As a part of a project “Nine-Tenths of Our Happiness Depend on Our Health”, a sports ground with modern outdoor exercise equipment for all groups of muscles was opened in the Khortitsky city district of Zaporizhzhya on the 10th of September 2013. The project of the ground construction is one of 14 winners of the best social initiatives contest “We Are the City”. Integrated Iron and Steel Works granted 50 thousand UAH for implementation of this project.
Modern sports ground was opened on the premises of Zaporizhzhya general education multi-discipline teaching and educational complex No. 106. The ground is equipped with nine modern exercise machines for all groups of muscles and a table tennis table, around 100 people can exercise here during a day. Mass sporting events for citizens of the city district are planned to be held every quarter of a year, and twice a week volunteers (physical education teachers and athletes) will give advice on the usage of the exercise machines.
Let us remind, that total financing of the social initiatives contest “We Are the City”, organized by “Zaporizhstal” Integrated Iron and Steel Works, amounted to 700 thousand UAH. The contest was held in Zaporizhzhya as well as in other cities with the companies of Metinvest Group, as it is a part of the company’s corporate social responsibility programme.