Dear Friend,

I’d like to start off by thanking you for your interest in Body by Brandy 4 Kidz. Roxbury, Massachusetts is a community threatened by preventable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, high blood pressure and a host of other coronary risk factors. We at Body by Brandy feel it is our duty to help our community fight these diseases by making “their bodies their business.”

Body By Brandy 4 Kidz was established in 2005, after I learned of the growing health problems of area children. After researching the statistics and working with several hospitals, I found it apparent that change was necessary. Locally, 35% of children under the age of six are overweight or obese. This is 15% more than the national average. These numbers are simply unacceptable for our community to ignore. We need to be role models and encourage our children to exercise and maintain a balanced diet in order to change this statistic.

The Fit Kidz and Fitness in the City programs utilize a state-of-the-art gym, separate from the adult machines. Our specialized trainers motivate the kids to learn and stay active for the full hour of lesson time. The kids warm up on treadmills and then move on to aerobics. After aerobics and a few fitness games, the kids are free to use any of the machines around the gym, as long as they remain active for the whole hour. The goal of our lessons is to get our students to be self-motivated about keeping up their work out and not feel as if they are being forced to lose weight.

Looking ahead, my goal for our gym is to expand Body By Brandy 4 Kidz to reach the homes of clients. We need to teach parents both awareness of the problems their children face, and the solutions to those problems. Our community and our kids need fit families. There is no better way to teach children the benefits of being healthy adults than for their parents or guardians to be role-models and do it themselves.

This is an exciting time for our community. The potential to impact children’s lives is great, but we need the help and support of people like you. A donation of $100 or more can provide an at-risk child the chance to participate in a program that could have a lasting effect on his or her health and well-being. We hope you will consider supporting Body By Brandy 4 Kidz – your donation will be greatly appreciated.

The path to living a healthy and successful life is difficult, but we at Body by Brandy want to make that path as easy and as attainable as possible.

Thanks for your support,
Brandy Cruthird