Getting Active in Gulf County Focus of State Surgeon General Visit 

Port St. Joe, Fla.—  Today, State Surgeon General and Secretary of Health Dr. John Armstrong visited Gulf County to highlight their commitment to helping residents and visitors lead healthy lifestyles.  During the event at Cape San Blas, county and community leaders encouraged residents to enjoy the beautiful recreational opportunities available in the area. The event wrapped up with a three-mile bike ride through Salina’s Park, led by Dr. Armstrong.

The Health in All Places Tour is a chance for state, local and community leaders to come together to highlight what each coastal county has to offer when it comes to health. County Health Departments are located in each county that are charged with promoting health and providing necessary health services to their communities. This tour is a chance to highlight those services and how they move health forward in communities across Florida.

The department is offering free, broadcast-quality video for use by the media from this event. You will find 40 seconds of video followed by two interviews at the FTP link
https://ww10.doh.state.fl.us/pub/dohcomm/HIAP_GULF.mp4. Below is a suggested script followed by
verbatim from the soundbytes.

GULF COUNTY IS BEING HIGHLIGHTED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AS PART OF THE HEALTH IN ALL PLACES TOUR. TODAY, STATE SURGEON GENERAL AND SECRETARY OF HEALTH DOCTOR JOHN ARMSTRONG JOINED COMMUNITY LEADERS AS THEY SHARED WITH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS THE IMPORTANCE OF ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING A HEALTHY WEIGHT. THIS IS ONE STOP IN A COMPREHENSIVE COASTAL TOUR TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE MANY ACTIVITIES FLORIDA HAS TO OFFER THAT ALLOW RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AND STAY HEALTHY.

NAME: Dr. John Armstrong/State Surgeon General/Florida Department of Health

OC: “make for health”

“We are in Gulf County as part of our Health In All Places Tour to celebrate opportunities to celebrate the wonderful Florida outdoors, making healthy choices with activity. We are going to go on a bike ride. I like biking with my son, I like biking with groups and we are going to have a wonderful opportunity here to show everyone here and all our visitors just another choice to make for health.”

TAG: THE TOUR CONTINUES TOMORROW IN FRANKLIN AND WAKULLA COUNTIES WHERE HEALTH OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WILL HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITIES GETTING ACTIVE.

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