Yesterday President George W. Bush appointed Andy to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports for a two-year term. Andy is now one of twenty members who will advise the President through the Secretary of Health and Human Services about physical activity, fitness, and sports in America.

For 50 years, the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports has helped individuals, schools, communities, businesses, and organizations promote healthy lifestyles. President Dwight D. Eisenhower founded the President’s Council on Youth Fitness in 1956 to encourage America’s youth to make fitness a priority. The Council later became the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, including people of all ages and abilities and promoting fitness through sports and games.

In a proclamation last week, President Bush also declared May as the National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. For more information on The Council on Physical Fitness and Sports visit [1] www.fitness.gov.

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