The 2014 Take the Lake committee would like to wish everybody a wonderful and happy Christmas and New Year. Speaking of New Year, what will you resolve to do in 2015? How about a few of our Take the Lake Personal Endurance Challenges? Remember, your fitness and wellbeing not only helps you, but affects your family, friends and those around you, so give the gift that's good all around!

Also, check out a few other things we've been busy with: Funnee Faces for Families First, and CreateAthon Columbus County. 

Our 2015 Training Season Timer Clock is ready, thanks to our sponsors who contributed an extra $50. We offer the timer free to all fitness events in the county throughout the year and when possible, we'll place it on location at festivals displaying the time of day below our sponsors' logos. Here it is at the Pecan Festival in Whiteville. Would you like the clock at your fitness event? Contact us.

Several area nonprofit organizations will have important creative work done for them free of charge during a 24-hour blitz early next year if they apply and are accepted to the first CreateAthon event in Columbus County.

The event will bring in talented graphic artists, as well as video and radio experts from around the region to produce printed materials, advertisements, public service announcements, short 

It's fall, and time for deep thoughts, so share your thoughts in ways that matter in two surveys: 

1. Help the Columbus County Health Department and other agencies address the illegal and prescription drug situation here, with the Columbus County Resident Substance Misuse and Abuse Questionnaire.
   
2. If you haven't taken our 2014 Take the Lake Participant Survey yet, please give us a piece of your mind.