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2025 Bill Gregory Health Care Classic
April 22, 2025Live4It Community is excited to present the 42nd Annual Bill Gregory Health Care Classic in Dalton on April 26, 2025! No matter where you are in your health journey, there is a race for you! The Bill Gregory Health Care Classic offers the option of participating in the 10K, 5K, or 2K road races. These timed races will award top finishers with medals.
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Holliday honored as inaugural Heart of Gold award recipient at Bill Gregory Health Care Classic
May 14, 2024Lisa Holliday was presented with Live4It Community’s inaugural Heart of Gold award during the Bill Gregory Health Care Classic on April 27 near Hamilton Health Care System’s campus. “Lisa … sets a high standard for future recipients,” Live4It Community officials said.The Heart of Gold award is given to an individual who embodies the Live4It Community key concept of “Invest in One Another.” The concept centers around giving time, talent and treasures to foster meaningful connections to family, friends and philanthropy to find perspective, overcome obstacles and boost physical and mental health.Holliday, a registered nurse at Shaw Industries, is known among…
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Person of the Week: Lisa Holliday is ‘taking care of people’ as a registered nurse at Shaw Industries
May 5, 2024In her work as a registered nurse at Shaw Industries, Lisa Holliday is “all in,” said Jennifer Dean, the senior health services manager at the Dalton-based flooring company.“I manage the nursing program at Shaw and Lisa is one of our top nurses who is all in,” Dean said. “It doesn’t matter what time of day or night, she’s taking care of people.”Holliday was recently recognized for her work as a nurse at Shaw by Dalton-based nonprofit Live4It Community. Holliday was given the organization’s first “Heart of Gold Award” at the recent 2024 Bill Gregory Health Care Classic race.The award is…
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41st Bill Gregory Health Care Classic spotlights health and wellness
March 29, 2024DALTON – When Amanda Reed Myers, the president and CEO of Live4It Community, thinks about longtime Dalton physician Bill Gregory, she appreciates his many efforts in “spreading awareness for health and wellness.” That was one of the reasons Live4It Community, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) focused on “changing the trajectory of health and wellness” in the community, partnered with Hamilton Health Care System’s Bradley Wellness Center to once again organize this year’s Bill Gregory Health Care Classic, which takes place on Saturday, April 27. This is the 41st year of the Classic, which features participants in 10K, 5K or 2K events throughout parts of Dalton. This year’s race seeks to shine a spotlight on “healthy lifestyles and environments,” Myers said. “It is a great cornerstone race and one of the largest community races in Dalton,” Myers said. “Last year was our first year partnering with Bradley Wellness Center. They’ve been doing it for several years. In fact, Hamilton goes back all the way to the inception of the race. They first had individuals who started that race and over the last 40 or so years it’s kind of grown and developed. Live4It Community is proud to carry it for- ward alongside Bradley Wellness Center.” Gregory, who was a physician with Hamilton Health Care System, tragically died in 2006 after a bicycling accident. Simply known as the Health Care Classic in earlier years, the race’s name was changed in 2007 to honor him. Myers said one of Live4It Community’s goals in organizing the race is to “meet people where they are.” That meant slightly adjusting the race route from previous years. For the 10K and 5K races, participants will begin on Broadrick Drive, just as they have…
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Bill Gregory Health Care Classic Celebrates Its 40TH Anniversary
May 19, 2023DALTON – For the first time since the pandemic, the Bill Gregory Health Care Classic took place on Saturday, April 29 at Bradley Wellness Center. Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the race was organized as a collaborative effort between Live4It Community and Hamilton’s Bradley Wellness Center. “The large turnout and support by the community – families, businesses, civic and non-profit organizations – is both humbling and energizing,” said Amanda Reed, president of Live4It Community. “Because of the community and our supportive sponsors, the Bill Gregory’s 40th anniversary race was a huge success!” The Bill Gregory Health Care Classic honors…
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40th Anniversary of the Bill Gregory Health Care Classic Race
March 28, 2023Registration Now Open! DALTON, Ga. – One of Dalton’s largest community races, the Bill Gregory Health Care Classic (Bill Gregory) takes place on April 29. After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bill Gregory returns to celebrate its 40th anniversary. This year’s race is presented jointly by Live4It Community and Hamilton Health Care System’s Bradley Wellness Center. The Bill Gregory features 10K, 5K and 2K timed races starting and ending at Bradley Wellness Center. Registration for the races is open on Live4ItCommunity.org. Early Bird registration is open now through April 14 at a special rate of $25 per…