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Michelle Obama launches interactive ‘Let’s Move’ map

First lady Michelle Obama, joined by students Nare Kande, 9, of the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, N.Y., left, and Marley Santos, 11, of Foothill Elementary School in Boulder, Colo., right, plant seeds during the seventh annual White House Kitchen Garden Planting on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) First lady Michelle Obama, joined by students Nare Kande, 9, of the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, N.Y., left, and Marley Santos, 11, of Foothill Elementary School in Boulder, Colo., right, plant seeds during the seventh annual White House Kitchen Garden Planting on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

By Associated Press April 15, 2015 1 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – Michelle Obama is launching an interactive online map to encourage Americans to join their local “Let’s Move” programs.

The first lady announced the chart Wednesday as school children joined her in planting spinach, broccoli, lettuce, radish and bok choy in the White House Kitchen Garden.

The interactive map highlights “Let’s Move” programs started by federal agencies, businesses and nonprofits across the country for Americans to participate in. The local projects include child care, reading and garden programs.

In celebration of the fifth anniversary of the “Let’s Move” initiative to combat childhood obesity, the first lady also encouraged the youngsters to take the #GimmeFive garden challenge and create a garden in their communities and schools back home with a starter kit of seeds for the vegetables they helped her plant.