{"id":1842,"date":"2016-09-07T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T05:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2016-09-20T15:40:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T20:40:36","slug":"planet-fitness-builds-first-ever-judgement-free-fitness-center-within-a-boys-girls-club-as-part-of-national-anti-bullying-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/planet-fitness-builds-first-ever-judgement-free-fitness-center-within-a-boys-girls-club-as-part-of-national-anti-bullying-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet Fitness Builds First Ever Judgement Free Fitness Center Within A Boys & Girls Club As Part Of National Anti-Bullying Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PlanetPlanet Fitness Within Boys and Girls Club<\/p>\n

NEWINGTON, N.H.<\/strong> – Planet Fitness, known for its Judgement Free Zone and non-intimidating environment, has extended its judgement free philosophy outside of its gyms with a surprise unveiling of the nation\u2019s first mini Planet Fitness gym housed within a Boys & Girls Club. The brand new fitness facility was built in the Boys & Girls Club of Manchester, N.H. and will provide nearly 1,700 kids and teens the ability to work out and learn how to live a healthier lifestyle, and most importantly, do so without being judged or bullied.<\/p>\n

The new fitness center was unveiled on September 6 \u2013 the first day of school locally in New Hampshire \u2013 with Boys & Girls Club of Manchester staff, Club kids and teens, Planet Fitness representatives and Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas. Featuring motivational and inspirational messages on the walls, like \u201cYou Belong\u201d and \u201cJudgement Free Zone,\u201d and the brand\u2019s signature purple and yellow colors and branded equipment, the look and feel is similar to Planet Fitness clubs throughout the country.<\/p>\n

The inaugural unveiling is part of the Company\u2019s national philanthropic initiative, The Judgement Free Generation\u2122, which launched in March with a $1.3M commitment to Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Stomp Out Bullying to fund pro-kindness and anti-bullying programs nationwide. The movement is designed to combat the judgement and bullying faced by teens and empower a generation of teens to choose kindness and accept and respect one another. The Company and its franchisees plan to construct additional \u201cmini Judgement Free Zones\u201d in local Boys & Girls Clubs throughout the country in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are honored to have built the first \u2018mini Judgement Free Zone\u2019 in the Boys & Girls Club of Manchester, not far from where Planet Fitness was founded nearly 25 years ago,\u201d said Jessica Correa, Planet Fitness\u2019 Senior Vice President of Marketing. \u201cWith nearly 1 in 5 teens reporting that they\u2019ve been bullied, and Boys & Girls Club\u2019s desire to teach their kids and teens the importance of living a healthy lifestyle, both physically and emotionally, we are excited to give kids the opportunity to get active in a non-intimidating, safe environment and empower them to be kind and accepting of one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful to Planet Fitness for solving a critical need for our kids and teens,\u201d said Diane Fitzpatrick, Boys & Girls Club of Manchester Chief Executive Officer. \u201cThe fitness center allows us to reinforce the importance of living a healthy lifestyle, both physically and emotionally. We are confident that it will make a huge impact on our kids\u2019 and teens\u2019 overall health and help build their confidence and self-esteem.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEWINGTON, N.H.<\/strong> – Planet Fitness, known for its Judgement Free Zone and non-intimidating environment, has extended its judgement free philosophy outside of its gyms with a surprise unveiling of the nation\u2019s first mini Planet Fitness gym housed within a Boys & Girls Club. The brand new fitness facility was built in the Boys & Girls Club of Manchester, N.H. and will provide nearly 1,700 kids and teens the ability to work out and learn how to live a healthier lifestyle, and most importantly, do so without being judged or bullied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[33,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1844,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions\/1844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}