Dr. Andrea Wieland, who played field hockey for the U.S. in the 1996 Olympics, now runs a mental health and performance psychology practice. Our Conversation covers what she has learned along that path and how she teaches it to the coaches, parents, and athletes she serves.
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Former NFL quarterback Quincy Carter launched The Quincy Carter Foundation to develop youth through sports. He focuses on healthy, substance-free lifestyles and cultivating the character traits that help kids get ahead on and off the field.
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Dr. Amy Bantham recently interviewed Ashley Hunter as a guest on the Move to Live More podcast. On the episode titled “Learning the Language of Movement” Ashley covered everything from the Fit Kids origin story to addressing the fitness opportunity gap.
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HollyMcPeak (3-time Olympian in Beach Volleyball, Bronze Medalist, ESPN Commentator, and Co-Owner of Elite Beach Volleyball youth club) gets us fired up for the 2024 Olympics and discusses life lessons for kids through sports and fitness.
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Major Wright went from highlight hits as a safety for the 2008 College Football Champion Florida Gators to NFL stardom to post-career mental health struggles. His recovery includes starting The Wright Way Foundation and its Mr. Good Deed Tuesday campaign, which trains kids in kindness.
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James Siegal — Senior Fellow at KABOOM! and a board member of the National Fitness Foundation — on how to achieve playspace equity across demographics. As James says here, “Every kid deserves a happy childhood.”
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Like Fit Kids, MMA fighter Eugene Jackson got his start in East Palo Alto, a unique community that shaped him, and which he now shapes by providing training for physical and mental fitness through “conscious combatives” at his Rogue Empire gym.
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Dr. Aviva Alyeshmerni, MD (aka Dr. Vivi) is a Concierge Pediatrician. Here, she talks nutrition, just one of the topics she addresses on her blog and her “Doc Talks” video interview series at www.AskDrVivi.com.
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We are proud to announce that Fit Kids is a winner of The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation’s 2023 Local Impact Grants Challenge. The Foundation is granting nearly $2.5 million this year to non-profits that are strengthening their communities.
“Winning this competitive grant will help Fit Kids strengthen our community, literally, by strengthening children physically and mentally through our structured fitness programs,” said Ashley Hunter, Fit Kids Founder and Executive Director. “Grant programs like this help us achieve our mission to provide structured physical activity, movement, and mindfulness programs to ensure all children are able to enjoy the physical and mental health benefits of exercise.”
The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation’s grant program helps drive local communities forward and fosters a culture of equity and inclusion. In Fit Kids’ case, that means reaching and impacting thousands more youth.
“This grant is more than just an award to our organization,” Hunter said. “It is a celebration of our mission, and we are very happy to share with our community this exciting opportunity for growth.”
In Part 2 of our talk with all four members of track & field’s Manson Dynasty, we delve deeper into a family dynamic fueled by viewing fitness as fun and a source of achievement and fulfillment.
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