Let's Jump!: The old Guinness World Record is now dust as First Lady sets new record with more than 300,000 participants...First Lady Michelle Obama announced today that her October 11th Let's Move! attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for Most People Doing Jumping Jacks in a 24-Hour Period was literally a huuuuuuge success. (Above: Mrs. Obama and kids on the South Lawn, mid-record breaking)
"We had 300,265 people jumping that day," Mrs. Obama said in a video announcement. "This is a remarkable achievement."
"Remarkable" is not an overstatement: The old record was more than 20,000 people, and it's been left in the dust by an amazing margin. To kick off the effort to demolish the record, Mrs. Obama, Jumper in Chief, led about 400 kids in doing jumping jacks for one minute on the South Lawn. The record has now been certified by Guinness, which took close to two months to "gather evidence" from participants.
The number of people who took part speaks to the massive national support the First Lady has gotten for the Let's Move! campaign since it was formally launched in 2010. The First Lady's video announcement:
More work to do, says First Lady...
But remarkable as the world record is, Mrs. Obama said there's still a long way to go in her campaign.
"This isn't just about jumping jacks and one world record," the First Lady said. "We still have a lot of work left to do to meet an even bigger goal: Ending childhood obesity within a generation so all children have a chance to grow up healthy and strong."
Earlier this month, Mrs. Obama announced that in the year ahead, the Let's Move! campaign will have a renewed focus on fitness initiatives, with new components and programs being rolled out in an effort to "redefine play" and get kids more physically active.
National Geographic Kids rounded up the participants for the Guinness World Record attempt; check out their Let's Jump! blog.
Click here for the pocket guide to the Let's Move! campaign.
*Photo by Chuck Kennedy/White House
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar