November is "Hoop for Peace Month"

Betty Hoops, a hoola hoop fitness instructor, creates Hoop for Peace Month, with recommendations for themed parties to spread peace and joy and fun.

     Los Angeles, California, November 3, 2003 - Betty Hoops, a pioneer in the field of hoola hooping for fitness, announces that November will be the first national "Hoop for Peace Month." Hoops encourages people everywhere to throw their own "Hoop for Peace" parties throughout November, with the intention of gathering people to have fun and hoola hoop simultaneously with the idea of spreading peace. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Hoops has created unique themed events for adults and children that include recommendations for menus, décor, music, attire and movies. These themes include: "Rock Around the Hoop," "Hawaiian Hoop Luau," "Hip Hop Hoop Party," "Radiant Chakra Hooping," "Pulse with the Earth Hooping Party," "Kids Crafts Parties" and "Hooping á Deux."

   At www.bettyhoops.com, people can find information about the themed parties and they can buy booklets with recipes and hoop activities (price: $7). Hoops also offers kits so people can make their own customized hoola hoops during the party or beforehand or they can purchase some of the colorful, sparkly or furry hoops that are pre-made (price: $10 to $45). She will donate five percent of sales on items related to Hoop for Peace Month to relief funds for the victims of the California fires.

   "Peace can be experienced in many ways," said Hoops, who has been shown hooping on the Caroline Rea Show, Good Day New York and snowboard-hooping on EXPNs X Games. "The hoop space is a vortex of energy that, when spinning, can enhance the mind, body and spirit--to hoop with intention can create a higher consciousness. Your thoughts are powerful and can create desired effects, which is why our tagline is, 'Peace Is Hip in A Hoop.'"
   
   Hoola hooping has regained popularity in the past few years, with toy stores selling out of hoola hoops and thousands of hoopers across the country showing up to perform and hoop together at music festivals and events. Many adults think they cannot hoola hoop because they cannot keep a child's hoop moving, according to Hoops, whose classes in Yoga Hooping, Fitness Hooping, Health Hooping and Ecstatic Hoop Dancing are often packed. Hoops designed her "Betty Hoops" hoola hoops to be extra large and heavy, providing quick and easy results for kids and adults of all sizes.

   "Our intention with Hoop for Peace Month is to inspire everyone to feel like a kid again, celebrate life and have fun," said Hoops, who is sponsoring her own Hoop for Peace event outside New York City on November 15.

    Hoops invites people to e-mail her photos from their Hoop for Peace parties so they can have a chance to win a free Betty Hoop. For recipe booklets, party ideas and information on "Hoop for Peace Month" or Betty Hoops' hoola hoops, log on to www.bettyhoops.com or call 914-261-0169.

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