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Mayors sign on to support SHAPE
Several of the state’s mayors are voicing support for Georgia SHAPE, including Valdosta mayor John Gayle. Gayle recently promoted the initiative to staff at the Mildred Hunter Community Center in Valdosta, emphasizing the importance of a healthy lifestyle and praising them for offering exercise classes and other fitness opportunities. Gaye is one of six mayors across the state who signed on to support the governor’s statewide childhood obesity initiative: Deke Copenhaver, mayor of Augusta; Edna Jackson, mayor of Savannah; Kasim Reed, mayor of Atlanta; Robert Reichert, mayor of Macon and Teresa Tomlinson, mayor of Columbus. Valdosta Mayor John Gayle tries...Read more
Groups donate $46,000 in fitness equipment
Good Sports, Inc. and the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation (AFYF) have awarded $46,000 worth of athletic equipment to 17 community organizations working to improve youth fitness, reduce childhood obesity and promote healthy lifestyles for Georgia’s youth. Over their three-year partnership, Good Sports, Inc. and AFYF have donated nearly $300,000 worth of fitness and sports equipment across Georgia. Good Sports partners with AFYF to provide equipment donations that increase opportunities for low-income youth to participate in regular physical activity. The application process is open to programs across the state. Good Sports and AFYF will accept applications for a new round of...Read more
Falcons visit to salute school for earning gold medal in SHAPE
Chicopee Woods Elementary fifth-graders Hunter Long, right, and Deshaun Young perform situps under the watchful eye of Atlanta Falcons player Garrett Reynolds on Tuesday morning in the school’s gymnasium. Sydney Hunt, 11, knew exactly what to wear for the fitness celebration at her school Tuesday morning: her Atlanta Falcons jersey, of course. She and her friend Kaylie Patterson, 10, enjoyed a workout with seven members of the Atlanta Falcons in their school gym. The NFL players set up stations in the Chicopee Woods Elementary School gym and coached students through the different fitness zones. Each station gave the kids a...Read more
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