Silver Fox Elite Fitness is…

Mini Grant SenseMaker Project Story or Micro-Narrative

  • Grant Project: Silver Fox Elite Fitness
  • Description: Support for business start up
  • Role: I received a mini grant for an idea I had
  • Date submitted: 2021-02-22 12:00

Silver Fox Elite Fitness is committed to carving Black and Caribbean Seniors a culturally relevant space in the fitness industry. The voices of Seniors is key to this goal. On February 13th Silver Fox hosted the inaugural Virtual Black Senior Fitness Fair providing a platform for Senior voices on issues of health and wellness. The event featured Ernestine Shepard, the legendary 84 year old body builder and fitness professional. Black Senior Fitness Fair segments can be viewed on the Silver Fox Elite Fitness Facebook Channel https://bit.ly/silverfoxelitefitness

How This Person Interpreted Their Story or Micro-Narrative

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  • This project or activity has the capacity to impact the community:
  • This project impacts:
  • To have the biggest impact, this project needs support from: A non-profit or organization
  • The mini grant project(s) in my story impact: A whole community
  • The story I shared shows the importance of: Being a part of something bigger
  • In my story, things went: As I expected
  • The Virtual Black Senior Fitness Fair is being considered for TV broadcast and to the event again in 2022.
  • The story shows: More is needed
  • Sponsorships and other resources are needed to edit footage, create new footage and continue developing the concept.