The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro

Greensboro fire and police lose weight to raise money

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Personnel from the city’s police and fire departments have launched Greensboro’s Police/Fire Biggest Winner Challenge, a fundraiser in which the contestants lose weight while raising money for charity.
 
Partners in the endeavor include The Greensboro Sportsplex, CrossFit Greensboro and Triad Complete Nutrition.
 
The public may donate to the charities of the departments’ choice through charitable purpose funds established at The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro. Click here to go to the Foundation’s donation page.
 
Ten applicants from each department will battle each other to see who can lose the most amount of weight and body fat over the next eight weeks. Triad Complete Nutrition will be handle the nutrition angle, while CrossFit Greensboro will train the athletes at the Greensboro Sportsplex.
 
The teams will have weekly weigh-ins, as well as several fitness and sport competitions to earn extra weight loss.
 
Another part of the competition involves donations. The team raising the most money will be rewarded with extra weight loss.
 
Each department has chosen to benefit a specific charity. The police department will raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, while the fire department will raise money for the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at UNC-Chapel Hill.
 
Competitors will each donate $50, for a total of $1,000, which will go to the winner’s charity.
 
Triad Complete Nutrition and CrossFit Greensboro are offering nutrition and fitness seminars for companies that make certain levels of sponsorship donations. The goal is to raise more than $10,000 for the various charities.
 
For more information, contact John Meeks at John.meeks@greensboro-nc.gov.   

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