Helping Hands Make Life Easier

It never ceases to amaze me how truly wonderful our members here at Curves Dearborn are. They relate to each other so well.

A few weeks ago a member, Judith, was on the circuit with another member, Debbie, and I was in the center of the circuit conversing with both of them. Judy was talking about the family reunion that would soon be taking place in Cincinnati with her family. There was to be a dinner on Friday night and a picnic on Saturday. Judith, and the people in charge of putting the picnic together, were concerned about how they were going to keep all the food cold as a hot weekend was predicted. Debbie, who works in a school kitchen, told Judith that a kids round plastic pool works great for keeping food cold. Just fill it with ice and you can put your food dishes in the pool and everything will keep cold for a long time. Just keep adding ice if you have to. Judith thought that sounded like a terrific idea. I told Judith that I just happened to have a plastic pool in my garage and she was welcome to have it. I brought it into the club and gave it to her and she took it to the picnic. When Judith returned to Curves the following week she said the pool idea worked wonderfully well, just as Debbie had said it would.

Isn't it terrific how, just by sharing our thoughts and ideas with one another, we can make such a significant and positive difference in someone's life and they in ours. Can it get any better than that?

Pat

Tears on the Circuit

Today I had the most moving moment on the circuit that I have ever had. It reminded me of why I love working at Curves so much! READ ON FOR INSPIRATION ~ Cindy

There were two new members, sisters (Gail and Joanne) and they were having trouble getting on and off of the machines. One of the sisters started to cry because she felt defeated -- and wanted to give up already.

At that moment one of our seasoned members came up to this new member, who she didn't know, and gave her a great big hug and told her not to give up. Her show of support continued with "its not easy at first, but keep trying."

Then another member came up to her and gave her a hug and shared that five years ago she was also her size when she joined Curves. She, too, was frustrated getting on and off of the machines at first, but after a week or two, she was flying on and off of them.

Then the new member's sister started to cry, and she said that they have never gotten such nice treatment at a gym before, or from people they didn't even know. Soon they had almost everyone on the circuit crying. Then there was a BIG group hug, and everyone was good.