Playing sports and spending time in the gym are both awesome ways for kids to get exercise and build life-long skillsets that will serve them well in the future. However, there are some downsides to e…
School stress is a serious problem for many students, who sometimes struggle to balance heavy workloads with social pressures. If your student is having a hard time working to manage school stress, ex…
It can be frustrating as a parent to watch your child or teen, who is amazing, smart and strong, feel inadequate and discouraged. In a world filled with Instagram pictures of “perfect” people an…
Exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, and more studies and research are indicating that it’s also critical to success in the classroom. Whether it’s before or after school, getting…
Getting kids moving is hard, especially with the siren songs of Fortnite, television and plenty of social media apps. However, it’s more important than ever to stay active. Motivating kids isn’t a…
Spending time at the gym doesn’t need to be boring, miserable or frustrating. Instead, it can be liberating, empowering and a great way to spend an afternoon or evening. For kids and teens, the gym …
You know who doesn’t fall to the Appeal to Tradition otherwise known as argumentum ad antiquitatem? Young people. You very rarely hear them saying, “But that’s the way it’s always been done…
One of our last Gratitude Circles of the year! Our kids in the Baltimore City Police Bridge Program tell us why they are thankful. Thanks to You, 2017 was a Year to Remember. MissionFit upgraded to a…
With a donation dining event at Gertrude’s coming up, as well as our grand opening of our new gym space, we have a lot to share with you! MissionFit recently welcomed a handful of new volunteers…
Over the past two and a half years we have noticed our summers get a little quieter at Mission, and this summer we used this opportunity to get involved in planning for the upcoming months, get involv…
If you want a workout you can do for free, at home (or anywhere) using only your body, check out Yoga with Adriene on YouTube. Yoga with Adriene has a video for nearly every occasion: yoga for when yo…
This piece was written by Coach GB for his page www.coachgb.coach . While MissionFit is mostly known for exercising your body, we’d really like you to exercise your optimism and creati…
On January 1st, MissionFit announced its first formal Executive Director since forming our non-profit in 2015. Wendy Wolock, our founder extraordinaire, who had worn many of the hats in this organizat…
We asked our students that come to us from Margaret Brent Middle about what they think about their time at MIssionFit. This is what they said… Trayon: I like MissionFit because I can work out wi…
Hello Spooky Friends! At MissionFit we are in the non-profit business of reaching out to our Baltimore fitness community and giving as much as we can. We want you to have a reason to come to our pag…
You. When you’re excited about the work we do, Strengthening Baltimore’s Youth at MissionFit, you’re bound to ask what you can do to help. We simply ask you to tell one pe…
Dear Friends, To learn about our first year, read below If you are only interested in donating to our sustainable FUTURE, click here To See our year 1 timeline, click here It was 1 year …
From dream to reality, here we are, coming up on one year with our doors open to Baltimore’s Youth. Time flies! We appreciate your support to help us get off the ground, and if you would like …
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. – Proverb from a very frustrated horse owner. I’m not suggesting that you are a horse, but….. I’d like to lead…
