EVOLVE Business and Professional Magazine August 2020 | Page 16

It comes down to you’ve got to put your body first.
Your body is your home and you have to take care
of it.”
and Jinny have made it their mission to deliver the freshest, tastiest
meals in Volusia County, each week, from their Beville Road brick
and mortar.
The couple share a dream of expanding and one day owning
enough acreage to grow all their own heirloom vegetables for the
business.
“Wait until we have a farm,” muses Skip.
The couple hopes to incorporate field trips for school age
students offering the same opportunity to experience whole foods
and the wonder of gardening, as their own children did growing
up.
“We work as a family, how can I not be grateful for that, in a
world like this,” asked Jinny, whose 19-year old son helps deliver
the prepackaged meals, before he heads off to the University of
Florida this fall.
Their heart for health spans all ages and came in handy during
the recent COVID pandemic when a number of their senior clients
were homebound for their safety. Delivering the weekly meals, the
couple added special baked goods like apple or banana breads as a
surprise, to the delight of those on the receiving end.
“They’re more than customers. Some of these people have been
with us for seven years, they’re family,” said Jinny of the intimacy
and trust established with those who order from their weekly
menus.
Before long, people began paying the goodwill forward,
purchasing meals to be delivered to strangers and bringing even
more joy to the Pernas.
“In the midst of all the ugliness going on in the world, there’s
still so much good,” she said. “It was beautiful.”
Also helping busy professionals and those seeking to find their
passion through health and wellness, Crossfit 386 co-owners Lane
Gauntt and Mark Leedy opened their Port Orange location in 2014.
The couple have built the business, perhaps not with blood but
definitely with plenty of sweat.
The two-bay massive warehouse tucked behind the Post Office
on Dunlawton Avenue is the machine shop for the human body.
Taking a break from the intense workout, Lane, a Stetson
University grad, will tell you she once worked the corporate grind
as a marketing executive but found herself wanting to be a business
owner.
“As much as I loved what I was doing, I felt like I had this
calling to do more. I needed to do something that involved helping
others, which is what I love to do, and I could use all my business
and marking for my own business.”
Tapping into their shared passion for fitness, Lane and Mark
took the plunge and haven’t looked back.
“We decided we wanted to open our own gym and share our
love for health and fitness with the community in a way that was
different from where we were before,” said Lane.
“You come for the people and stay for the workout,” she said.
“The community aspect is the biggest draw, especially for
adults. Maybe you played sports in high school or college.
Somewhere along the line we lose touch with that side of ourselves,
so it’s a really cool way to reconnect with other like minded
individuals and also, if you’re new to the community, make new
friends.”
With the mantra “your body is your home,” Lane says it’s a
combination of being able to rebalance and reset, while factoring
in healthy nutrition, discipline and lifestyle, that has the biggest
overall impact on health.
“It comes down to you’ve got to put your body first. Your body
is your home and you have to take care of it,” she said.
Danielle Anderson has worked in the public
relations and media industry for a decade.
She started her career as a reporter for Flagler
Broadcasting where she discovered her passion for
telling the stories of communities in Florida.
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