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Community Health Challenge For African Americans Ends

Posted at 8:49 AM, Jul 27, 2013
and last updated 2013-07-27 08:49:38-04

GRAND RAPIDS, MIch.- After 12 weeks of hard work, the Blues Body and Soul Challenge has come to an end.

The health initiative challenged African Americans in the Grand Rapids area to get healthy. African-Americans in the United States have high rates of both cancer and heart disease.