Thank you all for your support! The 4th Annual Pure and Simple Fitness Walk was better than I could have ever hoped for!
Huge shout out to the following volunteers and service providers who made this event a success!
- ✨Cincinnati Young Marines, kept our participants on track. Literally! They also helped with set up and tearing down.
- ✨A Touch of Shalynn, provided the pretty balloon arch for the start/finish line. She went above and beyond to make this happen. Great service, great communication, and she beat me to the event. 🤣
- ✨The Little Daisy House Childcare, our Childcare Provider Vendor. Extremely professional and provides exceptional service for children located on the west side of Cincinnati.
- ✨Dahjenae Terry, our Natural Wellness Vendor.
- ✨Aniya Williams, our Face Painter Vendor.
This is a free community event that I started in 2021 during the pandemic when many people were sedentary, gyms were shut down, and feeling connected to others felt impossible. My goal for these walks has always been to get people together and engage in the simplest form of exercise. WALKING!! My hope is to continue to offer this event for free every single year, and this year was no different.
This year we also wanted to raise awareness of the new Non-Profit Program that Pure and Simple Fitness launched at the start of the year, The Youth Wellness Initiative. This program is designed to provide free fitness and nutrition guidance for the youth around our community to stop the spread of childhood obesity.
Did you know that 40% of the youth in the United States are overweight or obese? (CDC, 2023)
That is the reason this program is so important and very near and dear to me. I don’t want children to miss out on the opportunity to learn healthy habits because mom or dad can’t afford to put them in athletic programs or they don’t have access to the information.
Thank you to the many people who donated to the program, and to those who mention my name in rooms I haven’t entered yet! It allows me opportunities to meet the kids where they are and hopefully make a lasting impact in their lives. Stay tuned for more information on where we’ve been and how we can all help make a difference. LEARN MORE.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OVER THESE PAST 4 YEARS!
Enjoy the photos from the event and I can’t wait to see you at the walk next year!
