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Updated Nov 6th, 2008
Letters to the Editor
YMCA CEO Offers Advice
We’ve read and heard lately that
our country’s current financial crisis
is second only in severity to the
Great Depression. Some are saying
our financial crisis will not last
more than six to nine months.
Regardless, stress and anxiety is
running high and personal health
and well-being may be comprised.
I’d like to remind individuals in this community that now, more than ever,
it is important to take care of yourself.
People who exercise on a regular
basis should continue their regular
routine and non-exercisers should
start.
Empirical studies have shown
over and over that exercise reduces
stress, which takes its toll on us
physically and emotionally. So turn
off the TV, put down the newspaper
and go outside with your family for
a 20-minute walk after dinner. Buy
some goggles and swim a few laps or
come to the gym to shoot some baskets.
You’ll be surprised by how
relaxed you feel when you’re done.
And you don’t have to join a
health club, gym or boot camp program.
You don’t have to take an
organized class or lift weights. It’s
about getting moving just 20 minutes
a day and remembering that if
you don’t take care of yourself and
your body, no one else will.
As a charitable, non-profit
organization, the YMCA is a place
for everyone (young and old alike)
and seeks to ensure that inclusivity
by being affordable to all. Financial
aid for membership and programs is
available to those who qualify. We
would encourage you to contact our
director of membership at either of
our two branches.
Again, no matter where you do
it, as Nike says, “Just Do It.”
Exercise is such a wonderful gift to
give yourself during such uncertain
times.
Larry Hall
CEO and president,
YMCA of the Foothills
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