From Snap Fitness Corporate: Challenge results and $50 gift card for you

Thanks for taking part in the Lose Weight Challenge. We'd like to run a similar challenge soon, but first we need to hear from you. What worked? What didn't? Complete this survey for your chance to win a $50 VISA gift card.

Congrats to Sonja of Quinlan, TX, grand prize winner of $5,000. She went from 157 to 105 lbs, losing 33% of her weight in just 8 weeks!

"I can see such a difference not just in my weight, but also in my spirit, energy and pure JOY! I haven't felt this good in years! Thank you SNAP!" -Sonja

To view the full list of winners, click here.

It's not too late to be a winner! Complete this survey for your chance to win a $50 VISA gift card.

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Final Results: Our Lose Weight Challenge Success!

Thursday night we had a party here at the club to celebrate our Lose Weight Challenge winners, and it was a HUGE success!  A big "THANK YOU" to all who came out, and to Garden of Light Natural Foods Market for providing snacks for our attendees.

Our overall winners for the challenge were as follows:

1. Missy Gottier - 10.8% body weight lost
2. Amy Power - 10.18% body weight lost
3. Sam Stancati - 9.35% body weight lost

Missy was our proud and happy winner, stating that, "...it was a great chance to work hard at a goal and do something good for Gifts of Love!"  She not only lost quite a bit of weight, but she's motivated to continue to a healthy weight, and she won a gift card to the Big Y, an easyFIT activity monitor, and 6 months of free membership to the club.

Amy slid in at a very close second, and had to work on Thursday night, though she sent some representatives to receive her prizes for her.  She received a dinner for two at the Meat House, and 3 free months of membership!  Sam came out of no where once he started doing personal training with Brian, and ended up losing 9.35% of his body weight during the challenge.  He was traveling for work and was unable to make it (can you believe that he chose VEGAS over us??:)

Now, for the most important part: our donation to Gifts of Love!  We ended up donating enough weight for a $518 check to Gifts of Love!  According to Lori Shields from Gifts of Love, that's enough for $5,000 worth of food in their pantry through Food Share!  CONGRATULATIONS, MEMBERS!  Thank you all for participating in the challenge and helping us do so much for so many in our community.  I hate to say it, but it could be anyone at anytime down on their luck and needing assistance from Gifts of Love, so it's really great to be able to help out and get the community more involved in the program.

As a final surprise on the night, Mark Betancourt arrived to announce that even though he did not win this challenge, he was going to donate his $140 from the weight loss challenge he participated in at the club from January-March.  So all in all, Snap Fitness and friends donated over $650 to Gifts of Love... that's $6,000+ worth of food for the charity!  We hope that everyone continues to work hard toward their weight loss goals, and will be walking in the Food Share walk against hunger tomorrow in Hartford!

Snap Fitness Avon would like to thank our following sponsors for supporting our program and providing prizes to our weekly & overall winners:

• Entertainment
• Russell Speeders
• Aloha Tanning
• Big Y
• The Meat House
• Battisons Cleaners
• The Garden of Light

 

Celebrate "Donate Your Weight" With Us!

Who: All Members of the club & outside community!

What: Party to honor our participants and Gifts of Love!

When: Thursday, May 3, 2012 @ 6:00 PM

Where: Snap Fitness Avon (260 West Main Street, Avon, CT in the TJ Maxx Plaza)

Why: Because we love you!

Gifts of Love Just Improved our Lose Weight Challenge~

Hey Snap Members!! Our Lose Weight Challenge just got even BETTER!!  Read the news blast below, to see how your lost pounds can equal even MORE money for Gifts of Love CT!!

Gifts of Love Spring Campaign to End Hunger and $1 MIllion Challenge

http://avon.patch.com/announcements/gifts-of-love-spring-campaign-to-end-hunger-and-1-million-challenge?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001

• Posted by Lori Shield
• April 2, 2012

   

For the 15^th consecutive year, philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein has pledged to donate and divide one million dollars among anti-hunger agencies that raise funds during March and April, 2012.  Gifts of Love’s Spring Campaign to End Hunger is timed to capitalize on this generous opportunity and is reaching out to the community for support.

