The Dallas Mayor’s Youth Fitness Initiative (MyFi Dallas)

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The Dallas Mayor’s Youth Fitness Initiative (MyFi Dallas)—a public/private partnership led by City of Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and community and business leaders—is making long-term improvements in the way Dallas children eat, play and live.

MyFi Dallas is uniting government with local leaders to evaluate and leverage existing projects, and design and implement new activities supportive of healthy eating and active living in kids.

Through a partnership with the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department MyFi Dallas delivers programs to promote healthy lifestyles for children.

The program was developed in 2010, when programs at recreation centers across Dallas were in jeopardy of being closed. Fortunately, city leaders joined with Oncor–a corporation who decided to contribute $1 million dollars to keep fitness and wellness programs open–and the Mayor’s Youth Fitness Initiative (MyFi) was born.

Visit the MyFi Dallas Facebook page to learn more about the group’s activities and the MyFi Dallas webpage to learn how this initiative is working to fight childhood obesity.

Watch this Spanish Univision news report to see what parents had to say about a MyFi Dallas.

Kids can sign up for MyFi Dallas by visiting the MyFi registration page.