Inspirational Athlete – Drew!
We are so proud to feature our Inspirational Athlete this month, Drew! At age 22, he had not actively looked forward to physical activity until he recently participated in two of our BloomZoom classes. His mother, Karen shared with us that he loved both of the classes immensely. She credits what the Bloom Fitness family […]
Expansion of BloomZoom
While in-person classes are on hold, we wanted you to know that we have been working hard to stay in front of our athletes, developing classes to make our program better. One of these developments is our virtual classes. We fondly call it BloomZoom. This effort began about 2 months ago by offering one class a week with […]
UNUM Gives Big to Bloom Fitness
On January 30th, UNUM recognized Bloom Fitness at their National Sales Meetings held at the Hilton of Americans as their benefitting charity for the 2020 meetings. With more than 8000 US employees, UNUM provides more than 36 million people disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental and vision benefits. We spoke to the group about […]
Instructor Highlight – Michele Stanley
Michele has been teaching cycle class and doing lots of behind the scenes volunteer work with Bloom for about 7 months. We are so lucky to have her! Here’s a bit more about Michele. 1. Why do you volunteer with Bloom? I volunteer for Bloom because I love helping people achieve their fitness goals and […]
Inspirational Athlete – Michael Draper
Michael is a very vibrant young man who shows compassion for others and is always willing to help others. He greets us so warmly each time we see him, and always extends a hug when saying goodbye. Michael expresses to many of how much he enjoys being apart of the Bloom Team. Michael is the […]
Down Syndrome Association of Houston – 1st Awards Ceremony
The Down Syndrome Association of Houston is one of our newest locations recently added to the Bloom Fitness list of facilities we proudly service. They recently had their first ever awards celebration for their athletes who have attended enough classes to get their first Bloom shirts. This group of athletes walked into the room filled […]
Athletes Lead
When we say “lead with heart, fitness follows”, that doesn’t just apply to our instructors. Our brightest moments happen when our athletes are able to take what they’ve learned and begin to “lead with heart”. One of our athletes at The Harris Center, Rebecca lead a cycle class and another athlete at The HUB, Christian […]
Yoga from the Heart – A Free and Inclusive Yoga Class for All Abilities
On this year’s International Day of Yoga, we will celebrate on June 20th in Sugarland Town Square in a unique way. We are bringing together our athletes and inviting the general public for a meaningful and fun community yoga class. Our athletes are adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and are clear examples how yoga is inclusive […]
Instructor Highlight – Patrina Anthony
We are proud to introduce our featured January Instructor. Patrina Anthony is an incredible gift to our program. 1. Why do you volunteer with Bloom? I volunteer because I’m always willing to learn new things but volunteering with Bloom gives me great pleasure to know that this program is dedicated only to the IDD adult […]
Lululemon’s Here To Be Partner
Here to Be is Lululemon’s annual social impact program. Each Lululemon location chooses a non-profit organization to partner with who are bridging social, physical, and economic barriers in order to create real change in their communities. Lululemon’s Sugar Land store chose Bloom Fitness as their 2020 Here To Be partner, which included a monetary donation. […]
