Stay Smart, Stay Fit Charity Walk and Festival - Jan. 28th

GOODYEAR, Ariz. (January 9, 2012) -   Estrella by Newland Communities has partnered with Community Cares Lifestyle & Wellness Expo to host the “Stay Smart, Stay Fit Charity Walk and Festival.” The event aims to raise awareness and funds for local health and education organizations.

On Saturday, January 28, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Valley residents are invited to participate in a 2k charity walk at Estrella. Registration is $10 for single participants and $20 per family. All net proceeds from the event go directly towards Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, Liberty School District and Buckeye Union High School District.  Register online or at Starpointe Residents Club until 9:30 a.m. on the day of the event.

Following the walk, guests will enjoy an afternoon of festivities promoting health and wellness lifestyles at the Amphitheater at Starpointe Residents Club. Throughout the day, attendees can participate in a Long-Putt Golf Challenge with a chance to win $2,000 and a Hole-in-One Challenge to win $10,000!  Children will play at the Family Fun Zone, where there will be a craft table station, a giant slide and an inflatable jump house. Entertainment will be provided by the online sports talk show “Girlfriends Talk Sports with KFrye.” Karen Frye, mother of Phoenix Suns Forward–Center Channing Frye, and her co-hosts will be filming a segment about health and wellness at the event for their show. Delicious barbeque fare will be available for purchase.

The Starpointe Residents Club’s personal training and fitness class instructors will host a Fitness Zone, where they will offer fitness assessments and lead group fitness classes. Abrazo Healthcare's West Valley Hospital and Emergency Center will be onsite to perform free health screenings for guests.

“It’s incredibly important to us that we give back as much as we can to our local schools and organizations,” said Lynneah Hudson, Newland Communities Western Regional Marketing Director. “The ‘Stay Smart, Stay Fit Charity Walk and Festival’ is a great opportunity for the community to come together in support of a community cause, while promoting health and wellness amongst residents.”

For more information on “Stay Smart, Stay Fit Charity Walk and Festival”, visit www.communitycaresexpo.com.

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About Newland Real Estate Group, LLC.

Newland is a diversified real estate company leveraging a national platform and over 40 years of experience to perform challenging and diverse development, investment, management, and advisory services across a wide range of real estate. The company’s mixed-use development business, Newland Communities, actively owns, operates and develops premier residential master-planned, commercial, retail, and urban mixed-use real estate across the U.S. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Newland and its affiliated companies have completed, or have underway, more than 140 diverse real estate developments, more than 20 million square feet of commercial and retail space, and 175,000 residential units in 14 states.

About Estrella by Newland Communities

Estrella provides a lakeside mountain oasis nestled in the Sierra Estrella Mountains, approximately 17 miles from downtown Phoenix on Estrella Parkway in Goodyear, in the Sonoran Desert Valley. Estrella currently offers more than 500 acres of parks and open space including 72 acres of lakes for boating and fishing, the Starpointe Residents Club, hiking trails, basketball, volleyball and tennis courts. Estrella is also home to a Nicklaus-design championship golf course. Estrella's sense of seclusion is enhanced by the adjacent 19,840-acre Estrella Mountain Regional Park. The land use plan for Estrella calls for approximately 50,000 homes, about 1,600 acres of commercial and a build-out of approximately 25 years (approximately 2032). For more information, please visit www.estrella.com.