Recipe Of the Day:
On
August 6th 31 children lost their fathers in the same day. As it is,
most of us don't stop long enough to breathe, much less ruminate for
just a second what it would be like at 10-years old to watch as two
uniformed men inform your mother that a grateful nation is telling her
that her husband will never return, or that before she could even grasp
the enormity of that grief, she had to tell her children. Since you may
have read this far, ponder for a second the breaking hearts and the fear
that goes from stunned to crumpled.
"I
have to apologize to you all, here and now, for doing something I had
no right to do. We committed to the Special Operations Warrior
Foundation that we would fund 60 college scholarships this year from a
portion of the proceeds of Fight Gone Bad. On Aug 7th I called Steve and
gave him my word we would fund 31 more scholarships. I had no right to
commit to that on your behalf, but I gave my word and if it costs us
everything, those kids are going to school." ~ Scott Zagarino
More
than the money, more than the scholarships, it's our friendship, our
support and our thanks that these families need now. So, on Thursday,
September 1, we're going to publish an open letter listing team by team,
box by box, the 9,300 (or thousands more by then) CrossFitters who are
teeing it up on September 17 first on the FGB6 Blog.
We'll include a list of every registered team and what we've raised so
far with an introduction that lets every one of the 31 children know
how much we appreciate their sacrifice. We want them to know how much we
want to help, and how much they can count on us, not just this
September, but every September until they graduate.
Please comment on Facebook, our fan page, and the blog,
and let your friend, family, acquaintances, and these kids know who you
are and why they matter to you. You may never again have the
opportunity to do so much good in 17 minutes. There are more than
1,000,000,000 CrossFitters out there and we can change at least this
small part of the world together on the 17th.
Sponsor one of Gym Revolt's athletes for FGB today:
