Get Healthy DeSoto

FINAL Better Body Challenge Weigh-in Reminder

Just a reminder!

The final weigh-in for the Better Body Challenge is tomorrow, April 18th. Please stop by the De Soto Community Center between 5:30 and 7 pm to weigh-in.

Movie Showing

Get Healthy De Soto has teamed up with the Franciscan Sisters to have a movie showing of Truck Farm. It is a movie that tells the story of a new generation of quirky urban farmers. Viewers are trucked across New York to see the city’s funkiest urban farms, and to find out if America’s largest city can learn to feed itself. Blending serious exposition with serious silliness, Truck Farm entreats viewers to ponder the future of urban farming, and to consider whether sustainability needs a dose of whimsy to be truly sustainable. Featuring chef Dan Barber, nutritionist Marion Nestle, explorer Henry Hudson and a very lonely seagull. With musical narration by The Fishermen Three.

The showing is FREE and will be on April 11th and will start at 7PM. It is expected to last until about 8:30PM to allow for dialgoue. Hot cider and popcorn will be served. The event will be held at the DeSoto Central Apartments.

To check out the movie trailer, click here.

Better Body Challenge Weigh-in Reminder

Just a reminder!

Weigh-in for the Better Body Challenge is tomorrow, April 4th. Please stop by the De Soto Community Center between 5:30 and 7 pm to weigh-in.

Progress on the New Trail

There has been considerable progress made on the trail that will connect the Vineland Elementary campus to the Junior High and High School campuses. Here are some photos to bring you up to date. We’ll keep you posted as the process continues.

Frank Wilcox Film Festival

Wine Reception — Fans gathered with Donna Douglas for photo-ops.

The First Annual Frank Wilcox Film Festival was a huge success. Jim Thomas, the event organizer, estimated that 900 people attended to watch shows, purchase memorabilia, and get an autograph from the still fetching Donna Douglas. Part of the event included a Wine Reception hosted by Get Healthy De Soto. (Yes, the irony of that sentence is not lost on me. However, all things in moderation, including moderation, right?)

There were only 100 tickets available to the reception, and it was well attended. There was wine, fancy sandwiches, and a few other tasty items. A good time was had by all, and the newly remodeled Central Apartments was a lovely venue; within walking distance of all the other festivities.

Get Healthy De Soto would like to thank all those who volunteered their time to make the event a success and we are looking forward to next year’s Frank Wilcox Film Festival. To those who didn’t snag a ticket to the wine reception and missed out on the Frank Wilcox Film Festival wine glass, we’ll see you next year…assuming you are of age and form an orderly line when tickets go on sale.