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Charles Cole Memorial Hospital’s Coudersport Wellness Center recently received two bikes, helmets and snowshoes with poles through the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Center for Rural Health Practice. The equipment can be rented free of charge by community members and was purchased with funds from the Get Active grant as part of the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness to promote an active lifestyle, according to Claudia Caminite, Get Active project coordinator at UPB’s Center for Rural Health Practice. Equipment is also available at the Bradford YMCA and Costa’s Ace Hardware store in Smethport. Caminite noted the equipment is to be used in conjunction with other forms of exercise such as walking, jogging, or running with the goal to reduce chronic disease and promote healthy physical activity. To utilize the equipment, residents must complete a rental application form at any of the locations; some restrictions apply. For more information on the program, contact Caminite at...

The Center for Rural Health Practice at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has used grant money to purchase recreation equipment that can be “checked out” by citizens in Bradford, Smethport and Coudersport. The center used a $2,963 mini grant from the Governor’s Advisory Council on Physical Fitness and Sports to purchase two 26-inch bicycles with helmets and two sets of snow shoes with poles for each location. Citizens can “check out” the equipment for free for seven days at a time no more than two times a month by bringing their driver’s license to one of the locations. In Bradford, the equipment can be checked out from the Bradford Family YMCA. In Smethport, the site is Costa’s Ace Hardware Store, and in Coudersport, it is the Charles Cole Wellness Center. Pedometers and walking logs will also be distributed to communities as part of the center’s WalkWorks program this summer. For more information on Get Active or Walk...