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Fitness Centers firm up plans for grand opening with Kids in Distress Charity Drive.


FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1994--Plans have been "firmed up" for the grand opening of the newest Lady of America Fitness Centers in Broward, Dade and Palm Beach Counties, with a day full of events and activities for the entire family at all 20 locations.

Part of the Nation's Leading Fitness Center Franchise Organization, Lady of America will be giving back to the community that they service by hosting a Gift Drive to help the needy
''For other organizations named Help the Needy, or some variation thereof, see Help the Needy (disambiguation).
Help the Needy was a charity front set up by Rome New York oncologist, Rafil Dhafir.
. The Clubs will be collecting Non Perishable per·ish·a·ble  
adj.
Subject to decay, spoilage, or destruction.

n.
Something, especially foodstuff, subject to decay or spoilage. Often used in the plural.
 Food Items, clothing, toys and books that will be donated to the Foundation for Kids in Distress.

Free Workouts will be available to the public in exchange for their personal donation to the charity, and groups are welcome. "Our company believes that no matter how large an organization is, our individual locations must aid the community and those less fortunate than we are," said Michelle Wittenberns, senior vice president of the Lady of America National Headquarters.

The Lady of America National Franchise organization led a drive that collected over 100,000 donations for the needy in the City of Houston, which was highlighted in an article called the "Gift of Giving," in Entrepreneur Magazine Entrepreneur Magazine is a publication that carries news stories about entrepreneurialism, small business management, and business opportunities.

This magazine is published monthly, with a total of 12 issues annually. (No special extra issues are published.
, October 1990.

In addition to the Gift Drive, the clubs will feature an Aerobic Contest, and unlike the traditional "Aerobic Animal" Competition, this will award over $2,000 in cash and prize packages to the Most Enthusiastic, Best Movement and Best Appearance, making it a fun time for all. The public is invited to compete and enjoy a great sampling of the Exercise Classes available at the clubs.

Children are not left out in the Grand Opening Events with Kid Fit Exercise Contests awarding the "Super Fit Kid" and "Most Enthusiastic" both a $50 Savings Bond Savings bond

A government bond issued in face value denominations from $50 to $10,000, with local and state tax-free interest and semiannually adjusted interest rates.


savings bond

A nonmarketable security issued by the U.S.
. Lady of America provides Free Baby-sitting during the events as well as daily for its members.

"We all know how difficult it is to exercise, especially while you have infants and toddlers, so the clubs make it easy for our members to have their children within their reach at the club, but not within their way," said Wittenberns.

Lady of America, celebrating its Ten Year Anniversary in the Fitness Industry, is pleased to be able to offer not just the Free Baby-sitting, but Personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 Programs on High Tech Equipment, 32 Classes a Week on an Exclusive Aerobic Flooring taught by Certified Instructors, and other features like Tanning tanning, process by which skins and hides are converted into leather. Vegetable tanning, a method requiring more than a month even with modern machinery and tanning liquors, employs tannin; its use is shown in Egyptian tomb paintings dating from 3000 B.C. .

All these are housed in an exciting atmosphere at a convenient location. Their hot pink, purple and turquoise turquoise, hydrous phosphate of aluminum and copper, Al2(OH)3PO4·H2O+Cu, used as a gem. It occurs rarely in crystal form, but is usually cryptocrystalline.  trademark facilities with super service provide all that a lady is looking for Looking for

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 in an exercise program.

For more information on donating to the Kids in Distress Drive and to attend the Grand Opening Celebration call 800/978-LADY and you will be forwarded to the location nearest you.

CONTACT: Lady of America Fitness Center, Fort Lauderdale
              Michelle Wittenberns, 800/833-5239
                                    305/492-1201
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