Friday, July 13, 2012

BOROUGH PRESIDENT RUBEN DIAZ JR., BLINK FITNESS, AND LINCOLN HOSPITAL TO LAUNCH THE 2nd BRONX CAN HEALTH CHALLENGE


On Saturday, July 14, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.’s office will launch the 2nd Bronx Can Health Challenge, hosted by Blink Fitness, a new fitness center located at 744 St. Ann’s Ave and East 156TH Street.

Staff from Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a CAN partner, will be on site to register community residents, record vital stats, measurements and screen for blood pressure and diabetes. Blink Fitness will have trainers on site to provide fitness tips and will be extending free trials to all participants 18 years and older. Blink Fitness will also provide a complementary six-month membership to the top male and female participants with the highest percentage of weight loss.

“I am pleased to launch the second Bronx CAN Health Challenge in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. The Bronx CAN Family Health Challenge is a perfect example of how members of our Bronx community could work together to create great programs that have a large, positive impact on the well-being of the borough. I urge all Bronx students and their families to take on the eight-week Family Health Challenge,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.

"The Bronx CAN Initiative has changed the lives of countless Bronxites by promoting a healthy lifestyle and allowing people to take control of their well-being by establishing positive goals. Too many of our residents are suffering from preventable ailments like obesity and high blood pressure. It’s very exciting that this initiative is expanding outward to other areas of the Bronx, and I look forward to working with Borough President Diaz to promote healthy living in my district. I encourage everyone to take the Challenge, and take a positive step toward an active, healthy life,” said Senator Jose M. Serrano.

The Bronx CAN Health Initiative brings together individuals, doctors and other health providers, places of worship, community gardens and community centers, schools, and civic-minded groups of all kinds to promote the types of behaviors that lead to healthy lifestyles. The goal of the Bronx CAN Health Initiative is to have all the members of our community – young and old alike – build healthier lives, free of ailments like obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and cardiovascular disease.


WHEN:          Saturday, July 14

TIME:            10 a.m.-12 p.m.

WHERE:       Blink Fitness, 744 St. Ann’s Ave and East 156TH Street, Bronx


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