The Highland Park Hospital Health and Fitness Center’s newsletter includes “all upcoming programs, including one-day special events, such as an anniversary party, a 5K event or a special fitness seminar, and ongoing programs such as weight management, healthy cooking, and Baby and Me classes,” explains Kove.

The newsletter also features “information on projected programming to allow our members to give us feedback, thereby creating programming tailored to our membership.” She continues, “Special holiday hours, website information, phone, fax and mailing address are always included, as well.”

Prairie Athletic Club offers an extensive newsletter. Its Winter 2001-2002 issue features employee names with job duties, ads, new program/group exercise class spotlights, community events, new rules/regulations, staff profiles, health information, staff/member thank-yous.

Sports leagues/tournament information, photos of members and staff, in-club promotionssuch as massage, birthday parties, pro shop updates and juice bar updates, and much more.

You may also want to include member profiles, new equipment spotlights, maintenance updates, healthy recipes, workout rules/reminders, exercise questions and answers, or anything else you feel your members need to know, or want to know.