Are you looking to lose weight, get healthy, and fit and trim in 2011? How about doing that and benefitting the Cedar Springs Public Library at the same time?
You can now do both by joining the Biggest Lozer contest, right here in Cedar Springs!
There is a $25 entry fee, with proceeds benefitting the Cedar Springs Public Library building fund $50,000 match challenge.  Ten percent of the entry fees will go toward the grand prize. If 50 people sign up, that would be $125. If 100 people sign up, it’s $250. The grand prize will go to the person who loses the largest percentage of body weight.
Other prizes include a 3-month membership at Curves for a woman, a 3-month membership at Max Fitness for a man, and for seniors $40 cash, courtesy of the Curiosity Shoppe.
If you’d like to join the contest, email Alicia at lovelearndaycare@yahoo.com to sign up. Weigh-in will be at Curves on January 7 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. You will pay the entry fee there. Each week you will email your confidential weekly weight. Weigh-out is March 3 at Curves. You will also receive weekly emails of fitness tips, recipes and more.
If you’d like to help the library but don’t want to join the contest, you can also give an end-of-the year donation. Since November 10, the library has raised over $7,000, but has $43,000 to go. You can postmark a donation before January 1 and claim a tax credit. Just mail it to Cedar Springs Public Library, PO Box 280, Cedar Springs, MI 49319 or call or text Library Director Donna Clark at 616-901-7173 to make arrangements for your donation to count for 2011.
Also—more gowns are needed for the formal gown sale, also taking place January 7, 8 a.m. to noon, at Cedar Springs High School media center. Short dresses sell for $20, long dresses for $35. Drop gowns off at Cedar Springs City Hall until January 6 and receive a tax receipt.