The Healthways | Blue Zones Vitality City team is making plans for numerous programs, workshops and events that will happen Spring 2011, and they need your input to make them the best they can be. (Read about all the programs on the Vitality City website.)

To help plan for these upcoming programs, the Vitality City team would like your help during this series of focus groups, with several taking place in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday, January 12th. See below for more information and visit the registration website to RSVP.

Manhattan Beach Focus Groups will be held on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at the Joslyn Center Auditorium:

• Volunteer Coordinators and Clearinghouses 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
• Community Gardens 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
• Walking School Bus and School Nutrition/Movement 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Further, the Vitality City team is partnering with the South Bay Bicycle Coalition to host a Community Workshop and Open House that will be held on January 19th at the Joslyn Center. You can RSVP for this workshop by visiting the Registration website and scrolling down to the January 19th event. (Two other focus groups will be held in Manhattan Beach on January 26th, and information on those sessions can be found on the registration website as well.)

For those that cannot attend the focus groups in Manhattan Beach, additional sessions are being organized in the other beach cities on various days--so please do attend and offer your input. Examples of focus groups being offered include:

• January 11, 2011 - Purpose and Downshift: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, North Redondo Library Community Room
• January 13, 2011 - Cooking Classes: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM, Hermosa Beach Clark Building
• January 25, 2011 - Employers and Businesses: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM, Beach Cities Health District, Beach Cities Room 

Please refer to the Registration website and RSVP for any focus groups that you may be interested in.

You can learn more about the City's involvement in the Vitality City initiative by visiting the Going Green website. If you have any questions, please contact Sona Kalapura at (310) 802-5058.