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Canadian Health and Fitness Institute Strategic Plan

CHFI has developed four key initiatives to reverse Canada’s debilitating inactivity trend. With roots stretching back to 2008, this volunteer-driven charitable foundation is on the brink of dramatically improving Canadians’ physical, mental, and spiritual health. Your financial support could help us turn the corner.

Four Initiatives Elaborated

  • Engage Several Communities in focused community research and discussion on increasing physical activity; partnering with Indigenous communities; communicating in English, French, and five other leading languages spoken in Canada.
  • Leverage National Health and Fitness Day, engaging and measuring 100,000 participants in 2023; 1 million in 2024; and 10 million in 2030.
  • Build a Digital Platform, creating a highly effective website that integrates participating businesses with individual Canadians. The individual participants will log measurable physical activity to increase their own health and earn incentives offered by businesses. The businesses will expand their commercial markets and achieve corporate social responsibility goals.
  • Galvanize the Country by developing and marketing huts across Canada to encourage Canadians to get outdoors; to socialize in a healthy recreational activity; and to improve physical, mental, and spiritual health. The business model features local community ownership and maintenance of the hut structures whose features will unify and inspire Canadians behind the goal of becoming “Fittest Nation on Earth”.

Keystone Achievement

And Then…

Once we’ve achieved the Four Key Initiatives above, we’ll be ready for a keystone achievement, the creation of the National Adventure and Innovation Centre (“NAIC”), a physical facility where Canadians will gather to coach the coaches, educate the educators, and instruct the instructors. Dr. Jack Taunton and others champion the NAIC concept, a place where physical activity is modeled - a hub of trails and a paddling centre. Highlighting natural environment features, the built facility will include committee rooms, accommodations, and fitness facilities.

Where Canada Ranks Compared to Other Countries

CHFI’s achievements have risen on the back of over 6000 hours of volunteer activity. The volunteer ethos continues. CHFI therefore needs only $1,000,000 in funds to cover 2023-24 costs, an investment that will pay large dividends in many ways, such as by decreasing the more than $7 billion wasted annually by taxpayers in funding unnecessary “sickness care” costs.

CHFI’s achievements have risen on the back of over 6000 hours of volunteer activity. The volunteer ethos continues. CHFI therefore needs only $770,000 in funds to cover 2023-24 costs, an investment that will pay large dividends in many ways, such as by decreasing the more than $7 billion wasted annually by taxpayers in funding unnecessary “sickness care” costs.

Progress to Date

  • Bold, Time-Barred Mission
  • Charitable Foundation
  • National Board
  • Genesis in 2010 Olympics & Paralympics
  • National Day
  • Concept Video
  • Parliament Hill Events
  • Unanimous Support for Bill S-211
  • Federal Grants
  • Rotarian Support
  • Telus Support

Specific Achievements

  • 2008: question asked in the “Olympics Riding” - “What should be the legacy of the 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Games?” The Answer: Raise the tide of health for ALL Canadians.
  • 2008: John Weston, Nancy Greene Raine, Pierre Lafontaine, and Phil Marsh start the Parliamentary Fitness Initiative to get MP’s and Senators running, swimming, and moving together
  • 2009: John and the others start National Health and Fitness Day (“NHFD”), ultimately proclaimed by an estimated 500 local governments
  • 2010: John and others start Annual Bike Day, Swim Day, & Ski Day events on Parliament Hill
  • 2014: Quarterbacked by Nancy and John, Bill S-211 passed unanimously in both houses, creating NHFD
  • 2017: CHFI created as a charitable foundation
  • 2018: Over 30 distinguished Directors and Advisors rally to lead CHFI
  • 2019: International conference on UBC campus to confirm definitions, strategic direction
  • 2020: Inaugural Gala - hybrid (in-person and virtual); Dr. Jack Taunton receives the CHFI Lifetime Achievement Award for promoting health and fitness
  • 2021: Over 50 million digital impressions achieved for NHFD, along with community participation across the country
  • 2022: CHFI receives its first major Federal Grant for its project: Active Communities / Healthy Ways
  • 2022: CHFI reorganizes its Board of Directors, bringing on Michael Bentley
  • 2023: Rotary - West Vancouver becomes first local Rotary Club sponsor; Rotary invites John Weston to address its Regional Conference in April
  • 2023: COC reorganizes its Board of Advisors bringing on the Canadian Olympic Committee’s Vice-President Andrew Baker and Sean Languedoc, who was pivotal in helping Vancouver secure the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The alignment is important as the COC seeks to bring the 2030 Olympic & Paralympic Games back to Canada
  • TELUS joins as a sponsor

Thank You For Your Support!

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