Feinstein’s challenge is simple:  for every dollar or pound of food Gifts of Love collects from individuals and the community throughout the months of March and April, the Feinstein Foundation will also donate to the Gifts of Love Spring Campaign to End Hunger.  Feinstein’s million dollars is divided proportionately among all agencies complying with the guidelines.  Feinstein’s past one million dollar challenges to fight hunger have raised over $1.25 billion for over 2,000 anti-hunger agencies nationwide.

This has become one of the greatest grass roots campaigns ever to fight hunger in our country.  “Your donations make you a partner in it with me!” says Alan Shawn Feinstein.  “My money started this campaign but it is YOU who will help decide how many needy people in your city or town will be fed this year.  All that will matter to us someday is what we did while we were here to help those who needed us.  WE ARE NEEDED NOW!  Please give whatever you can – I will gladly add some of my money to yours.  My one million dollars will be divided in full proportionately among the agencies receiving donations toward my offer.  Thank you for sharing my heart, and the hope that – someday – no one will ever go hungry,” said Feinstein.

Donations can be made to:  Gifts of Love, P.O. Box 463, Avon, CT 06001 or on its secure website, www.giftsoflovect.org.  For more information call 860-676-2323.

For more information on the Feinstein Foundation, visit www.feinsteinfoundation.com.

The mission of Gifts of Love is to help meet the basic needs of individuals and families experiencing a temporary financial crisis so they can achieve or maintain self-sufficiency. The organization provides food and clothing, household items and furniture to individuals and families facing a financial crisis due to a variety of circumstances. Gifts of Love helps clients meet their families’ most basic needs – food on the table, a winter coat, or a bed to sleep in – and enable them to focus on putting their lives back in order and regaining their independence. 

Stay On Track to Donate Your Weight!

So I've noticed lately that our numbers for the Lose Weight Challenge are slowly trickling down.  And I wanted to post a little something to hopefully keep everyone from the 3-week slump, and possibly re-motivate you all to get moving again!


You may have received the following note today in your e-mail inbox from me pushing you to come weigh-in with us:

"Jess from Snap checking in to see when you’d like to come weigh-in next for our Lose Weight Challenge.  Did you know that tracking your weight every week helps you stick to your goals and motivates you to work harder?  Plus, with our program, if you weigh-in weekly you are entered to win prizes from the club (we have lots of gift certificates from local businesses) as well as $50 gift cards from Snap corporate!  It is a win-win for you! 

We must also remember that the bottom-line IS to lose weight and feel great, while donating our extra pounds to Gifts of Love in the form of a check from Snap Fitness Avon!

Please let me know when you’d like to come in next week for your weigh-in.  I’ll be happy to set the time aside to chat about what you’re doing, check your weight in, and come up with a goal for the following week.  We can definitely do this together!"

The purpose of this e-mail was to remind you that we are here, ready to support you, and that we notice when you aren't around!!
If your own health and well-being is not enough of a motivator, perhaps the following information will be.

We have the following WEEKLY prizes up for grabs:

• Aloha Tanning - $50 Organic Spray Tan
• Battison's Cleaners - $50 Gift Certificate
• Garden of Light - $20 Gift Certificate
• Free Month of Boot Camps
• Free Personal Training Session
• Entertainment 2012 Book
• Free Car Wash from Russell Speeders

GRAND PRIZES to be given to our top 3 biggest losers at the end of April are:

First Place: 3 months FREE membership plus a gift certificate to The Meat House!

Second Place: 2 months FREE membership plus a gift certificate to The Big Y!
Third Place: 1 month FREE membership!

We want to help YOU be as healthy and fit as you can possibly be -- ask us anytime if you have questions or would like help with something!  We are here to help!  Have a great weekend, and enjoy a smart and safe St. Patrick's Day tomorrow!