Boys & Girls Club Triple Play Delivers Fitness Sessions and Wellness Tips

Children at the Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland County took part in Triple Play fitness and wellness sessions, with local presenters offering practical tips on healthy living and physical activity to support youth health in the community.

On January 26, 2026, presenters joined club staff to lead activities intended to promote healthy habits among club members. Todd Ford of Fit Lyfe Nation led a physical education session for club kids. Stacey Monteleone from Vineland High School spoke about (the original account of her remarks was incomplete), and the program was described as being “in full swing” as special guests shared tips on living a healthy lifestyle.

The event adds to a patchwork of local and regional efforts aimed at prevention and wellness across age groups. The Living Well Center of Excellence, a division of MAC, Inc., serves residents throughout Maryland and offers programs across the state and the District of Columbia that teach self-management of chronic conditions and falls prevention. Specific LWCE offerings include Mind Over Matter, which helps older women build skills to avoid and improve symptoms of incontinence, and the Arthritis Foundation’s Walk With Ease program. Walk With Ease is a community-based physical activity and self-management education program that centers on walking; group sessions meet three times per week for six weeks, begin with a pre-walk discussion on a topic related to exercise and arthritis, include a 10 to 40-minute walk with warm-up and cool-down, and provide participants with a guidebook of exercises and motivational tools. Tai Chi Quan: Move for Better Balance targets adults 60 years and older, focusing on balance, strength, postural stability, walking, self-management and quality of life.

For people who work in health and wellness or who want to deepen their skills, several training pathways exist. Harvard Medical School Executive Education offers a Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching non-degree program designed to teach practical skills and frameworks for guiding lifestyle change. The program provides a certificate of completion but does not grant academic credit or certification as a professional coach. The teaching team includes Elizabeth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM; Stelios Kiosses, MS, GMBPsS, BACP; and Robert Brooks, PhD. This Harvard Medical School Executive Education program is taught by HMS faculty and is promoted by Emeritus. Emeritus is responsible for advertising, marketing, registration, and collecting payment. Questions about that program can be directed to learner.success@emeritus.org.

An academic route is offered through the online MPH in Health Education & Wellness Coaching, which combines synchronous and asynchronous learning and trains graduates to assess lifestyle-related risk factors, plan and evaluate interventions, and deliver culturally competent, empathetic wellness coaching. The program lists Dr. RoWandalla Goudeau, DrPH, CHES, NBC-HWC, as program director and provides contact as (/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b594c445e4f4e4a5e6b47475e054e4f5e).

Cumberland County families, seniors and local health workers can view these programs as complementary pieces of a community health ecosystem: youth-focused activity sessions like Triple Play help build early habits while LWCE classes and professional education provide pathways for prevention, fall reduction and chronic disease self-management. For readers wanting more local details about future Triple Play sessions, the Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland County is the starting point for schedules and follow-up; regional offerings such as Walk With Ease and Tai Chi provide nearby options for older adults, and training programs offer ways for local professionals to expand capacity and equity in community health.