BIOGRAPHY

Len Saunders graduated with honors in 1983 from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, majoring in Physical Education. He was voted the "outstanding senior" from his graduating class. He later went on to receive a Master's degree in Exercise Physiology from Montclair State University in New Jersey.
Len has been involved in children's health and fitness for over 25 years. He has won awards for his contribution to children's health & fitness at the local, state, and national levels. He has been a guest speaker at universities, as well as state and national conventions. In the late 1980's, Len served as a consultant to The President's Council On Physical Fitness & Sports. Most recently, he became an American Heart Association expert spokesperson on the issue of childhood obesity and childhood fitness.
Len's contribution to children's fitness has literally reached millions of children and their parents. He has contributed articles to magazines such as Muscle & Fitness, as well as writing articles for Human Kinetics Publishing, the most respected publisher in the health and fitness industry. He has also written and consulted with Sports Illustrated For Kids magazine. Some of Len's articles have been used for nationally syndicated television shows on ABC-TV. Sports Illustrated has called Len "high spirited", while a quote from Ladies Home Journal says, "nobody is more committed to children's fitness than Len Saunders."

Some highlights from Len's career.....
Invited to the White House and having the opportunity to shake hands with former President George Bush.
Served as a fitness consultant to Sports Illustrated for Kids.
Served as a consultant to The President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports (PCPFS) under the Reagan/Bush Administration.
Honored before a game at Madison Square Garden.
Invited by Arnold Schwarzenegger to participate in a Youth Fitness Summit.
Winning an Achievement Award from The President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports.
Voted The Outstanding Teacher of Physical Education from his home state of New Jersey.
Honored before an illustrious audience at the world famous Waldof-Astoria in New York City.
Honored and awarded for participating in the historic youth fitness exchange between the former Soviet Union, and the United States.
Len is the creator of Project ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously), an internationally recognized program that literally has millions of children from all 50 states and over 50 countries exercise in unison during the first Wednesday in May. He is also the creator of other children's fitness programs such as The Video Olympics, Tri-Fit-A-Thon, The Race Across the States, and Commercial-cizing.
Recent News
April 2008 - Guest on The Good News Health Show with Bill Swail discussing childhood obesity.
April 2008 - Guest on The Public Affairs Show with Tracey Morgan discussing childhood obesity.
April 2008 - Guest on The Morning Show with Paul Millier discussing childhood obesity.
April 2008 - Guest on The John McMullen Show discussing childhood obesity.
April 2008 - Guest on This Is The Day Show with Nancy Turner discussing childhood obesity.
April 2008 - Guest on The Jack Roberts Show discussing childhood obesity.
April 2008 - Guest on NBC News discussing PACES Day.
March 2008- Guest on The Peter Solomon Show discussing childhood obesity.
September 2007 - Guest on CNN discussing childhood obesity.
September 2007 - Became a spokesperson for the American Heart Association.
May 2007 - Guest speaker at Rutgers University.
May 2007 - Received national attention on ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX for the 19th anniversary of Project ACES.
May 2007 - Became a member of the Get Moving-Get Healthy New Jersey Advisory Coalition.
February 2007 - Launching a national fitness campaign called PACES Day, which will get parents and children to exercise together over the weekend.
November 2006 - Presenter at the NYS AHPERD convention in Rye, New York.
June 2006 - Len received an Outstanding Teacher Award from his local school district.
May 2006 - Len appeared in various news resources including The New York Times, CBS National News, ABC National News, CNN, The Washington Post, Yahoo News, The Associated Press, Newsday, Forbes, and USA Today.
April 2006 - Len launches childrensfitness.info. An online children's health and fitness web site.
January 2006 - Len teams up with Sportime to work on Project ACES.
September 2005 - Len was contracted to write for Sports Illustrated For Kids magazine.
June 2005 - Len was hired by Campbell's Soup as a children's fitness consultant. The company will be launching a new wellness web site in September 2005.
May 2005 - Len and his programs appeared on local and national TV affiliates to CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, NJN, and CN8.
April 2005 - Appeared as a guest on the Rick Wolff show.
March 2005 - Presenter at the NJAHPERD convention in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
March 2005 - Len's book reviewed in the National Education Association magazine.
February 2005 - Published children's fitness story for the NJEA magazine.
December 2004 - Appeared in a Time / Life children's fitness story.
April 2004 - Appeared on radio stations across the country talking about children's fitness.
March 2004 - New children's fitness book released.
February 2004 - Presenter at the NJAHPERD convention in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
January 2004 - Received the Distinguished Leadership Award from the state of New Jersey.
October 2003 - Spoke in front of New Jersey Physical Fitness & Sports Council.
May 2003 - Appeared on Nickelodeon and CNN.
September 2002 - Developed a fitness program for Bosco Chocolate Syrup called, "The Family Fitness Fun Program."
June 2002 - Signed a book contract with The Great Activities Publishing Company.
March 2001 - Developed a fitness program for Nestle called, "The Nestle Nesquik Fit Kids Challenge."
March 2001 - Served as a consultant for a fitness video starring the Teletubbies. Created a national fitness event to launch the video.
March 2001 - Presented at the National AAHPERD convention in Cincinnati.