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coats, toys, books,
his past December,
board games, sports
the Boys & Girls
equipment, supplies
Club of Detroit held
and even a couple of
its eighth annual
bikes were donated to
Christmas party event,
the children.
and Impact Fitness
“Three years
participated for the
ago, the Boys &
second year in a row.
Girls Club barely had
In the weeks
Impact Fitness made sure that local children in need had a wonderful Christmas.
enough donations
leading up to the
for their kids when
Christmas party, Impact
the holiday season came around,” said Patel. “The dollar-store toys
Fitness held a fundraiser in all of its clubs to collect toys and gifts
that were handed out often caused arguments between the kids
for local children in need. The day of the party for the Detroit
because some were still going home empty-handed. Impact Fitness
location, staff members collected the donations from the gym and
passionately believes in making an impact on those around us every
delivered them to the Boys & Girls Club.
single day, which is why we knew we had to take action and make
“We stayed to pass out presents and enjoy the company,” said
a difference for the children in our community. This year, there
Raj Patel, Canton club manager for Impact Fitness, which is owned
were more toys than there were kids! We are all so excited for the
by Chris Klebba. “The kids participated in several games in which
next year to come and to brighten the holiday season for even more
they earned ‘Santa Bucks’ that they could cash in for the gifts and
children in need.”
prizes. We ended the night by passing the rest of the gifts out to all
Collectively, Impact Fitness’ 14 U.S. clubs collected over 60
the kids and holding a bike raffle.”
Around 80 children participated in the Christmas party,
large boxes of toys and giveaways for their local Boys & Girls Club
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and hundreds of dollars in gifts and prizes were donated. Winter
Impact Fitness Holds Second Annual
Toy Drive for Boys & Girls Club
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