It is Caribbean Wellness Day on 8th September and this day kicks off a week of wellness activities to celebrate Caribbean Wellness Week.
Caribbean Wellness Day started in 2008 following the CARICOM Summit on Chronic Diseases held in Trinidad in September 2007. This annual event was established to:
- increase the awareness of the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) burden in the Caribbean;
- mobilise and strengthen public, private, and civil society partnerships for NCDs;
- promote multi country, multisectoral activities in support of wellness; and
- showcase national and community level activities to promote healthy living and encourage residents to develop good health practices.
Wellness Walk
We attended the St Kitts Caribbean Wellness Week’s planning meetings organised by the Ministry of Health and are delighted invite you to the St Kitts Caribbean Wellness Day Walk on 8th September at 5AM (!).
The Ministry of Health will be partnering with Elite Fitness and other local gyms to spearhead the inaugural Caribbean Wellness Day Walk. This is just one of the many activities organised to commemorate Caribbean Wellness Week which runs from 8th to 14th September.
Owner of Elite Fitness, Althus Herbert, said:
“The Elite Fitness Gym is glad to have been afforded the opportunity to partner with the Ministry of Health for Caribbean Wellness Week and honoured to be the leading gym to spearhead the walk. We pride ourselves in maintaining the physical well-being of our clients. We are also looking forward to this being an annual event and collaborating on future events with the ministry,”
The meeting point is at the Caribbean Cinemas parking lot. The event will start with a warm-up activity and then attendees will make their way to the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank and back.
Registration is just $10EC for children who are 12 and under and $20EC for attendees who are 13 or older. We delighted to say there is a special corporate registration package of $15EC per person for every 10 people registered from the same organisation.
Join us for an invigorating, fun walk to start your day on a healthy note. We hope to see you there!
You can listen to a short promo clip here
