(photo credit Montgomery Herald)
Active SWV would like to tell you about all the cool things happening in the City of Smithers in Fayette County WV. Smither is a small city in the Upper Kanawha Valley with big ideas for the community. The City of ...
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Active SWV would like to introduce you to our March Participant of the Month, Becky Morris. Becky has been a member of the UKV walking group since it was still walking in the parking lot at the Gauley Bridge retail location. She said ...
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Active SWV would like to introduce everyone to Jo Harris Volunteer Community Captain with Active SWV since the organization began in 2015. Jo started her work with Active SWV by becoming a board member and after retiring from her real world job she volunteered to start ...
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Active Southern West Virginia (Active SWV) is a non-profit organization working to remove barriers to physical activity in Nicholas, Fayette, Raleigh, and Summers counties by providing free physical activity programs in communities, parks, schools, local governments, and workplaces. This Truck-Pull Series is a way to fundraise to support these free program costs. Additional donations and sponsors are always welcome.
Phil Pfister, the World’s Strongest Man 2006, is a native West Virginian who offered his expertise in planning ...
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As we head into March we can experience some tough winter blues. Here are some tips for helping us out of those doldrums. Eating well and getting active can be some of the best things we can do. Also, March is National ...
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Have you heard of the Kids Run Club program, and are curious to know more about how it works? Keep reading! Active SWV is proud to have over 30 Kids Run Club locations all over Raleigh, Summers, Nicholas, and Fayette counties since the program began in 2015. In 2019 ...
Continue Reading →Did you know Active Southern West Virginia has a whole program dedicated to bringing wellness to workplaces? Yep, and at no cost. Active SWV offers training, resources, and technical assistance to help create your workplace wellness program.
In fact, ...
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Active SWV is swooning over our participants falling in love and getting engaged.
This is the story of how they met at Water Aerobics.
One of the benefits of joining any of the Active SWV free programs is the new people you meet and the friendships you gain. So many of our participants have reported the social aspect of the activities is one of their favorite parts. Exercising with others ...
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Active SWV is pleased to announce our February participant of the month – Ashley Thomas! Ashley has been attending the weekly Fayetteville running group on Wednesday evenings, led by Community Captain Beth Hudspeth. He has also been spending time on his ...
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Active SWV’s Workplace Wellness Program helps employers in southern West Virginia improve the health of employees by introducing healthy initiatives into the workplace. Many people spend a significant portion of their lives at work, which is why it’s imperative that workplaces ...
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