Jetts Fitness gym franchises sweat it out for a good cause at Mt Warren Park

The network of Jetts Fitness gym franchises are always willing to contribute to a good cause, and on Saturday 24th July, the Mt Warren Park store hosted a 24 hour challenge to encourage members and the local community to raise funds for the Heart Foundation.

Just one of many fundraising events that takes place at the gym franchises, teams at Mt Warren Park competed to be the overall fundraising champions by attempting to clock up the most kilometres on Jetts treadmills for the 24 hour duration of the challenge.

All money raised by the event was donated by the fitness franchises to the Heart Foundation, to assist them in undertaking world class research into heart disease, one of Australia’s biggest killers.

The Heart Foundation’s Programs and Events Manager, Belinda Carroll, says that the 24 hour challenge was a great example of how the community can make a difference to the heart health of all Australians by highlighting the need to undertake regular physical activity, and raise much needed funds for the foundation.

“Cardiovascular disease is responsible for one death every 11 minutes – it’s the biggest killer of Australians and the Heart Foundation relies on donations through community fundraising events such as this to enable us to continue our world class research into heart disease,” Ms Carroll says.

Jetts Fitness gym franchises also committed to extending their support for the Heart Foundation by donating $10 for every person who joined up at Mt Warren Park in July.