As the father of three daughters who frequent the Glacier Gymnastics Club, I wish to express my deep gratitude for the place that this club has taken in my children’s upbringing. Glacier Gymnastics is an institution in our little town. It is a valued space, where girls make dear friends, explore their physicality in an empowering way, and look up to the excellent role models that are their assistant coaches and coaches.

Too often, we hear of gymnastics clubs being competitive, soul-crushing environments. Glacier Gymnastics is the antidote to this image. Glacier Gymnastics fosters everything positive about athletic endeavours: attentive, patient and safe development of the body; peer encouragement and support; healthy lifestyle; self-respect. The staff team at Glaciers Gymnastics is to thank for this. Again, as a father of three daughters, I feel very lucky to have this experience made available to my girls.

I whole heartedly support Glacier Gymnastics application to the Jumpstart program. In the grander scheme of things, I would say that anything that can be done to help the Club helps make our world a slightly better place!