5HF announces winter photo challenge

submitted by 5 Healthy Towns Foundation

Are you a Winter warrior? Do you enjoy skating, skiing, walking or biking all winter long? Does your running club or ice hockey team embrace the winter weather and carry on? If so, 5 Healthy Towns Foundation wants to showcase your creative talents and highlight what our community members do in the Winter to promote physical activity.

We invite all 5 Healthy Towns residents who embrace the winter elements to help us demonstrate that Michigan winters offer a great opportunity to promote wellness outdoors. Grab your phone or camera and submit your photo to the "Winter Wellness Photo Challenge!" You will be eligible to win a gift card and feature your photo in our Fall 2021 issue of Connected Magazine.

Send us a photo image between January 1-31, 2021. Submission guidelines and an image consent release form can be found at www.5healthytowns.org. Winners will be announced in February, 2021.

5HF’s Community Advisory Committee will select two photo winners:
- Best Photo (Adult Category) – if you are age 18 and older, submit a photo that shows winter wellness.
- Best Photo (Youth Category) – if you are 17 and younger, submit a photo that shows winter wellness.

Our 5HF community members also will select the overall winner by voting on Facebook in February with the People’s Choice Award (youth or adult). The People’s Choice award will provide an opportunity for our communities to weigh in on their favorite photos. Submitted photos will be placed on the 5 Healthy Towns
Facebook page to allow our followers a chance to choose the best of the best!

For more information, contact 5 Healthy Towns Foundation staff, Matt Pegouskie, or Lori Kintz, at 734-433-4599.

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by Marsha Chartrand

Marsha Johnson Chartrand, a founder, writer, and copy editor with the Manchester Mirror, is a 50-year resident of Manchester. She has a long history of volunteer and community involvement.