Lowell Community Wellness is Partnering with Snap Fitness!
Weight Loss Challenge 2012
January 11-March 21, 2012

New To You This Year:

• 20 visit punch card during staffed hours to exercise at Snap Fitness
  during the Weight Loss Challenge
• FREE Fitscore session with a certified personal trainer to determine your
  baseline fitness level
• FREE online webpage - healthy recipes, exercise library, and meal
  planning tools
• Body composition testing at the start/finish of weight loss challenge
• Teams will be limited to a 4 person maximum

COST: $25 for each individual or $95 for a team of four people
PRIZE: FREE 3-month SNAP FITNESS membership to weight loss challenge
WINNERS!

For questions or more information, contact Devon McQueen at (616) 987-4000. 

Lowell Takes it Off 2011 Weight Loss Challenge Wrap Up

Lowell Takes It Off Weight Loss Challenge 2011 participants lost a total of 1,026 pounds, or 4.29% of the entire participant weight!

With 120 individuals and 30 teams participating this year, competition was tough. In the final tally, team Mission Slim Possible won losing 10.12% of their weight and a total of 122 pounds. Team members included Jill Dean, Julie Krajewski, Liz Pratt, Kim Taylor and Helen Thompson.   For losing the highest percentage of team weight, they will receive a team prize that includes an overnight stay at Main Street Inn, as well as Shop Lowell Certificates for a night on the town.

“We had a lot of fun. Not only did we help each other with moments of weakness, but we motivated each other to keep moving,” Taylor said.

The top five teams this year were:

Mission Slim Possible          122 pounds, 10.12%
Team of Two                       38 pounds, 8.76%
Curtis Cleaners                   84 pounds, 8.33%
Enwork Energizers #2         59 pounds, 7.33%

Great job, Lowell! Let’s keep this path of healthy lifestyles going throughout the summer with 100 Miles in 100 Days!

Tobacco Free For Good is a FREE Smoking Cessation Class offered to residents in the greater Lowell Area.

Two free classes will be offered this winter at Lowell Family Medical Center 2550 West Main Street, Lowell. Call 616.446.7058 to register. Each class runs for eight weeks. Evening and weekend sessions are available. Times and dates will be determined by those registered.  Guests and support persons welcome to attend. 

The program has been offered in Lowell for five years and has helped over 150 people. Classes and support meetings are facilitated by a Mayo Clinic trained and certified tobacco treatment specialist and the curriculum meets nationally published clinical treatment guidelines. Topics covered include understanding nicotine addiction, medication options, stress management, weight control, developing a personal quit plan and relapse prevention.

Lowell Pink Arrow Project
Hosted by the Lowell Football Program
Friday September TBA 2012 at the Red Arrow Stadium
Free Football Game Admission to all wearing a Pink Arrow Pride t-shirt 

• Lowell Pink Arrow Family Support Application
  
• Pink Arrow Project Educational Initiatives Grants
• Pink Arrow Project Community Initiatives Grants

If you would like to make a donation to this program please forward it to:
Pink Arrow Project - c/o Lowell Community Wellness - PO Box 246, Lowell Michigan 49331

The Harvest Hustle 5K Walk and Run - October TBA 2012

2011 Harvest Hustle Application and Map

Online Registration

Sponsors:

Lowell Health and Fitness Fair
Childrens' Wellness Challenge
July 14, 2012

Be a Big Brother or A Big Sister
Be a Mentor for a Middle school age students. Mentors are needed to spend 1 hour per week for 1 year with a child. Contact Tracy Straw of Big Brother and Big Sisters of West Michigan - Tracy Straw 616 774-4616.

January 11, 2012 and will run until March 21, 2012