoy performances and demonstrations from around the area including:

  • North Valley High School Self-Defense Demo
  • Grants Pass High School Jazz Band
  • Yoga
  • Tai Chi
  • Juicing
  • Seated Aerobics 
  • Guided Meditation

Community Booths

We will feature community partners aligning with Blue Zones Project and the Power 9 Principles including:

  • Grants Pass Family YMCA
  • Club Northwest
  • Josephine Community Libraries, Inc. 
  • Southern Oregon Trail Association
  • Grants Pass Chamber of Commerce
  • True Juice
  • Oregon State University Extension Services
  • Josephine County Food Bank
  • Rogue Valley Food Systems Network
  • Options for Southern Oregon
  • Home Depot
  • Twisted Cork
  • The Vine
  • Asante Three Rivers 
  • Allcare Health
  • PrimaryHealth
  • Siskiyou Community Health
  • KidZone
  • City of Grants Pass Parks Department
  • The New Well
  • Coalition for Kids
  • Shelter Friends, Josephine County
  • Fred Meyer
  • Cultured Palate
  • Dutch Bros

SCHEDULE 

1:00 - 1:45 pm Community Exhibits Open
 

Demonstrations Begin in Voorhees Lecture Hall

1:00 pm Tai Chi Demo by Club Northwest

1:25 pm Yoga Demo by Club Northwest

1:45 pm Exhibits Close, Childcare Opens
2:00 - 3:00 pm

Speaking Program Begins

2:05 - 2:15 pm Dr. Miller Panel Discussion with Peggy Maguire and Sarah Foster

2:15 - 3:00 pm Keynote Speaker, Nick Buettner
 3:00 pm

 Exhibits Re-open

3:15 pm Seated Aerobics by Grants Pass Family YMCA

3:40 pm Juicing 101 by True Juice
4:00 pm Event Ends

PARKING
Free parking is available at the school, but please consider walking, biking, public transportation, or carpooling if possible. 

CHILDCARE
Free child care will be provided during the speaking program from 1:45 - 3:00 pm on a first come, first served basis.There should be a real nice footer here :) Sorry it's not showing up.
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