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Virtual Trimdown Weight Challenge

The eighth annual TC Trimdown, a community challenge to commit to a healthier lifestyle, sponsored by the Traverse City Record-Eagle, begins with a weigh-in from 9 a.m., January 4 to 8 p.m., January 5, virtually, and ends with a weigh-out from 9 a.m., March 22 to 8 p.m., March 23. Team captains will log in every Friday by noon to report the team’s total weekly weight.

            $1,800 in gift certificates will be awarded to the winning teams and a portion of all proceeds will be donated to the Northwest MI Food Coalition and the NMC Student Food Pantry. First place male, female and co-ed teams of four win $100 gift certificates for each member. First place male, female and co-ed teams of two win $100 gift certificates for each member.

 

The cost to enter is $5 per person. Register online at TCTrimdown.com by Jan. 3.

Traverse City Edition - January 2022
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