Can Albert Lea, Minnesota, Residents Work Together to Add 10,000 Collective Years...

Can Albert Lea, Minnesota, Residents Work Together to Add 10,000 Collective
Years of Projected Life to Their City? Join Us As Albert Lea Pledges to Find
Out!

Hundreds of Albert Lea residents will come together on one night for an
exciting and unprecedented community event that will inspire residents to take
charge of their health and make simple changes that can help them live longer
and live better.

WHO:500+ Residents, Volunteers and Leaders of Albert Lea
Blue Zones founder and project director Dan Buettner
AARP National Board Member Skip Humphrey
AARP The Magazine Editor Nancy Graham
Expert on "Mindless Eating" Dr. Brian Wansink
Expert on nutrition and project codirector Dr. Leslie Lytle, University
of Minnesota

WHAT:City-wide Launch of the AARP(R)/Blue Zones(R) Vitality Project sponsored
by United Health Foundation
Free AARP Memberships Provided to Albert Lea Residents Over 50!
Children and Adults of All Ages Welcome!

WHEN:May 14, 2009, 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Albert Lea High School Auditorium,
2000 Tiger Lane - Albert Lea, MN

Since January, Albert Lea leaders have been working behind the scenes with the
AARP Blue Zones Vitality Project sponsored by United Health Foundation, to
make changes to their community that will help residents live longer, better.
Now, it's time for individual action. Residents who live or work in Albert
Lea are joining together to pledge to participate in the first-ever longevity
makeover of an entire community. The AARP Blue Zones Vitality Project will
shine a national spotlight on the efforts of one small town trying together to
make a commitment to living better, longer.

CONTACT: Amy McDonough of AARP Minnesota, +1-651-726-5644 (w), +1-651-492-5837
(c), amcdonough@aarp.org

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- May 11/

SOURCE AARP Minnesota