Comments for Project Fit America Blog http://projectfitamerica.org/blog Spotlighting All Star Teachers and their Lesson Plans Wed, 09 May 2012 23:00:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Caught Digging in the Trash. by Stephanie Elliott http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/2012/05/caught-digging-in-the-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-20174 Stephanie Elliott Wed, 09 May 2012 23:00:48 +0000 http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/?p=335#comment-20174 Wow, what an inspirational blog showcasing the difference ONE dedicated and passionate PE teacher can make! The grassroots creativity and ability to be such a "scrapper" to incorporate the cups as a cornerstone piece to the PFA program was nothing short of brilliant! My grandfather, one of eight children from a rural area in Minnesota would always say, "One man's trash is another man's treasure!" I think Steve would agree with that philosophy as well :-) Coincidences are not random and it was fate that Steve's path and brain trust crossed with Stacey Cook and Project Fit America. Together their minds and vision for sustainable fitness in education is so powerful! For all schools that have PFA and all future schools to yet receive this program, your kids will be blessed ten fold with fitness and character skills that will forever leave a footprint on their development. I am so thankful and constantly inspired by the magic that was created when chocolate met peanut butter! Wow, what an inspirational blog showcasing the difference ONE dedicated and passionate PE teacher can make! The grassroots creativity and ability to be such a “scrapper” to incorporate the cups as a cornerstone piece to the PFA program was nothing short of brilliant! My grandfather, one of eight children from a rural area in Minnesota would always say, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure!” I think Steve would agree with that philosophy as well :-) Coincidences are not random and it was fate that Steve’s path and brain trust crossed with Stacey Cook and Project Fit America. Together their minds and vision for sustainable fitness in education is so powerful! For all schools that have PFA and all future schools to yet receive this program, your kids will be blessed ten fold with fitness and character skills that will forever leave a footprint on their development. I am so thankful and constantly inspired by the magic that was created when chocolate met peanut butter!

]]> Comment on Caught Digging in the Trash. by Molly http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/2012/05/caught-digging-in-the-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-20173 Molly Wed, 09 May 2012 22:46:07 +0000 http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/?p=335#comment-20173 I enjoyed this story and I shared it with some PE teachers that do not have PFA at their schools. They were embarrassed about creating their own lesson plans out of found objects (some people call this garbage- not the creative types!) It was a relief to them to know that the brainchild of the Fitness Cups started from such humble beginnings and look where it now! I am also nostalgic for the era you got to grow up in. However my Fitness Cup is half full and love that you share with future PE teachers how to dig into your imagination and duct tape, shoe strings, wadded pieces of paper - what ever you got and show kids a good time. Oh yeah and maybe just learning how to love exercise too. I enjoyed this story and I shared it with some PE teachers that do not have PFA at their schools. They were embarrassed about creating their own lesson plans out of found objects (some people call this garbage- not the creative types!) It was a relief to them to know that the brainchild of the Fitness Cups started from such humble beginnings and look where it now!

I am also nostalgic for the era you got to grow up in. However my Fitness Cup is half full and love that you share with future PE teachers how to dig into your imagination and duct tape, shoe strings, wadded pieces of paper – what ever you got and show kids a good time. Oh yeah and maybe just learning how to love exercise too.

]]> Comment on Caught Digging in the Trash. by MeMe Ratliff http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/2012/05/caught-digging-in-the-trash/comment-page-1/#comment-20172 MeMe Ratliff Wed, 09 May 2012 22:33:59 +0000 http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/?p=335#comment-20172 What an awesome article! So empowering! I truly hope we get to become a PFA school and have Steve come to Greenwood! What an awesome article! So empowering! I truly hope we get to become a PFA school and have Steve come to Greenwood!

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]]> Comment on Learning how to dance in the rain by Barbara Jacoby http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/2010/10/165/comment-page-1/#comment-20112 Barbara Jacoby Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:28:56 +0000 http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/?p=165#comment-20112 Everyone needs to read this story. No one will ever be the same afterward. I thought I knew the meaning of survival and fight and relationships and, most importantly, love. I now have a whole new perceptive. Everyone needs to read this story. No one will ever be the same afterward. I thought I knew the meaning of survival and fight and relationships and, most importantly, love. I now have a whole new perceptive.

]]> Comment on The Master Teacher by Pam http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/2010/08/the-master-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-20009 Pam Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:35:41 +0000 http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/?p=73#comment-20009 Oh, Steve Cox, what a wonderful friend, trainer, and mentor! You said it all. Great post! Oh, Steve Cox, what a wonderful friend, trainer, and mentor! You said it all. Great post!

]]> Comment on The Master Teacher by kathy http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/2010/08/the-master-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-20008 kathy Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:08:05 +0000 http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/?p=73#comment-20008 The day Steve Cox walked into my gym was a game changing day for me. I am so thankful that our paths crossed. My teaching and life have not been the same since. Steve, you are the best!! The day Steve Cox walked into my gym was a game changing day for me. I am so thankful that our paths crossed. My teaching and life have not been the same since. Steve, you are the best!!

]]> Comment on Fertile Fitness Soil by Stephanie Elliott http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/2011/12/fertile-fitness-soil/comment-page-1/#comment-19667 Stephanie Elliott Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:30:08 +0000 http://projectfitamerica.org/blog/?p=305#comment-19667 Wonderful blog! I love the passion and true motivation you share to work hard and make a difference, often plowing the soil without recognition or immediate results. Our work is a true walk in faith and I am humbled and also grateful to be in the trenches to make such a difference for children and schools! So, let's plant some seeds and go find that fitness fertile soil! There is a great quote by Lily Tomlin, I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody."
 Thanks Stacey for being that person too! Wonderful blog! I love the passion and true motivation you share to work hard and make a difference, often plowing the soil without recognition or immediate results. Our work is a true walk in faith and I am humbled and also grateful to be in the trenches to make such a difference for children and schools! So, let’s plant some seeds and go find that fitness fertile soil! There is a great quote by Lily Tomlin, I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.”
 Thanks Stacey for being that person too!

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