2024 Community Events
Recurring REACH Walks
- Mondays, 4:30PM - 5:30PM | NE Health Center 5329 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd 97211
- Tuesdays, 1:00PM - 2:00PM | East End of Lloyd Center, 1241 Lloyd Center 97232 (1st Floor)
- Thursdays 5:30PM - 7:00PM | East Portland Community Center 740 SE 106th Ave 97216
What is Active People, Healthy Multnomah?
Multnomah County is participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) national Active People, Healthy Nation initiative which aims to get:
- 15 million adults from inactive (no aerobic activity) to some moderate-intensity activity every day.
- 10 million adults from some physical activity to meeting the minimum aerobic physical activity guideline.
- 2 million young people from some physical activity to meeting the minimum aerobic physical activity guideline.
How can you participate?
Use hashtags #MultcoMoveYourway and #activepeoplehealthymultnomah to share your progress. This summer and fall, REACH is challenging Multnomah County residents to move more by joining a community activity and getting out on their own. Let us know how you're doing!
Set a reasonable goal to increase your activity. The CDC recommends adults get 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity and 2 days of muscle strengthening activity each week. We suggest prioritizing 30 minutes of your preferred type of movement five days a week to reach this goal. This can include walking, yoga, stretching, dancing, gardening or other activities and being active by yourself or with a group. Do what sounds fun for you!
Ask family members, friends, and colleagues to join you. Group activities help build community and can make exercise more enjoyable. Having others around you with a shared goal is a great way to stay motivated.
Download the WalkerTracker App to track your activity minutes. Use program URL: multcoreach
Check the REACH website or Facebook page regularly for events like community bike rides, walks, challenges and more. (Follow and participate on social media with the #ActivePeopleHealthyMultnomah hashtag.)