Women & Girls Invited to Feel Better Together! with FREE Zumba Classes At the Venice YMCA!
Starting April 15th the Healthy Girls Initiative. will offer Better Together! a six-week series of free Zumba classes for girls and their adult female caregivers (moms, grandmas, aunts, sisters, guardians, Big Sister, teachers, trusted family friend, etc).
The classes will be taught by Christine Pitts, a certified fitness instructor with many years of experience and a passion for helping women who are new to group exercise have fun with fitness. The South County Family YMCA has generously offered space for the classes at their Venice location on Wednesday evenings from 6:00pm to 7:00pm.
This class is designed for girls and women who are new to group exercise or getting back into exercising after a break, but all fitness levels are welcomed.
The dates of the class are: April 15; April 22; April 29; May 6; May 13; May 20. Each class is limited to ten girl-woman teams. To register for one or more classes, contact Julia Onnie-Hay, Program Specialist at (941) 921-5358 ext. 319 or juliao@gsgcf.org.
Task Force Girls Raised $1000 To Fund Six Community Service Projects Happening This Summer!
Last month we reported that the Healthy Girls Initiative Venice and Englewood Youth Leadership Task Force girls had chosen six community service projects they’ll be working on this summer. During April, these 24 girls completed two major volunteer projects that raised a little over $1000 to cover the expenses of their projects. These projects include: planting an organic community garden at the Venice Girl Scout House; Healthy Girls Wellness Fair at the Venice Girl Scout House on Saturday, June 20th; Healthy Girls Beach Yoga & Clean-Up at Englewood Beach on Saturday mornings starting in June and running through the summer; Healthy Girls Nature & Fitness Day on Saturday, July 18th in Englewood; an educational healthy living sign campaign in Englewood; and a Back-to-School Stress Less Sleep-Over on Saturday, August 15th at the Venice Girl Scout House.
On Saturday, April 11th, Task Force girls raised $500 selling tickets to the Venice Wellness Expo at the Venice Community Center on the island of Venice. Two weeks later, on Saturday, April 25th, Task Force girls and other girls from Healthy Girls Initiative programs traveled up to St. Petersburg before dawn and served as the water girls at the annual Meek and Mighty Triathlon, earning an additional $500. After the Triathlon, the girls relaxed at a beach picnic at Fort Desoto Park on Terra Verde Island for some well-earned rest and relaxation. Through these two projects, girls learned about events that promote community wellness while being of service and fundraising. Thanks are due to Richard Benham of the Venice Wellness Expo and Alyson Noune of the Meek & Mighty Triathlon for providing these stellar opportunities to the Healthy Girls Initiative girls!
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