In memory of Sam Becker, Anytime Fitness of Stewartville auctioned off 29 Christmas wreaths Monday, Nov. 30 through Monday, Dec. 7. The event raised $836 for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), said Jared Johnson of Anytime Fitness. Buyers paid an average of $28.82 per wreath, he said. Every spring, Anytime Fitness hosts the Samuel L. Becker 5K (3.1-mile) Walk-Run, an event held to raise money for NAMI in memory of Becker, a former certified personal trainer at Anytime Fitness who suffered from mental illness before taking his own life in February 2016... For more on this story pick up your copy of the Dec. 15 Stewartville STAR.
