[Press Release] : Columbians will start new year right at ‘Happy New U’

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 30, 2008
CONTACT: Tery Donelson
(573) 268-8430
tldonelson at ccis.edu 

Columbians will start new year right at ‘Happy New
U’		
						
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - The Mayor’s Council on Physical Fitness and
Health is hosting Columbia’s first annual “Happy New U” fitness
event. Held at Columbia’s Activity and Recreation Center (ARC) from 9
a.m. - 11:50 a.m., this free community event will have Columbia’s
fitness experts conducting mini-workouts and demonstrations to show the
variety of exercise options available in our city.
	“Our goal with this event is to help Columbians get a jump
start on New Year’s resolutions, get moving and to stay moving longer
by connecting them with local fitness options and professionals who will
be the best match for them,” says Tery Donelson, chairman of the
Mayor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Health.
	Classes or demonstrations offered for adults will include tai
chi, Pilates, yoga, Jazzercise, Bosu, kickboxing, fencing, basketball,
running, dodge ball and scooter soccer. Children will be able to
participate in fitness activities. The activities will be held from 9:20
a.m. to 9:50 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. Participants will
register for the activities at the ARC beginning at 9 a.m. on Jan. 1.
All activities are free. Participants should come dressed “ready to
move!’
	Fitness experts from the ARC, Columbia Jazzercise Center, Key
Largo Health and Fitness Gym, Wilson’s Gym and others will conduct
classes and demonstrations.
The highlight of the “Happy New U” event will be one for the
city’s record books!  Promising lots of sweat, laughter, holiday
calories burned and photo opportunities, Columbians attending will
participate in “Columbia’s Largest Group Workout” at 10 a.m.  
	Mayor Darwin Hindman thinks this is a great way to start 2009 on
the right foot. “I hope to be there and be part of it. Columbians who
attend will have just as much fun burning off the holiday calories as
they did putting them on,” he said.
	For more info visit www.GoColumbiaMo.com and search: GoFitness

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