Diana Young, Vice-President of the Waltham Land Trust, led a walk along the Western Greenway Trail and through the Storer Conservation Lands, which surrounds the property. “We are always happy to show families how the Western Greenway Trail connects the High School, Middle School, and Northeast Elementary with the many paths of Stonehurst,” said Sonja Wadman, Program Director of the Waltham Land Trust. Ann Clifford of Stonehurst led another group to the historic ruins and artifacts nestled in the woods around the estate.  Kids’ crafts and halloween activities were led by students from Brandeis University.

The grounds around Stonehurst and the surrounding Storer Conservation Lands, overseen by the Waltham Conservation Commission, are open daily sunrise to sunset; maps are available at the door. Please see www.stonehurstwaltham.org for more information.  For more places to walk in Waltham, please check out the Waltham Land Trust at www.walthamlandtrust.org.

Come to Waltham Day at the Waltham Common (located at intersection of Main and Moody Streets, Waltham) on:

Saturday, September 17, 2011, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

We will be kicking off Let’s Move Waltham with events guaranteed to get you moving!

Here is the schedule of all the Let’s Move Waltham activities:

• 10:00 AM Creative Movement Performance (gazebo)
• 10:30 AM Creative Movement will teach children the “Down South Shuffle” (gazebo)
• 10:45 AM Zumba – with Cassandra Aviles, Certified Zumba Instructor, ZIM member
• 11:15 AM Yoga – with Katie Dowcett. Certified Yoga Instructor
• 12:00 PM Let’s Move Waltham Kick Off Ceremony with Mayor Jeannette McCarthy and Christie L. Hager, J.D., MPH, Regional Director of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (gazebo)
• 12:30 PM Tug of War – Led by Waltham High Sc hool Athletics
• 1:00 PM Fitness Circuit – Led by the Waltham Boys and Girls Club
• 1:30 PM Parachute Game – Led by the Waltham Recreation Department
• 2:00 PM Races – Led by the Waltham YMCA
• 2:20 PM Zumba – With Linda Flores, Cert ified and Licensed Zumba Instructor (gazebo)

Plus, try our two inflatable obstacle courses available all day.

What is Let’s Move Waltham?  The City of Waltham recently joined Let’s Move, the national campaign to address childhood obesity.  Let’s Move Waltham is about making healthy food choices and increasing physical activity.  Over the next year we will host various city-wide events, work with schools and kids, and challenge you to get healthier!

“Walk & Talk with Elected Officials” was featured in the Waltham News Tribune, please click here to read the story.  The Waltham Community Access Channel was also there, please click here for their video coverage courtesy of Julie Land.

“UNNATURAL CAUSES…is inequality making us sick?” investigates findings that are shaking up our conventional understanding of health.  There’s much more to our well-being than genes, behaviors and medical care.  The social, economic and physical environments in which we are born, live and work profoundly affect our health.  Broadcast by PBS, this series tackles the root causes of our alarming socio-economic and racial inequities in health.

Learn more about this documentary at www.unnaturalcauses.org.

These events are FREE and all are welcome.  All screenings will be held in the Lecture Hall of the Waltham Public Library, 735 Main Street.  Each screening will be facilitated by a member of the Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest) and include an audience participation group discussion. Healthy snacks will be provided.

DATES

Feb 25-In Sickness and in Wealth: How does the distribution of power, wealth and resources shape opportunities for health?

March 18-Becoming American: Latino immigrants arrive healthy, so why don’t they stay that way?

April 15-Place Matters: Why is your street address such a strong predictor of your health?

TIMES

5:30pm – Doors Open, Refreshments

6:00pm – Introduction by Facilitator

6:15pm – Begin Video, followed by discussion, finish by 8:00pm

RSVP

Please RSVP by sending email to info@healthy-waltham.org so we have numbers for snacks and seating. Childcare will be available on a first come first served basis for children age 5 and up; if you need childcare, please call Francisca at 617-208-1562 to confirm space for your children.

Download our Unnatural Causes Flyer.

This special event is sponsored by Listen and Learn, a Mount Auburn Hospital collaboration with Healthy Waltham, WATCH, Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center, Power Program and Waltham Family School.  Funding from the BCBS Foundation of MA.

Check out a video of the event courtesy of Chris Wangler and the Waltham Community Access Channel (WCAC-TV):

The Waltham Day of Play was spearheaded by the Waltham Recreation Department.  Other participating organizations included:  City of Waltham, Waltham YMCA, Healthy Waltham, Waltham Partnership for Youth, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Waltham Children’s Hospital, Waltham Public Schools, Waltham Fields Community Farm, Waltham Land Trust, Greater Waltham ARC, Hannaford’s Supermarket.