|News & Know How| On The Move Special Events
Sport & Health Partners with Project VisAbility to SWEAT for a VET
Sport & Health Club in McLean, Virginia, one of 26 full-service fitness clubs serving Maryland and Washington, D.C., is celebrating its second annual SWEAT for a VET fundraising event this month, on Veterans Day weekend. The club has partnered once again with Project VisAbility, a nonprofit organization that provides job opportunities to physically challenged and capable fitness professionals, to host a three-hour, all-inclusive cardio extravaganza!
Gainesville Health and Fitness Hosts 9/11 Memorial Event
On Sunday, September 11, Gainesville Health and Fitness Centers welcomed hundreds of people to its multipurpose club in Gainesville, Florida, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The memorial event invited attendees to reflect on the tragedy, honor the victims and families affected by the attacks, and support the servicemen and women who dedicate their lives to the protection of freedom. Special guests included families of the victims; representatives
Sport & Health SWEATs for a VET The main event site in McLean, as well as 25 other Sport
& Health locations, will host local SWEAT-a-thon events—such as indoor cycling, rowing, Kranking, and more—at clubs and facilities nationwide and abroad. Other clubs participating in the event include facilities in Florida, California, New Mexico, Illinois, Washington, Utah, and Connecticut, as well as gyms in nine other countries. Domestically, funds will be donated to hospitals and facilities serving wounded servicemen and women across the country; internationally, donations will support train- ing camps for athletes and people with physical challenges. “SWEAT for a VET is going to be an uplifting and fun event,”
said Michael Paul, a disabled veteran and Project VisAbility instructor. “Holding a totally inclusive event where we can all participate together, despite physical challenges, makes us more aware that we need to provide a welcoming environment for everyone.” —|
Club Openings
World Class Opens 19th Location in Moscow New World Class design
World Class, the 100,000-member-plus fitness club chain owned by the Russian Fitness Group, recently unveiled its 19th location in Moscow. The new facility, a design project undertaken by U.S.-based Essenza Architecture, is an ultra-modern 35,000-square-foot health and fitness oasis inside the Four Winds business complex on Tverskaya Street. Members can take advantage of two group fitness studios, a functional train-
ing area, a private Pilates studio, and a martial arts studio. In addition, the new gym boasts a two-level cardio room, complete circuit training, swimming pool, pro shop, and luxurious locker rooms. Members can also enjoy healthy cuisine in the café, as well as manicures, haircuts and foils, body treatments, and hydro massage baths, among many other services, in the club’s Beauty Spa. —|
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of the Navy, Marines, Army, Air Force, and National Guard; more than 300 American Bikers Aimed Toward Education (ABATE); and Gainesville members, staff, family, and friends. Following a bag- pipe tribute, remarks of remembrance, a memorial tree dedica- tion, and singing of the National Anthem, a ceremony was held to dedicate a new flag and monument in honor of the victims of the attack and subse- quent War on Terror, and the brave servicemen and women who continue to fight for freedom at home and abroad. “This year,
for the 10th anni- versary, we have the dedication of a new flag,” said Joe Cirulli, owner of Gainesville Health and Fitness Center in a speech during the ceremonies. “We’re paying tribute to our troops: the men and women who’ve gone off to foreign lands to ensure that all of us can be safe and free. We also want to pay special attention to the gold-star families, whose children have paid the ultimate price to ensure that freedom; to all of our veterans, who have sacrificed so much; and all the branches of the military who are here today. I want to thank those of you here for coming to pay tribute to them.”—|
Gainesville remembers 9/11
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