Jason Townsend (foreground), Walt Stewart and Shaz Akram were among some 20 participants in the Spinning Nation fundraising event held this weekend at the Sanderson Center's Spinning Velodrome. Part of a national drive, the volunteer effort helped raise money for three major health-issue charities. Townsend is the center's fitness director; Stewart, a senior kinesiology major; and Akram, the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center's international student coordinator.