Torrey Hill Intermediate School and Lake Fenton Middle School students and staff have won the fourth annual Greater Flint Health Coalition Commit to Fit! Active Schools Challenge.
The Commit to Fit! Active Schools Challenge was designed to promote health and wellness within local schools while creating some “healthy” competition. Throughout the month of March, over 4,800 students from Genesee County schools strived to achieve 30 minutes of physical activity a day. Collectively, students from 35 schools across 15 districts in Genesee County logged over 4.7 million minutes of physical activity during the month.
The Active Schools Challenge had two competition categories, one for Elementary Schools and one for Middle/High Schools. This year over $5,000 in prizes will be awarded to the six winning schools to support school-based wellness activities year-round. The winning schools from both the Elementary and Middle/High School challenge are listed below.
The winning Elementary Schools are:
- Torrey Hill Intermediate
- GSRP Kiddie Time Childcare
- Hill Elementary
The winning Middle/High Schools are:
- Lake Fenton Middle School
- Woodland Park Academy
- Goodrich High School
Each winning school worked weekly to encourage students, teachers, and families to engage in physical activity both in and outside of the classroom. For coming in first place, Torrey Hill Intermediate School and Lake Fenton Middle School will also receive a trophy to display for the upcoming school year. All participants that reached the goal of 900 minutes of physical activity overall were entered into a raffle to win a variety of gift cards, skating passes, and more!
The Active Schools Challenge was generously sponsored by the Greater Flint Health Coalition, Hurley Foundation, Ascension Genesys Health Club, Oxford Bank, and Blanket Pro Insulation. Visit the new commit2fit.com website for information on free local fitness and nutrition classes, annual wellness challenges, and to join the Flint & Genesee County MOVEment!
About Commit to Fit!
Commit to Fit! is a program of the Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC) focused on improving the health and health behaviors of Genesee County’s residents. It is one component of the Greater Flint Health Coalition’s County Health Rankings Action Plan, an eight point action plan developed collaboratively by the GFHC and its multi-sector community and institutional partners that outlines a series of short and long-term strategies to improve Genesee County’s health. For more information on Commit to Fit! and the County Health Rankings Action Plan visit commit2fit.com.
About the Greater Flint Health Coalition
Established in 1996, the Greater Flint Health Coalition is a Flint, Michigan-based non-profit organization and partnership between Genesee County hospitals, physicians, business, insurers, public health professionals, policymakers, government leaders, educators, organized labor, community organizations, residents, and all those concerned about the well-being of our community and its residents. The two-fold mission of the Greater Flint Health Coalition is to improve the health status of Genesee County residents and the quality and cost-effectiveness of the health care system in the community. For more information on the Greater Flint Health Coalition visit www.gfhc.org.