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WICHITA, KS<\/strong> – Genesis Foundation for Fitness and Tennis (GFFT) raised over $250,000 in funds to sponsor underserved children at the annual Rat Pack Gala & Casino Night. The proceeds raised will help children in need live a better life, by providing them with new shoes, quality sleeping essentials and athletic grants.<\/p>\n Rodney Steven II, Owner and President of Genesis Health Clubs and Chairman of the Board for GFFT was pleased by this year\u2019s Gala and turnout of 280 attendees, stating how grateful he was to be a part of a team that gives back to the community.<\/p>\n \u201cYearly, we donate thousands of brand-new shoes and hundreds of new beds to kids who need them, along with sports scholarships,\u201d Steven said. \u201cThe events we put on help raise money so that every child has an equal chance at fitness and sleep. It\u2019s been a tough couple years for all kids, just trying to learn and play, so if we can make it just a little easier for these kids, it\u2019s all worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n Steven continued, \u201cIt is truly an honor to be a part of this program and change kids\u2019 lives. I am so excited for 2022! We believe it will be our biggest year yet helping more kids than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n A special thanks by all involved was given to DeAnn White, GFFT Executive Director, for putting on this year\u2019s Gala, a record-breaking event. On December 4th, 2021, at the USTA Missouri Valley’s Annual Conference, DeAnn will be honored with this year’s Outstanding Diversity Achievement Award. Through GFFT’s mission to improve the quality of life through physical activity, DeAnn has tirelessly worked to introduce the game of tennis to our community’s diverse and underserved children. Nick Schulte, USTA Kansas Board Member, praised DeAnne on her well-deserved award.<\/p>\n \u201cTo write everything that DeAnn means to and is doing for the Wichita community would be an endless task because she is constantly finding ways to do and offer more,\u201d said Schulte. \u201cUSTA Kansas feels fortunate to have such a gift of a person as DeAnn is to our district.\u201d<\/p>\n DeAnn is hopeful for next year, after seeing the Gala and Casino Night\u2019s success that even more can be done for local schools and families in need.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is very rewarding and heartwarming to see the small things we do impact so many people,\u201d DeAnn said. \u201cWe look forward to seeing more events for change, more opportunity for all in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WICHITA, KS<\/strong> – Genesis Foundation for Fitness and Tennis (GFFT) raised over $250,000 in funds to sponsor underserved children at the annual Rat Pack Gala & Casino Night. The proceeds raised will help children in need live a better life, by providing them with new shoes, quality sleeping essentials and athletic grants. Rodney Steven II, Owner and President of Genesis Health Clubs and Chairman of the Board for GFFT was pleased by this year\u2019s Gala and turnout of 280 attendees, stating how grateful he was to be a part of a team that gives back to the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[33,154],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7508"}],"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=7508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7510,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7508\/revisions\/7510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}