LAKEPORT, Calif. – Sutter Lakeside Hospital is offering 10 scholarships for City Fitness gym memberships to residents who qualify in Lake County.

These scholarships will cover 10 gym memberships for the year 2014.

City Fitness is offering five more 2014 gym scholarship memberships to qualified residents in Lake County.

Scholarship applications are available at Sutter Lakeside Hospital Rehabilitation Services, located at 5176 Hill Road East in Lakeport, and at City Fitness at 817 Bevins St. in Lakeport.

“We’re very aware that the decision to close the Wellness Center was disappointing for our community,” said Sutter Lakeside Hospital Chief Administrative Officer Siri Nelson.

“While it is not financially feasible for Sutter Lakeside to operate the Wellness Center, the hospital wants to ensure that people in Lake County who are economically disadvantaged have a resource to pay for a local gym membership,” Nelson said. “We’re fortunate to be able to partner with City Fitness, and that they generously offered to give five more scholarships to cover their yearly membership fees for 2014.”

“When Sutter Lakeside approached us about offering local residents scholarships to cover 2014 gym membership fees, we felt compelled to contribute, as well,” said City Fitness owner Sara McClean. “We know how hard it is to remain motivated in an exercise program and affordability can be the deciding factor when it comes to choosing a new gym. We’re happy to see new faces at City Fitness.”

The application deadline for completed scholarships is Monday, Dec. 23.

Award recipients will be notified by Dec. 31, just in time to start working on New Year’s resolutions.