Better Balance Program builds strength, confidence for a community

Better Balance Program participants work on their upper body strength on the first day of class Oct. 20. The program is back after a several-year hiatus. In the front row from left is Margaret McKittrick and Mary Jo Christensen. Back row, from left, Barb Ohleen and Eloise Hortness. Reporter & Farmer | Timothy Gibson
Better Balance Program participants work on their upper body strength on the first day of class Oct. 20. The program is back after a several-year hiatus. In the front row from left is Margaret McKittrick and Mary Jo Christensen. Back row, from left, Barb Ohleen and Eloise Hortness. Reporter & Farmer | Timothy Gibson

After a six-year hiatus, the Better Balance Program is back up and running in Webster, providing a structured exercise program that helps local people achieve better balance, strength and independence. Offered to the community by Sanford Hospital Webster, the group met Oct. 20 for the first time since it stopped meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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