May is National Physical Fitness and Sports month, and this year is its 20th anniversary. Consult the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports for further ideas on how to get moving as well as thoughts on planning a fitness/health fair, fitness talks, social events, fitness/sports testing and other fun information at http://www.ncpad.org/667/2822/2003-05-01.

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Do you know of a disability-friendly place to exercise or participate in sports or recreation programs in your community? Do you operate an accessible facility that you would like listed in our programs database? If so, complete our 7 minute survey and we'll send you a free NCHPAD t-shirt. For more information on obtaining a copy of the survey, contact Cheeri Ong at cheeri@uic.edu. NCHPAD will add it to our online searchable database and send you a free NCHPAD t-shirt!

NCHPAD Discussion Forums:We are presently using the discussion forums to highlight requests and responses that can be of use to many recipients and hope to develop an online community for information sharing. If you have a question, simply post your request at http://www.ncpad.org/phpBB and choose among a variety of categories: NCHPAD General Requests, Sites for Travel or Vacation, Program and Activities for Children, Camps, Equipment and Adaptations Wanted, and a Variety Forum.

We look forward to corresponding with you online! Do you want to add a write-up for the NCHPAD online feature: Abstracts? This section includes abstracts of current research on physical activity and disability. These abstracts include a discussion section that addresses the signifcance of the topic and offers opinions on the current article.