Blog: A Military Outreach Event for July 4 - Or Any Day

The July 4th promotional tie-ins have been nonstop lately, including the requisite parades, fireworks, mattress sales (are they ever not on sale?). But for some reason, there hasn't been an uptick, at least not in my area, of what I've come to think of as the Fitness Fourth. The Fitness Fourth includes events with names like Firecracker 5K. One example would be a run held just before a parade so that people can travel along the parade route and get the benefit of cheers from spectators - which doesn't generally happen at most foot races. But this year, I've noticed a distinct lack of such events. Maybe that's because the Fourth falls on a Wednesday, making it more difficult for people to plan long weekends, or maybe it's because everyone is so cautious not to schedule something that would conflict with another event, that nobody is scheduling anything.

Recently, a friend and fellow writer sent me a notice about a fitness event a lot of people could tie into: the Tennis in the Parks/Military Outreach Veterans Day Initiative. Promoted through the USTA's Military Outreach program, this event, which invites active-duty military and veterans' families to come try tennis at a "tennis party," is meant to increase involvement between this segment of the community and, of course, to promote wellness. There can be "Tennis 101" skill clinics, fun drills, games for kids, you name it.

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