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Massey Hill Theater Students Need Your Help to Get to International Competition

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The Massey Hill High School theater program is heading to Indiana for a competition, but they need your help!

A group of theater students from Massey Hill Classical High School have an awesome opportunity to head to an international competition, but they need your help!

The theater students at Massey Hill qualified to compete at the International Thespian Festival in June in Indiana.

They’ll get to perform the one-act play “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse,” but it’s not a cheap trip.

“As many already know, our theatre program is currently raising money to travel to the International Thespian Festival National Conference. Our students have been selected to be the only school from North Carolina that will perform their one-act play, “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse”, for the festival participants. Please consider donating in any amount to ensure that our students are able to experience this amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

If you’d like to help the students out, you can click here to donate online. If you’re the check mailing type, you can also send those to: Massey Hill High School: Attention Theater, 1062 Southern Ave., Fayetteville, 28306

Pleas consider helping our theatre students represent the entire state of NC at the International Thespian Festival this...

Posted by Massey Hill Classical High School on Monday, April 8, 2024

Back in March, Massey hill students received high praise for their performances: “Two students (Eleanor Morgan and Eden Johnson) scored high enough to perform/present at the International Thespian Festival. Our one-act play, Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, was selected to represent the state of NC at the International Thespian Festival – one of the highest honors in student theater. The students received perfect, superior scores from both judges.”

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Fayetteville Named One Of The Unhealthiest Cities In America

Fayetteville has landed a dubious spot among the unhealthiest cities in America.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can be difficult. There are a plethora of factors that can influence a person’s health habits, including where they live. Some cities in America have a less-than-stellar track record when it comes to fostering physical health and wellness. Unfortunately, one of the worst offenders is the city of Fayetteville, North Carolina.

How To Determine the Unhealthiest Cities in America

WalletHub recently released a new study listing the healthiest and unhealthiest cities in America. Health experts analyzed 182 US cities while focusing on four key dimensions: Health Care, Food, Fitness, and Green Space.

Each dimension then contained different subcategories, each with different point distributions relative to their importance. For instance, the subcategory under Health Care with the highest priority was each city’s premature death rate. For the Food dimension, most attention was paid to inadequate food and vegetable consumption. Under the dimension of Fitness experts most heavily analyzed each city’s share of adults who engage in any physical activity. Finally, the Green Space dimension included factors like parkland acres per capita, along with the quality of the parks.

How Unhealthy Is Fayetteville?

Out of all 182 cities included in the city, Fayetteville was ranked among the bottom ten, sucking it in to fit at #176. Out of a possible 100 points once all four dimensions are added up, Fayetteville only scored a pitiful 32.8 overall. The city scored the worst in the Food dimension, which I think is to be expected in a town with a Krispy Kreme AND Cold Stone Creamery.

How To Lead A Healthier Lifestyle

In addition to conducting the study, WalletHub also reached out to health analysts across the country to get their insights on how people can practice healthier lifestyle habits. Columbia University professor Peter A. Muennig suggests forming bonds with other likeminded individuals. “As with choosing a healthy city, it is really a matter of surrounding yourself with people who have shared values of eating well and exercising,” says Muennig.

Here are some key takeaways from the study about the unhealthiest cities in America:

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