REPOSTED: Operation Our Gym Share is LIVE!
All I want for Christmas are these things,
- To see my father in California
- A Gympass to Healthcity
- The Witcher 2 or Skyrim on Playstation3
- A bike (mine was stolen AGAIN. Thank you, Carnotstraat.)
Realistically I know that I will not get any of them by Christmas. However, I am trying for the gympass Xmas. I fully support and have applied for this. I think it's a wonderful idea & I have applied to renew my subscription because I cannot afford it atm. I desperately want a gym pass here in Belgium, especially without sunlight and it's so bloody cold. My gym pass expired and I went a few times alone & w/Sophia, felt so healthy and energetic again. Warmth is so wonderful. The gym is close by to my place. Help these people out & maybe they will help me.
With Love, Jessica
Originally posted by kylecassidy at Operation Our Gym Share is LIVE!
***EDIT*** If you're just coming to this, here's some back story
Operation Our Gym Share provides starter gym memberships, workout DVD's or related fitness materials for people who want to start a fitness regime but for whatever reason have run into financial obstacles which are holding them back. Gym's aren't cheap. It's meant to be that little helping hand that some people need to get started. I know I sat around for months thinking that I needed to start. The program is being administered by anmorata who has graciously volunteered her time & deserves our love & praise.
There are a number of ways you can participate:
1) If you want to donate money -- you can paypal to our.gym.share@gmail.com
2) If you want to post a healthy recipe or workout tips, we have a tumblr http://ourgymshare.tumblr.com/ (we also have a twitter: https://twitter.com/OurGymShare). You can also email your recipe, workout tip, or motivational story and we'll post it. (our.gym.share@gmail.com)
3) If you need a gym membership, workout DVD, or something related, email our.gym.share@gmail.com with a paragraph or two describing your fitness goal and what you need to get started. Let us know the name of your gym, its web page and if there's a special program you want to try. Also, if it's something else you need, a pedometer, a pair of shoes, if there's not a gym near you and you'd like to get a stationary bike let us know and we'll try and accomodate. We'll want you to keep a daily fitness journal and email/post weekly updates on your progress, which serves two things, one as a motivator to you to keep at it, and two, so that people donating can follow along on your progress and get that happy feeling. You'll be committing to visiting the gym three days a week for the duration of your membership. Throughout this you'll remain anonymous unless you'd like to name yourself because it seems a bit creepy otherwise, this isn't a reality show, we just want to help you get fit -- we'll post your stories to the tumblr page without identifying information.
This has the potential to be ongoing -- if the money keeps coming in and people keep doing well, I can certainly see this still going on a year from now, and imagine all the success stories we'll have by then.
You can donate money via paypal to our.gym.share@gmail.com.
Thanks everybody, you're good people and you make my world brighter every day.
Send money if you can and if you need a gym membership, please contact us asap and we'll get this ball rolling.
Be well.
Kyle