Plea for Walk Volunteers

We are expecting a HUGE crowd at the Walk from Obesity on September 18th. We need more volunteers to man the registration booth, for set-up, clean-up, and at check point stations. Please send me your name and number if you can give just two hours of your time to support this wonderful event. Details of the walk is as follows: ASBS Foundation Walk from Obesity WHO: Regional bariatric programs working alongside the ASBS (American Society for Bariatric Surgery) Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to research into causes, prevention of, and treatment for obesity. WHAT: Walk from Obesity - a nationwide event to increase awareness of the life-threatening implications of obesity and raise funds for research into the causes, prevention and advanced treatments for the disease WHEN: Saturday, September 18, 2004 Registration 8-10AM or in advance Walk begins promptly at 10AM WHERE: Oriole Park at Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium Parking Lot A HOW: To Register: Go to www.walkfromobesity.com/baltimore/index.php Print and fill out forms. Also available at event. Mail or bring $25 registration fee to the event. T-shirt included in fee. To raise pledge dollars, a form is also located on the web site. Please make check payable to: ASBS Foundation Walk WHY: 58% of Maryland adults are overweight or obese. (CDC BRFSS, 2002) 29% of low-income children between two and five years of age in Maryland are overweight or at risk for overweight (CDC PedNSS, 2002) The obesity rate among Maryland adults increased by 62% from 1990 to 2002. (CDC BRFSS, 2002)