All good this week.

Jared is going to a conference in Alberta, roughing it at the Fairmont Hotel, where the cars have their snow tires on already.

Paul TC is back from visiting his mom.

Paul M told us about Mom and Uncle Henry, who went for an unplanned swim.

Laugh factor: 7.5/10

Audience appropriateness: PG

The rose committee is doing a great job.  All problems were caused by unavoidable computer glitches, not human error.

Apologies to some who got their roses on Thursday instead of Wednesday.

Jocelyn introduced today's speaker, Alex Hourahine from Active Cambridge.

Active Cambridge promotes active, healthy lifestyles to residents of our city.  They work with schools to connect kids and their parents to recreational opportunities in our community.

Alex shared some concerning stats on the decline of physical fitness and the increase of related health problems.  Modern life and school funding priorities are pushing us in the wrong direction, to the point where this generation is likely to live shorter lives than the last one.

One big take-away:  to get kids involved through the schools, you need to partner with a motivated teacher or principal in each school.  Emails and online promotion won't do it.  That applies to our annual Superhero Run.

Visit http://www.activecambridge.ca/ to learn more about Alex and his organization.