Park & Walk
"Encouraging physical activities in the community by drawing out people - friends and neighbors, to engage in physical activities."
- Social determinants of health such as access to health care,
- Support networks,
- Education
- Stress.
- Disproportionate impact of COVID-19 and its aftermaths.
- Historical lower supports than they need.
- Build a community of men with health consciousness.
- Supports the physical, spiritual, emotional, financial, occupational, mental health and wellness of men in the community.
- Encourage men to be more physically active by drawing out men as friends and neighbors to engage in physical activities.
- Encourage the habit of regular medical checks.
- Address the cultural barriers to accessing medical support in the community.
- increase the health and well-being of members of the community by:
- Encouraging men to go for consultations with their doctors.
- Asking for specific tests and exploring options to prevent and manage certain illnesses like prostate and other cancers, diabetes, hypertension etc.
- This will in turn reduce the cost of managing the chronic disease, help the healthy men to keep their health with preventative lifestyle management information leading to a more thriving community.
We encourage men to be more physically active by drawing out men as friends and neighbors to engage in physical activities. The program encourages the habit of regular medical checks by addressing the cultural barriers to accessing medical support in the community. Together, we are working to increase the health and well being of member of the community by encouraging men to go for consultations with their doctors, asking for specific tests, and exploring options to prevent and manage certain illness like prostate cancer early. This will in turn reduce the cost of managing the chronic disease, help the healthy men to keep their health with preventative lifestyle management information leading to a more thriving community.
The primary step is to encourage men to form a habit of WALKING as a daily exercise. We literally and figuratively ask literally and figuratively asking men to leave their cars and walk.
Figuratively by supporting them to walk more. Literally by our weekly park and walk- walking 10km in 2 hours every Saturday of the month and by our monthly 10,000 steps daily challenge.
During the cold period, we walk indoors at the West Edmonton Mall. In the warmer seasons,we walk outdoors and explore the many trails in Edmonton City. We also have the quarterly Men’s Wellness Summit- a meeting where we bring men and experts in various dimensions of wellness to have a deeper conversation.
Encouraging physical activities in the community by drawing out people – friends and neighbors, to engage in physical activities.
Supports the physical and mental health and wellness of the men in the community.
OBJECTIVES
Building a community of men with health consciousness
Develop the habit of regular medical check by addressing the cultural barriers to accessing medical support in our community,
Increase the health and wellbeing of members of the community by encouraging men to go for test for diseases like PSA and DRE regularly.
Reduce the cost that would be required to manage chronic diseases and make the community to thrive.
Encouraging men to form the habit of walking as a daily exercise.
Literally and figuratively asking men to leave their cars and walk.
Figuratively by supporting them to walk more.
Literally by our weekly park and walk- walking 10km in 2 hours every Saturday of the month.
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
Weekly 2 hours Walk every Saturday.
Cold Period –
Indoors at West
Edmonton Mall.
Warmer Weather-
Outdoorsexploring
the trails
of Edmonton
Monthly 10,000
daily steps
Challenge
Quarterly Men’s
Health Summit
(17th Feb 2024)
Yearly Resilience
Summit (Planned)
