Get Checked and Get Fit Features

• Foundation Helps Missouri Shape Up and Get Healthy The Shape Up Missouri event at Parkway South High School in St. Louis centered on a family-focused 5K, but stood for much more than just a fun day outside...it stood for character and helped launch Asthma Awareness Month. <more>
• Foundation Helps White House "Get Up and Go!" for Easter Founder and National PTA Ambassador Chris Draft joined the 2011 Easter Egg Roll on the White House Lawn. The Easter Egg Roll this year focused on the first lady's Let's Move health initiative. <more>
• Foundation Helps Move L.A. The foundation joined KJLH radio in Los Angeles for a Let's Move fitness and leadership event. <more>
• Let's Move! Celebrates One Year of Fighting Childhood Obesity CDFF Founder Chris Draft will attend at special address by First Lady Michelle Obama today in Atlanta discussing the future of the movement. <more>
• National Dance Day Promotes Dancing for Healthy Exercise As a dancer growing up, Chris Draft and the Chris Draft Family Foundation are avid supporters of dance as a healthy exercise. <more>
• Redskins' Lorenzo Alexander and Kedric Golston ride bikes Much like Chris Draft did when he was playing for the Panthers, Redskins Lorenzo Alexander and Kedric Golston are riding their bikes to Redskins Park. <more>
• Chris Draft Family Foundation Celebrates World Fitness Day Chris Draft Family Foundation Get Checked and Get Fit initiative will celebrate fitness at the fitness event in the Georgia Dome. <more>
• Leaders Pay Tribute to Dr. King Through Character, Education, Health, Fitness and Service In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Chris Draft Family Foundation will be paying tribute to the late civil rights leader through a host of weekend events. At the forefront is founder Chris Draft serving as an Ambassador of Service for MLK Day. <more>
• Draft, Foundation Honored for Service to St. Louis In honor of commitment and service to St. Louis, Chris Draft and the Chris Draft Family Foundation were honored with a resolution from the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. <more>
• Get Checked and Get Fit with Special Kids in Buffalo The Buffalo Bills and the Town of Hamburg Recreation Department partnered to host football clinics for disabled youngsters in the Buffalo Bills Field House. Certificates were presented to the participants by Bills linebacker Chris Draft and Billy Buffalo, team mascot. <more>
• Beyond 3:30 Taking Get Checked and Get Fit International Together, the Chris Draft Family Foundation and Beyond 3:30 will be keeping students off the streets and in school with the Beyond 3:30 after school program, and informed, active, and healthy with Get Checked and Get Fit! <more>
• Get Checked and Get Fit: Draft and Evans Fuel Up Chris Draft and teammate Lee Evans helped kids learn the benefits of leading a healthy lifestyle at the Fuel Up to Play 60 event in Buffalo. <more>
• Chef Talk with Dierbergs Chris Draft took his 'Chef Talk' on the road to a local St. Louis area Dierberg's store, where he spent some quality time cooking healthy meals with some local kids. <more>
• Atlanta Draft Day® Holds Special Meaning for Atlanta Resident Ms. Canveta Burke-Wilcher embodies what Draft Family Fitness Day is all about. <more>
• Draft Wraps up Busy Week with Draft Day® Atlanta Culminating in a successful Draft Family Fitness Day in Atlanta, Rams linebacker Chris Draft wrapped up a busy, yet exciting, week of community activities. <more>
• Youth and Parent Ambassadors Fill Atlanta YET for Draft Day® The Atlanta Youth Education Town Boys and Girls Club provided the perfect backdrop for the Chris Draft Family Foundation's signature event, Draft Family Fitness Day. <more>
• Draft Hits St. Louis’ Loop to Spread Draft Day Message Following the 2009 Draft Family Fitness Day, Chris Draft hit the streets of St. Louis to continue spreading the teachings of the event. <more>
• Draft Family Makes Draft Day® a Success The Chris Draft Family Foundation hosted its signature event, Draft Family Fitness Day, a project of the Get Checked and Get Fit Movement, on May 9 in St. Louis <more>
• Foundation Celebrates Read Across America Day The Chris Draft Family Foundation celebrated Read Across America Day with a book reading from "Do You Want to Play Catch?" and a Family Fitness Blitz. <more>
• Foundation Helps America Get Checked and Get Fit The foundation spread the message of getting healthy and leading a healthy lifestyle across the country, working with the U.S. Department of Education's "Let's Read, Let's Move" initiative. Starting at Super Bowl XLIV in February, the Foundation hosted several Fitness Blitz events in cities across the country. <more>
• Draft Family Fitness Day Atlanta - 2009 The Atlanta Youth Education Town Boys and Girls Club provided the perfect backdrop for the Chris Draft Family Foundation's signature event, Draft Family Fitness Day. <more>
• Draft Family Fitness Day St. Louis - 2009 Draft Family Fitness Day has become the signature event of the Chris Draft Family Foundation for one reason: families. This year's St. Louis event is set to take place Saturday at the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club. <more>
• Draft Family Fitness Day St. Louis - 2008 Weeks after the Rams closed the books on the 2008 NFL Draft, another Draft was taking place in St. Louis, Rams linebacker Chris Draft's Draft Day, which honors and educates the young leaders of the St. Louis community. <more>