A|M Fitness' Community Celebration A Success

Jan. 31, 2014 - PRLog -- A|M Fitness continues to live to up their promise to always put community first because they believe it will lead to harnessing change improving the overall foundation of where they live. This past Saturday January 25, 2014 the fitness facility celebrated their growth that has taken place over the past year and a half. Since the grand opening in May 2012, they have doubled their floor space in the facility as well as the addition of a full service supplement store. The event held over the weekend was to celebrate this expansion as well as provide the opportunity for the community to come into the fitness center and explore who they are as people and what services they offer to the community. Owner of the center, Michael Harland, felt that since they were having such a large group of people that were going to attend, he wanted to do something to help a great cause. Alongside celebrating the growth of their business they also dedicated the day to a young toddler, Ethan McGettigan, who is currently fighting cancer.

On Tuesday October 22, 2013, Ethan, also known as Super Man to friends and family, was brought into the hospital for a third time. Approximately an hour later after a head scan was done, he was being life starred to Yale New Haven hospital with the diagnosis of a brain tumor. Upon arrival to Yale, he was escorted into an MRI where they discovered a large tumor that had spread under the cerebellum and around the left side of his brain. This cancerous tumor was set to be removed the next morning in an extensive, 12 hour brain surgery. One week after that terrifying day, Ethan remained hospitalized waiting on pathology reports to determine the type of cancer and the recommended path of treatment. A|M Fitness knew the long road ahead for Ethan and his family and wanted to do anything they could to help.

The day started off with, for the first time ever, two charity workout sessions. These workout sessions were open to the public as well as its members. For every non member that attended the workout that day, A|M Fitness donated $5.00 per person toward Ethan's fundraiser. Following the workout sessions came a community pot luck lunch. Members, friends, and family all gathered together for a big feast as dishes were being brought in from members of the community and local businesses. This truly was an amazing time for the community to get to know one another as well as A|M Fitness. The day continued with raffles to raise money, plenty of free giveaways, and supplement demonstrations from two leading supplement vendors. The fitness facility also donated 10% off all the sales from their supplement shop.

The highlight of the day was having Ethan, his mom Jennifer, and their family stop down to the facility to show their appreciation. Ethan was in great spirits and showed the community the courage and strength the two year old boy possessed. "Seeing his face made all the hard work worth it," said owner Michael Harland. The fitness facility felt the day was very successful and they enjoyed the time spent to get to know the community. The event allowed A|M Fitness to make a large donation to the McGettigan family which overall they felt was the greatest achievement.