HEROES AGAIN
Imagine
Imagine Veterans become fitness instructors with a social cause, where they are needed and admired instead of being the social cause. Imagine the purpose of the workout or activity is to create a safe space, a supportive community to tell your story about mental health issues like ptsd, suicide, depression, anxiety, loneliness, and feeling purposeless or worthless.
Imagine social workers, therapists, coachesand fitness instructors working together to help us understand a little bit better how mental health issues look and how physical activity, community building and therapy work together to support everyone.
Beyond Us
Imagine this program being offer to corporations and other nonprofits to inspire staff to get moving and help fight burnout. solution free, cozy space, in an open conversation. be used as demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more. It is mostly presented before an audience.
Imagine this entire community supporting our at risk youth (homeless, addicts, sexual abuse, human trafficking, suicide family survivors.)
Imagine each and everyone of us carrying a rucksack that says: “lemme help you carry a little bit of the weight”.
Imagine one veteran, one at risk youth, one brother, one friend who doesn’t decide to end their lives because….because of heroes.
Leaders
Yuri Amor
My why is personal and I will tell you. My how is from experience. My who is all around me. My what is this. My when is now.
Samuel Trujillo
Father. Veteran. Avid hiker. looking for his next episode of community involvement. Diagnosed with PTSD. Hicker.
Arturo Pérez
Black belt in BJJ. Father, great son. Brother. Fiancé. Salsa Dancer. Chef. Engineer. Survivor ready to spread the word.
Julie Zachariah
Mom, Veteran Nurse. Dance Professional. Works for VA.
Isabel Gonzalez
Family Provider. Veteran Welder. Community Engagement Professional.
Our Goal
- One life saved. One family doesn’t suffer that pain.
- Normalize conversations about the BIG 5: PTSD, SUICIDE, DREPRESSION, ANXIETY, LONELINESS.
- Heroes Offer heroes (vets and survivors) the opportunity to uplift others, be playful, be mindful, be a part of something impactful.
- Meet-up create a space for people to tell their stories of failure and struggle and success. Other resources available.
- Fitness Use fitness as a tool to build community and awareness and to work emotional pain, physically.
Beneficiaries
Girls Rehab
Suicide, homelessness, drugs, human trafficking and suicide survivors.
Taps.org
Suicide - family members survivors.
Community in general
Corporate wellness, workouts, community building and awareness
Log in the “weight”
actions people take to help carry the weight:
- A whole point system
- Steps / Fitbit
- Took a workshop (triggers, tells, resources, language, etc.)
- Took a fitness class
- DONATE
- Taught a class
- Improved cholesterol or HBP numbers
- Improved diabetes
Program Timeline
- Jan 2023 Launching of Heroes Again Program.
- 2023 weekly workouts and meetups.
- 2023 special events: fitness and wellness expo, 5 Mile Hike, Half-time performance for Dynamo or Dash, Veterans day celebration, Health Equity Gala.
- 2024: official certification program offered through HCC and San Jac. Start program in Dallas.
- 2025: provide free of cost PE & Wellness classes to ISDs.
