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Hey All!

Hope everyone is doing as good as we are at Fit Club.  The last few weeks have just been so exciting.  So much has been going on.  Recently, we had a level ceremony reward at the bowling alley, a pro-football player stopped by to give us all some advice on being healthy, and we had a visit by a portable rock wall.

We’ll start with the level reward ceremony at the bowling alley.  We had 6 kids go out to the alley with us.  We had 7 that advanced but 1 had a basketball game.  Talk about a lot of fun.  The girls were screaming and dancing and our two boys were trying to trying to keep up with the girls.  It was such a great time.  Louis was able to show his expert bowling skills.  Who knew it was his hidden talent.

Next, pro-football player ,Ove Mughelli of the Atlanta Falcons came and spent some time with our kids in a recent Fit Club session.  He was such a great inspiration to our kids.  He came in a did a quick description of himself and shared with the kids a bit of his personal story.  It’s so important that anytime we bring in a guest or even a staff member to talk with our kids that they can relate with our kids.  To be able to share a bit of themselves goes a long way with our kids.  He did a wonderful job telling the kids his personal journey, and the kids really seemed to grasp all that he had to say.  He also did a question and answer session at the end of his talk.  It was great to see all the kids so excited and asking him questions about his life and career.  We even got a great group shot with him at the end.

And last but not least, we were so thankful to have the rock wall come visit us again.  It was so amazing to hear and see our kids get up that wall.  The best part is that everyone had the right attitude about getting up that wall.  They all walked in that day telling me about how they are going to get “to the top” of the wall.  It was such a powerful experience for us all that day.

One final note.  The kids are all on their way to earning their shoes.  It feels like every sessions there is one child taking home their shoes.  It is so great to see them set goals and achieve them.  You can really see it in their eyes when they tell you that they will be taking home their shoes today

I’ve said it before and I will never stop saying it.  Thank you to everyone involved in making all this possible.  The kids are succeeding.  They are having fun, and they are still coming.  Our village is strong.