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AUGUSTA — Three Maine Schools have won a state-of-the-art $100,000 DON’T QUIT! Fitness Center, including Gorham Middle School.
The multi-million dollar DON’T QUIT! Campaign presents the fitness centers in recognition in the commitment of the schools to the health of their students. Also winning fitness centers were Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School in Deer Isle and SeDoMoCha School in Dover-Foxcroft.
Fitness expert Jake (Body by Jake) Steinfeld, chairman of the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Councils and Gov. Janet Mills made the announcement of the winners. Steinfeld and Mills will visit the schools for ribbon-cuttings in the fall.
“We had an overwhelming response from elementary and middle schools throughout the great state of Maine,” Steinfeld said. “None of this would have been possible without the incredible support of Governor Mills, who helped make this campaign a huge success by putting the health and well-being of children first.”
Each fitness center is financed through public/private partnerships with companies like The Coca-Cola Company, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation, Wheels Up and Nike, and does not rely on taxpayer dollars or state funding. Fitness in Motion provides the fitness equipment. The foundation’s goal is to build a nation of the fittest, healthiest kids in the world. Maine is among 40 states that takes part in the program.
