Adopt the Program Resources Now Available

You know how important a heart-healthy lifestyle is for yourself, your department, and your family. You have used the resources and information available through the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program to learn more about how to keep your heart healthy. Take the next step to ensuring you and your department members stay strong - Adopt the Program.

By Adopting the Program at the department level, you and your fellow first responders are making a commitment to embark on a healthy lifestyle and keep your hearts and bodies strong. When you Adopt the Program, you will have access to special resources and tools from the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program to ensure you have everything you need to succeed.

Adopt the Program now by utilizing the resources and tools available online to start and maintain your healthy lifestyle. In the coming months, the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program will launch a new Adopt the Program component on the Program web site that features an expanded Fired Up For Fitness Challenge to reward your dedication to exercise and physical activity, chat and networking features to connect with others who have accepted the challenge to be healthy, advice and guidance from health experts, and much more.

Once the new component launches, you can Adopt the Program as a department by having each of your department members sign the Department Pledge, or as an individual by signing the Individual Pledge. Stay tuned for more information at www.healthy-firefighter.org and in the Heart-Healthy E-news.

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