For Immediate Release: August 12, 2011 (pdf version) Contact: Donald Sico 609-351-3591 or Allison DeBlois 609-434-1110 Trenton – The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI) announced today that it has chosen Melissa Ann Kostinas, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to lead its Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC). The Mayors Wellness Campaign (www.mayorswellnesscampaign.org) is an initiative of the [...]
By Kelly Wolfgang ELSINBORO TWP. — Elsinboro Township has received a grant to continue its efforts for sustainability and “green” initiatives. The Green Communities Grant, worth about $3,000, came through the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry and was just one in a list of grants that Elsinboro has received recently to improve the [...]
WOODBRIDGE — Mayor John McCormac is looking to lighten the township’s load, and he’s starting with himself. McCormac, dressed in a Rutgers football T-shirt and Woodbridge shorts, worked out on a stationary bicycle at the Woodbridge Community Center and YMCA Friday as part of the kickoff for the Woodbridge Drops-A-Ton weight loss challenge, in which [...]
The Health and Wellness Committee of Green Team Hillsdale presents its newest fitness opportunity for the Mayor’s Wellness Campaign (mayorswellnesscampaign.org). Walk Around Town (walkaroundtown.org) is a program for people who like to exercise outdoors. It enables them to benefit the American Cancer Society’s lifesaving patient programs and services, as well as research and advocacy efforts. [...]
WOODBRIDGE — In past years, there has been a 100-year-old bowler, a 92-year-old billiards player and an 82-year-old track athlete competing in the New Jersey Senior Olympic Games. “If they can do it, we can do it,” Woodbridge Mayor John E. McCormac said in announcing that this year, on Sept. 9, 10 and 11, the [...]
Mayor Katie Cole voiced that she has assimilated the Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC), a new bid to help the state’s communities obtain on the trail to active living and healthier lifestyles. “I am gratified to work with the Mayors Wellness Campaign to obtain the residents sportive more, eating accurately and living healthier more active lifestyles,” [...]
Mayor David Mayer will take part in a pickup football game on Saturday, to promote healthy living for township residents. If you’ve ever wanted to blitz Mayor David Mayer, this weekend is your chance. Despite a forecast of temperatures close to 100 degrees, they mayor will take part in a pickup flag-football game 10 a..m. [...]
By Mark DiPaola High temperatures did not stop the estimated 100 Quest Diagnostics’ employees, interns, and family members, as well as Madison Mayor Mary-Anna Holden and Biggest Loser star Bill Germanakos, from assembling at Fairleigh Dickinson University for the lab testing company’s annual staff versus interns charity softball game. It started several years ago because [...]
Mayor Katie Cole announced that she has joined the Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC), a new effort to help the state’s communities get on the path to active living and healthier lifestyles. “I am pleased to work with the Mayors Wellness Campaign to get our community exercising more, eating properly and living healthier more active lifestyles,” [...]
Saint Barnabas has been an active member on the Chathams Mayors Wellness Campaign since late 2009, and has pledged an effort to support 2011 programs in Chatham Borough, which lies within the hospital’s service region.