The Unit is a fitness-based community service program in Dayton whose motto is \u201cImproving self, improving community.\u201d They certainly live up to the expectation. They have recently volunteered at both the House of Bread and the Dayton program, “Shoes 4 the Shoeless.”
\nThe House of Bread is a volunteer-driven organization that provides a hot and nutritious meal to anyone in need during lunchtime hours. Shoes 4 the Shoeless is a local non-profit organization that provides new and correctly-fitting gym shoes to children in Montgomery County who live in poverty.<\/p>\n
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Maksym Gerasimov, a student majoring in Civil Engineering Technology here at Sinclair, is a regular member of the Unit who sometimes helps facilitate organized exercises. He regularly participates with the Unit in volunteer projects. The most recent Unit project was at the House of Bread. \u201cWe went there and helped paint their bathrooms and the kitchen,\u201d Gerasimov said.
\nThe Unit also volunteered with Shoes 4 the Shoeless, whose mission states, \u201cIn Montgomery County, 40.9% of children live in poverty. The majority of them are in desperate need of shoes and socks. Wearing ill-fitting and worn shoes often condemns children to physical, social and emotional problems that last a lifetime.\u201d
\nWhen a member brought this program to the Unit\u2019s attention, Maksym stated, \u201cI got really inspired by it, and I wanted to share this message, that we should try and help out.\u201d
\nAs a result, the Unit participated in the process of helping children size, choose and wear their new shoes. Students from Sinclair participated in the event as well as members of the Unit.
\nDeciding on a community service project in the Unit is a simple process. Members are welcome to bring ideas and events to the table.
\n\u201cOne of our members, Jennifer Campbell, she finds this opportunity, posts it on Facebook, or sends information to myself or to other people, and we show up,\u201d said Gerasimov.
\nUpcoming projects in April include participation in the Adopt a Park program, as well as a project with Rebuilding Together Dayton. The Unit will be adopting Riverscape, one of Dayton\u2019s metroparks.
\nRebuilding Together Dayton is a Miami Valley organization that rehabilitates homes occupied by low-income homeowners.
\nEvents are not limited to service opportunities. The Unit organizes regular workouts and hosts social events.
\nWhen workouts can take place outdoors, participants divide into three groups advanced, intermediate, and low impact. Gerasimov said that \u201cwe are planning on moving outside again, hopefully in the next couple of weeks, when the weather is going to be stable.\u201d
\nGerasimov also said that during summer months, anywhere from 50 to 120 people regularly participate in the workouts.
\nCurrently the workout schedule includes Monday and Wednesday nights, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the evenings, and morning workouts on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
\nAlso in the summers, the Unit hosts picnics. Last summer\u2019s potluck picnic hosted approximately 400 people. The event included games and music from local DJs. The Unit plans to have another picnic this summer.
\nThe Unit is an organization open to ideas. To become a member of the Unit, one must simply show up to a workout or to an event.
\n\u201cWe are very flexible. We love feedback,\u201d said Gerasimov. \u201cNow we are trying to engage more people to become leaders and build themselves up … we always embrace everyone coming in, and most of the people like it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maggie Stacey The Unit is a fitness-based community service program in Dayton whose motto is \u201cImproving self, improving community.\u201d They certainly live up to the expectation. They have recently volunteered at both the House of Bread and the Dayton program, “Shoes 4 the Shoeless.” The House of Bread is a volunteer-driven organization that provides a hot and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2019],"class_list":["post-11372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tartan-news","tag-maggie-stacey"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5s3vR-2Xq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5350"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11372"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11403,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11372\/revisions\/11403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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