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The Shelby Fit app is customized for Shelby residents. It can help them meet fitness goals, and provide information about health and fitness-related events.

Baptist Memorial Health Care and the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy share a common goal for the residents of Shelby County to promote the health and well-being of its citizens.

"The park is all about health and nutrition, and we're right next door to Baptist, who shares the same goal, so we have a really natural partnership," said Jen Andrews, director of development and communications for the park.

As a way to facilitate that goal, the two recently collaborated to create the ShelbyFit app.

The free downloadable mobile app, customized for Shelby County residents, was launched by the partners in early July. Go to baptistonline.org/shelbyfit for more information, download from there, or go to the Apple App Store at bpt.st/ShelbyFit.

"We are celebrating our centennial this year and are working with several community partners, like Shelby Farms, who is our neighbor and gives us a lot of information," said Ashley Compton, public relations coordinator for Baptist. "We were trying to think of products that would benefit people in our community and promote wellness."

"We are a nonprofit, and we raise 75 percent of our operating costs privately every year," the park's Andrews said. "We count on strong community partners like Baptist, who have shown their support from early on."

As of last week, 1,600 Shelby County residents have downloaded the app.

And so far, 1,215 hours of exercise have been logged by these users.

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