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PF Michigan Group, LLC’s Planet Fitness
Warriors Win Rally For Redford Challenge
O
n Aug. 13, Planet Fitness® employees
took to the streets of Redford,
Michigan, to shower the city with good
deeds.
The four-person team, called the
Planet Fitness Warriors, was participating
in an event, Rally For Redford, coordinated by the Redford Jaycees. The firsttime event was inspired by the Jaycees’
Pay It Forward campaign and encouraged
teams to complete a series of good deeds
in an allotted timeframe. Rally For Redford
was the showcase event for the annual
Jaycee Week, which is a series of community events.
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In the #BookBuys task, teams paid for someone’s
past due library fees.
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“The goal of Rally For Redford
was to simply spread positivity around
Redford Township by paying it forward,”
said Susan Dials, the event coordinator.
“One random act of kindness can be the
spark that changes someone’s day, and
they, in turn, can positively affect another
person’s day and the momentum can
build.”
The Planet Fitness Warriors was one
of seven teams given a list of 34 tasks to
complete within three hours. The PF®
team was the only team to complete the
entire list within the timeframe.
Dials approached Planet Fitness
Redford to see if the franchise would be
interested in the opportunity to support
the community as a sponsor for the
event.“We jumped at the opportunity to
get involved with this unique event and
decided it would be fun to form a team for
the event as well,”said Karen Ryan who
manages the PF Michigan Group, LLC
location.
Not only did the event give the Planet
Fitness team a chance to bond, it made
the day of several Redford residents.
The tasks each had a corresponding
hashtag, and teams were encouraged to
post pictures with the hashtags to social
media in an effort to further spread the
good vibes.
A few of the challenges included:
#DrivethruDonation, where teams were
expected to pay for the car behind them in
a restaurant drive-thru; #MovieMemories,
where the Planet Fitness Warriors left a
bag of popcorn on a Redbox machine;
#RedfordRestaurants, where participants
appreciated their favorite Redford restaurant with a handwritten note; #ChalkChivalry, where groups wrote encouraging chalk messages on the sidewalks
throughout Redford; and #BookBuys,
where teams paid for someone’s past due
library fees.
For the #CreateYourOwn task,
the Planet Fitness Warriors bought a
toy for a child waiting at a bus stop.
“The #CreateYourOwn was one of our
The Planet Fitness Warriors chose the Redford
Grill & Bar as their favorite restaurant and gave
a letter of appreciation to the owners.
The Planet Fitness Warriors gave a
child waiting at a bus stop a toy for the
#CreateYourOwn challenge.
favorites because it gave us a chance to
be creative,” said Ryan.“One challenge
that was difficult to complete, but especially fulfilling, was #ThanksVets, which
is where we went to a vet’s house and
personally thanked him for his service.”
Over 250 random acts of kindness
were completed during the Rally For
Redford event. The event was such a
hit the Redford Jaycees plan to make it
a reoccurring part of the annual Jaycee
Week, and Planet Fitness Redford looks
forward to participating in the coming
years.
“One of PF Michigan Group’s core
values is ‘people first.’ We are thrilled
to see our managers and employees
promoting these values within their
surrounding communities. We applaud
Karen and her team for their initiative and
community outreach,”said Pete Hopkins,
franchisee for PF Michigan Group, LLC,
which owns 27 PF locations in Michigan
and Ohio. G