Gym offers free memberships for teens

In honor of my city's fifth year as one of the healthiest communities in America, my local gym -- Gainesville Health and Fitness Center -- is offering free memberships to teens ages 13 to 17 for the months of June, July, and August. An $800,000 investment in the lives of young people, this offer provides an opportunity for all teens -- there are 8,000 of them in Gainesville -- to improve their lifestyle, health, and fitness. For a few months, anyway.

This mission of this free program is to take a stab at fighting the obesity epidemic in this country and to ensure that all teens have access to summer recreational activities in spite of current economic turmoil.

Pretty cool, I think. Too bad I miss the age cut-off by about, oh, 21 years.