Checking in with Health & Fitness
We’re “checking in” with our associates at the new Beacon Health & Fitness center in Mishawaka.
We hope to make this a new occasional Q & A on The Beam. More on that below.
It has been just shy of three months since the new Health & Fitness location opened its doors on Mishawaka’s Beacon Parkway.
Here’s our conversation with Alan Loyd, executive director, and Sarah Strefling, fitness manager.
Q: We’re hearing you’re busy, very busy. What’s it been like?
A: We’re reaching the membership figures that we didn’t expect to reach for several years down the road. With over 100 new members joining consistently nearly every week, we’ve been amazed by the community response to our new fitness center.
Q: How much does the location have to do with your success?
A: We knew the location was going to be a home run. With easy access to Granger, Mishawaka and Edwardsburg, and having the Indiana Roll Road right there, all indications forecasted that building at this crossroads would be a tremendous opportunity for us.
Q: Plus, this location serves as much more than just a fitness center.
A: We absolutely want to offer world-class fitness facilities and services. But beyond that, we also want to keep foremost in our mind that we are a medically-based facility with physical therapy and sports medicine services that dovetail with our fitness facility. Ramp access into our pools, “best medicine” classes that are tailored to improve the quality of life through exercise of patients facing challenging diagnoses, and our “Wellness SurroundCare Team” – which we believe is truly a national model of integration – help us stand out in both the healthcare and fitness fields.
Q: How important have our associates been to meeting – and exceeding – your goals?
A: We employ roughly 60 associates in Mishawaka and they are a huge reason for our success because of their education, energy and outgoing personalities. Our team is excited about new faces at Beacon Health & Fitness and we want to create a welcoming atmosphere with contagious energy to get you to your goals. Creating strong relationships with members is the goal.
Is there an office, unit, department or leader at Beacon Health System that you would like us to “check in” on? Email your suggestions, and tell us why you’re nominating them, to TheBeam@beaconhealthsystem.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
But before we go, we’d like to say THANK YOU to our Beacon Health & Fitness Mishawaka associates:
Brenda Allen
Hailey Allison
Kerri Anderson
Mary Austin
Blake Bertles
Kara Boyles
Brittany Bronkema
Erika Buhring
Kayla Chase
Melissa Cooper
Mallory Conrad
Judith Cox
Veronica Dabrowski
Abeni El-Amin
Kathryn Fischer
James Foster
Brittany Fox
Jason Fransted
Angela Friend
Jessica Garretson
Jennifer Gruber
Emily Hardin
Susan Helms
Lauren Hickey
Kelley Jablonski
Brad Jasinski
Lynda Johnson
Kathleen Kavanagh
Christel Kelsey
Jared Korpal
Amanda Kuczmanski
Jonathan Lawson
Ashley Luzadre
John Mahon
Shawn Major-Winston
MacKenzie Mangus
Cynthia Miller
Sara Miller
Emily Mrozek
Deborah Musser
Chloe Nelson
Elisha Parris
Jake Phillips
Chelsea Reese
Elizabeth Salman
Micah Schaefer
Brandy Schmucker
Carly Schultz
Kyle Schutts
Kim Sellers
Sherry Sill
Sarah Simpson
Leslee Slater
Edelis Stukel
Melissa Tangen
Sally Turk
Kareem Vernon
Casey Wusterbarth
