Shoreline Fitness continues to work with local charities

March 7, 2013 - PRLog -- Shoreline Fitness has been committed to giving back to the community and has worked with several charities over the past year.  Here are just a few of the local charities they have worked with:

                      CONNECTICUT SPORTS FOUNDATION CYCLE AGAINST CANCER
              Event to Benefit 1Year-Old Payton James Vincent of East Haven, CT and other    cancer patients!

Cycle Against Cancer, the premiere indoor team cycling fundraiser, was a tremendous success on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Shoreline Fitness in Clinton, CT.  This event, presented by Shoreline Fitness to benefit the Connecticut Sports Foundation (CSF) raised over $40,000 for CT cancer patients and their families.  It’s not too late to donate, please visit www.cycleagainstcancershoreline.org.  It was an exciting and emotionally touching event in which riders came out to support 1 year old Payton and other CT cancer patients!

   “We are grateful to partner with Shoreline Fitness for the second year in a row to raise funds to support CT Cancer patients
and their families.  The need for financial assistance is overwhelming in the State of CT and we value this charitable community
partnership,” said Jane Ellis, Executive Director, and Connecticut Sports Foundation.


                                               HEROES FIGHT CANCER
                              Shoreline Fitness raises over $7,000 to help local woman battling cancer

Shoreline Fitness held a “Heroes Fight Cancer” event, a group fitness charity event to help a local resident
Jennifer Welch-Thornton financially while she battles cancer.  Jen is a 37 year old Westbrook native who has been battling
Retroperitoneal Leomil Sarcoma Cancer for over 4 years.  Heroes Fight Cancer was a 6 hour group fitness event were participants
Sweat it out with Zumba, Les Mills Body Jam and Body Combat.  The turnout was large and the energy and feel of the event was
Exciting and uplifting.  The Shoreline Fitness members, staff and local community were extremely generous, donating over $7,000.

                                               SANDY HOOK EVENT
                                                        Event to benefit the victims of Sandy Hook
               
                On December 29th, 2012 Shoreline Fitness honored and remembered the many precious lives that were lost in Sandy Hook, CT with
A group exercise event.  Club members, instructors and staff wore green, white and black while participating in a 90 minute Les Mills Body
Combat class.  Over 100 people attended the event and together raised over $1,400!  The funds raised went to the Victoria Soto Scholarship Fund.