Fitness & Fun Set for Tuesday, Aug. 12 at Newtown Youth Academy

The Chelsea Cohen Fitness Academy, in partnership with Newtown Youth Academy, invite youth in the community ages 8-14 to the 4th Annual CCFA Jamboree! Kids from all neighboring towns are encouraged to attend this free event.

The fun happens on Tuesday, Aug. 12 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at Newtown Youth Academy Sports & Fitness Center, 4 Primrose Street, Newtown, on the Fairfield Hills campus.

The event will include 2 hours of fitness and activities, sports celebrities, fitness education and more. Sue Merz, Olympic gold medalist women’s hockey player, and member of the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame, will be in attendance from 2:00-3:00 p.m.

For more information or to register, click here or call 203-426-0088. Organizations or groups may contact Tom Chiappetta, executive director of Fairfield County Sports Commission by emailing: tomchip21@aol.com or calling 203-984-4806.

About Chelsea Cohen Fitness Academy:

The Fairfield County Sports Commission has created a countywide effort to use its vast resources to provide more awareness and educational focus on having underserved area youth gain access to a more active and healthy lifestyle. To meet those needs, the Commission has started the Chelsea Cohen Fitness Academy, to further honor the late Chelsea Cohen, for whom the Commission’s Courage Award is named since her passing in 2006.

The academy grew to be a reality out of a partnership forged three years ago between the FCSC and the Forever Young Foundation, the charitable giving entity of Greenwich native and NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young. That agreement has Forever Young being the presenting sponsor of the Chelsea Cohen Courage Award at the Commission’s Sports Night awards dinner each year.

Financial support from Forever Young and the Commission will initially support the Academy’s programs and activities.In 2006, the Commission created the Chelsea Cohen Courage Award. The former Norwalk High soccer star was the Commission’s first Courage Award recipient in ‘05. She passed away in 2006 after a courageous bout with a rare form of cancer of the nervous system. The award recognizes the person in the sports community who has shown inspirational strength in battling life-altering obstacles

For more information, click here.