Talk About Pork Spending: Fitness Grants For Fat People
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ELGIN, lll. ― The battle of the bulge isn’t going so well in Elgin, but organizations in the far northwest suburb don’t seem interested in fixing the problem with “fitness grants.”
Elgin was recently named the fattest city in Illinois. The dubious distinction was revealed by City Councilman David Kaptain, who said he saw it in a study based on driver’s license data. But Kaptain said he couldn’t remember where he found the study, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Nonetheless, Elgin officials are now offering “fitness grants” to coax people into healthier lifestyles.
The Elgin YMCA started the organization Activate Elgin, and invited schools, businesses, churches and community groups to submit ideas to claim the grants, funded by the Kane County Health Department Fit for Kids program. They could be used to pay for gym memberships, community fitness equipment, healthy cooking classes or anything else that would help slim Elgin down.
But with the deadline for applying for the grants just weeks away, there hasn’t been one single request for money.
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