Inspiration

With a hashtag like #spinforkidz, it’s not hard to see why the New Castle Community YMCA kicked off its third annual spin-a-thon event with a bang, or...

A rainy day that made getting to school while exposed to the elements less than ideal couldn’t stop nearly 700 students in Brockport Central School Di...

There’s a new food truck rolling around town. But don’t expect to see it at the festival circuit anytime soon. This repurposed, full-sized school bus ...

When Rob Cooney reached Freeport Beach in Pennsylvania after swimming 24 miles from Long Point, Ontario, in 13 hours and 32 minutes, he was greeted wi...

Staying active is how Linda Deabenderfer rolls with life. Going to the gym has been a regular part of her routine and she’s been a member of the S&T W...

The final notes in the summer concert music series have been sung. Cruise nights are now a distant memory, and water parks that were bustling with act...

Eating is like breathing; we’ve been doing it since the day we were born. Yet for such a common activity, the knowledge of how to eat well has become ...

At one time the rivers that course through Pittsburgh were incredibly unclean, primarily due to toxins being dumped into the water from steel mills fo...

Biometric screenings have increasingly become the go-to tool of employee wellness programs. The screenings are a series of tests designed to offer a s...

If you’re tired of being stuck indoors and need to take in some sun and fresh air, then lace up your shoes and take a walk — or a hike — on the wild s...

A popular convenience store once described its selection of items available to customers as “too much good stuff.” If Monroe County wanted to borrow t...

Randy and Brenda Oaks were enjoying vacation in Myrtle Beach in May 2017. They did some relaxing, fishing and sight-seeing. But toward the end of this...

Just like clockwork, it seems that every two years or so, everyone catches Olympic fever. In an effort to incorporate mental and physical wellness int...

Tracy Tooch loves to run. In any given week, Tooch, an adjunct instructor at Community College of Allegheny County, will run approximately 50 miles, d...

Jeannie Petrosky has a clever way of getting people into shape. “I take kickboxing-type moves and choreograph it into an exercise routine,” Petrosky s...

The Boston Marathon has Heartbreak Hill. The London Marathon offers a glimpse of Big Ben. The It’s a Wonderful Run 5K in Seneca Falls has the Bridge S...

Upstate New York is known for its lakes and scenery, but community members want to be known for something else: good health. So, Finger Lakes communit...

F or the past 24 years, Arthur Dilg did some pretty fun things, including taking his wife, Marilyn, on multiple trips to Germany to visit family. The ...

When it comes to health and wellness issues, the Bucks-Montgomery County schools are not messing around. They want their people fit, and they want the...

It’s Friday morning at Bristol Township School District's Mill Creek Elementary School as a line of 18 anxious and competitive staff members eagerly a...