Panther Fitness Club

When Angie Hargreaves and Chris Ford, the physical education teachers at Dana L. West High School in Port Byron, researched obesity rates locally, they knew they had to do something.

The findings were much higher than the national average, Hargreaves said.

After a process that took 11 years to put in place, the Panther Fitness Club has been instituted to instill in the students a life-long understanding of the importance of physical activity.