First BeWell Event Attracts 350 to Frontier Field
Mental Health Association
A blue-ribbon day helped make the MHA’s first BeWell event a resounding success, with an estimated 350 participants in attendance to enjoy a morning of yoga, health and family fun, Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Frontier Field.
With Wegmans as lead sponsor, BeWell featured celebrity yoga instructor Stency Wegman, joined by yogis from many of Roch-ester’s premier studios, teaching a class for beginners through advanced practitioners. A second kid-friendly class followed. Two family “walks for wellness” around the perimeter of the field earned kids a healthy snack from Wegmans. The morning also included an obstacle course, face-painting, and vendors court.
BeWell, which raised almost $30,000, followed a year of intensive planning, with the agency wishing to create