Chiefs Challenge Winners
 
By MVFA Webmaster
May 27, 2016
 

We would like to congratulation the members of the Mohegan Lake Fire Department (career and volunteer) and the Yorktown Police Department on winning Club Fit's Chiefs' Challenge Competition! Each department was awarded $1,000 checks as the winners of the 2015 Chiefs’ Challenge. The program is designed by cardiologists at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hollow to improve the health and fitness of first responders by offering them discounted memberships at health clubs. Working in collaboration with Club Fit in Briarcliff Manor and Jefferson Valley, the Chiefs’ Challenge was established and is funded by the Heart and Health Education Foundation, directed by Franklin Zimmerman, MD, Arthur Fass, MD, and Dina Katz, MD, all members of the Phelps Medical Associates cardiology practice in Briarcliff Manor. In all, there were 240 participants from 20 police departments and 24 fire departments throughout Westchester County, Putnam County, and New York City that participated. The two winning departments (Mohegan FD and Yorktown PD) tallied up the highest levels of participation by their members. The 2016 Chiefs’ Challenge is underway, with high hopes for an even bigger turn out of public safety personnel this year. Club Fit offers a free, 3-month membership to all police officers and firefighters, allowing them to continue their membership at half-price thereafter. For more information about the 2016 “Chiefs’ Challenge,” call Laura Crowe at Club Fit Jefferson Valley at 914-250-2722 or Joe DaRonco at Club Fit Briarcliff Manor at 914-250-2783. Dr. Zimmerman was happy to present the checks to these amazing people who serve and protect our communities.