Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Mayor’s 2K Challenge

Tampa, FL, January 13, 2009 – The 2009 Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival and State Farm Insurance are utilizing the Street Festival to highlight, and address, healthcare issues in the African American community and the need to emphasize healthy living and healthy lifestyles. The Mayor’s 2K Challenge, a 2K walk or run, will start at 9 AM Saturday, January 17 at Al Lopez Park located at 4810 N. Himes Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602. Registration will begin on site at 7:30 AM. The Mayor’s 2K Challenge is a free event, and everyone is invited to participate.

The Mayor’s 2K Challenge, a spin-off to the 2008 Festival’s partnership with State Farm Insurance and Dr. Ian Smith, founder of the 50 Million Pound Challenge, has previously drawn over 350 participants in a brisk, healthy walk. Having been recognized as a 2009 Top 20 Event by Southeast Tourism Society, the Festival’s remaining Saturday activities will provide a focus on health issues, will feature health screenings, and will also challenge participants to make healthy choices. In the absence of Mayor Iorio, walkers will be led by former County Commissioner and current City Council Chairperson Thomas Scott. In coordinated effort with Moffitt Cancer Center, a Health Village will be furnished to facilitate health screenings and the distribution of literature.

Additional Street Festival activities will feature food vendors, artists and authors. Completing the Street Festival will be activities for children and performances by national entertainment groups such as Doug E Fresh, Brick, Roy Ayers, B.K. Jackson, and Az Yet.

The Festival has a continued commitment of sponsors including Title Sponsor Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida as well as AAA Auto Club South, SweetBay Supermarkets, Fox 13 News, and Tampa Bay & Company. The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival is a ten-day cultural event that features cultural enrichment activities including local and national speakers, musicians, poets artists, and craftsmen. The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival offers the community of Tampa Bay a unique blend of African and African American art, culture and history. It exists to support the culturally rich and diverse Tampa Bay community by ensuring all events are inclusive of its entire people.

For a complete calendar of Festival events and additional information on the Mayor’s 2K Challenge, visit http://www.tampablackheritage.org/

- Tampa Bay Informer
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