September 30th...Think big, Dream BIGGER!

Well after a summer off and a "little" time for me, I'm ready to get blogging again.  Don't get me wrong, I love doing my blog but something had to give.  At the beginning of summer I really wanted to do something to get myself more involved in the community and get the community more aware of their own health.  So I took my no excuse attitude and decided to offer a free boot camp class EVERY Saturday for the summer...all participants had to do was bring their "can-do" attitudes and a healthy can of food for the Westshore food bank.  Now that I can look back, I had no idea how time consuming taking this on would be.  I put a lot of work into each class because I wanted the experience for each boot camper to be better than any class they had ever done.  As the Saturdays went on, I tried making each class better than the last and the exercises more creative.  I would spend all week thinking up different ways to do an exercise.  My goal, was for the boot campers to have a new experience each class.  I'm pretty sure I reached this as I quickly had a following and the rest is history! 

 This past Friday I was nominated for two awards from the Westshore Community, Leadership in Healthy Communities and The New Business Excellence award.  I won the New Business Excellence Award, it was pretty awesome as you can see by the smile on my face! 

I think I went to bed with that grin on my face!

Friend and Boot Camper, Terra was my date for the night!  Two hot Momma's out on the town...see if we can stay awake past 9pm!

 

 Crystal, my hair dresser extraordinaire, was nominated for Employee of the Year at Cabello Salon! 

 And Kristy Martin and her father, Farley Martin Notaries Public, won the award for "going green"...Environmental Stewardship!

 And just hanging out with fellow Westshore Chamber member, Patrick from Remax Realty. 

 Our official group picture!

 So I had to get a picture of me in heels and a dress, just so people would believe I own such items!  Rock'n a pose with fellow boot campers / chamber members, Christina Scott from Black Press and Dale Collins with the other set of pipes of Prosperity Planning.

Here was the first of three loads of food that I dropped off at the Westshore food bank this summer...that was a pretty awesome day!  WHY...

Because it took a moment like that to realize what all my effort was for.  When I dropped off all the food, I saw families who had nothing, they were waiting their turn in line hoping to get enough food to last them the week.  We can sit here and get teary eyed and feel sad in our warm houses with cupboards full of food...or we can do something about it.  Take two minutes out of your day and see how you can contribute to your community.  Why not organize something at your work...take the month of October, ask customers to bring an item for your local food bank or ask them to clean out their bathroom cupboards and bring in all the "hotel" toiletries, food banks are need of personal care items big time.  Then offer your customers a small gift card, they will like the idea of winning something and they will feel good knowing they are helping contribute to their own community.  

Think big, Dream BIGGER!