Press Releases: Mid-Atlantic States
June 15, 2012
Kaiser Permanente Community Family Fun and Fit Day
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Join us June 23 at the new Kaiser Permanente Gaithersburg Medical Center for the Community Family Fun and Fit Day. See live musical theater performances, and kids will enjoy face painting, an obstacle course, bounce houses, hula-hoop contests, chicken dancing contests, win prizes and meet Washington Redskins cheerleaders. Free T-shirts and tie-dying while supplies last. Parents, get your blood pressure, BMI and vision checked. No cost for admission or activities.
WHAT: Kaiser Permanente Community Family Fun and Fit Day. No cost for admission or activities. Open to the public. Light refreshments provided.
WHEN: Saturday, June 23, 2012, 10 a.m. to 2p.m.
WHO: All area residents are invited. Also, at-large Montgomery County Council member and Health Committee Chair George Leventhal, Montgomery County Health Department Director Uma Ahluwalia, and leadership from Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States will be on hand to deliver brief remarks.
WHERE: Kaiser Permanente Gaithersburg Medical Center, 655 Watkins Mill Road, Gaithersburg, Md. 20879. Directions from I-270: Take I-270 to exit 11, MD124/Montgomery Village Avenue North .
- Turn left at MD355, North Frederick Avenue
- Follow MD355 north approximately 0.5 miles
- Turn left at Watkins Mill Road
- Turn left at the entrance to the new Gaithersburg Medical Center campus
About Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States
Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States region, headquartered in Rockville, Md., provides and coordinates complete health care services for almost 500,000 members through 30 medical centers in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Founded in 1980, Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States is a total health organization comprised of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc., and the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, P.C., an independent medical group that features approximately 900 physicians who provide or arrange care for patients throughout the area. Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States is considered one of Maryland’s “Top HMOs,” according to the Maryland Health Care Commission. The health plan was ranked in the nation’s 50 top commercial health plans and 20 top Medicare health plans — and the No. 1 Medicare plan for Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. — by “NCQA Health Insurance Plan Rankings 2011–2012 Private.” For more information about Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States, visit www.kp.org or follow us on Twitter, www.twitter.com/KPMidAtlantic.
