3rd Annual Tumble-a-Thon for Children
Posted by Debbie Adlof on April 11th, 2008
WHAT: The 3rd Annual Tumble-A-Thon hosted by Jump Start Gymnastics & Kid’s Activity Center to benefit Children’s Hospital of Illinois. WHEN: The Tumble-A-Thon is taking place the week of April 21st - 26th. There will be great photo/video opportunities during these times - Tuesday, April 22nd from 9 -11 a.m. and Thursday, April 24th, from 9:00 - 11:00a.m.
WHERE: Jump Start Gymnastics & Kid’s Activity Center- 8820 N. Industrial Rd, Peoria, IL
WHO: Current students of Jump Start Gymnastics will participate in the weeklong ‘Tumble-A-Thon’.
BACKGROUND: Jump Start Gymnastics students participating in the Tumble-A-Thon will raise money by obtaining pledges for the number of activities performed in a specified period of time. Those activities range from fitness-specific skills or movements from cartwheels to back-flips. Children’s Miracle Network and USA Gymnastics have partnered nationally to benefit local children’s hospitals. Jump Start Gymnastics, a USA Gymnastics affiliate, and Children’s Hospital of Illinois, the local Children’s Miracle Network hospital, have partnered together to help the children of central Illinois.
CONTACT: Dawn Kocher, Owner, Jump Start Gymnastics & Kid’s Activity Center, at 692-JUMP (5867) or Lauren Obalil, CMN Coordinator, Children’sHospital of Illinois, at 566-5673.