ON FOOT — A group of walkers prepare to kick off the "Walk for Wellness," a fundraising event that was held last Saturday at the Sparta United Methodist Church on Main Street. About 25 people participated in the five kilometer walk, which is about half the number who walked last year.

Wellness Center hosts celebration at Sparta United Methodist Church

About 25 area residents participated in the Alleghany Wellness Center's "Walk for Wellness Day," and over 160 were on hand for the "Be Happy, Be Healthy Celebration" that followed last Saturday at the Sparta United Methodist Church.

Alleghany Wellness Center board member Scott Maxwell said that $240 was raised through the walk. About 50 people walked in the same event last year.

"We're happy with the people who did walk," Maxwell commented. "I think they had a good time."

The turnout for the "Be Happy, Be Healthy Celebration" was considerably greater, as kids and adults tried a variety of fun events and visited the many informative stations set up around the church's parking lot."

Alleghany Wellness Center representative Heather Andrews said, "We were hoping to have 100 to 120 (for the "Be Happy, Be Healthy Celebration), so I think it was a very good turnout."

The 5K walk began and ended at the Sparta United Methodist Church. Participants made a $10 donation for which they each received a T-shirt.

The celebration which followed included a climbing wall, trampoline, yoga demonstrations, Bigger, Faster, Stronger clinic and low ropes course to teach cooperation.

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