Haywood Regional Health and Fitness Center is waiving the usual initiation fee on six-month memberships as a holiday gift to the community.

The special is valid through Jan. 7. Since Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center opened in 1998, it has remained the leading hospital-based fitness center in the 17-county Western North Carolina region. The center offers an indoor six-lane heated pool, a gymnasium and climbing wall, two racquetball courts, two massage therapy rooms, health promotion programs, group fitness, state-of-the-art exercise equipment, sauna and steam rooms, locker rooms and a full-service nursery.

Payment for this special offer must be made from a checking account or credit card draft. Gift certificates are available. For more information call 828.452.8080.