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National Gymnastics Day ? September 17, 2011

If you want to have fun and help your community at the same time, raise your hand(stand)!

The CoverSports USA team would like to support the sport of gymnastics, and build awareness around National Gymnastics Day. Collectively, we can all do our part to raise funds for the Children?s Miracle Network and encourage our youth to become more active.

The 2011 National Gymnastics Day, promoted by
USA Gymnastics, is celebrating the handstand, so this year?s goal is to break the world record for the most handstands done at one time! This event sends a powerful message ? that sharing a common thread (enthusiasm for gymnastics) can bring communities together and make a difference. The pledge money raised from this event will benefit the Children?s Miracle Network, which helps children suffering from illness. The money will go towards the Children?s Miracle Network hospital of each local community that participated ? making this a ?full circle? impact.

Here?s how you (hand)stand up to children?s illnesses!:
The Goal: Raise money for the Children?s Miracle Network and generate excitement around the sport of gymnastics
The Plan: At exactly 1:00pm (ET) on Saturday, September 17, all participants will kick their feet up and hold their handstand. Follow a few simple steps to get in on the fun:
1. Spread the word! Organize a group of your fellow gymnasts, friends and family ? any and all skill levels are welcome.
2. Download the pledge form and encourage your neighbors and family to sponsor your participation.
3. Find a space conducive to your group?s size (park, gym club, school gym, etc.).
4. Ready, Set, Go! On Saturday, September 17th at exactly 1:00pm, a designated volunteer will tell participants to begin their handstands.
5. Volunteers will count how many handstands were successful.
6. Email the number of successful handstands, along with your group?s name, city and state, to worldrecordattempt@usagym.com. Emails must be sent by 2:00pm (ET) on September 17.

Handstands with a smile! CoverSports USA encourages you to capture the event with pictures and videos. Document this historical moment and send it along with your emailed information. Feel free to email your images to us at sbrenner@coversports.com and we will add them to the CoverSports USA blog.

Need some inspiration? National Gymnastics Day in 2010 celebrated the cartwheel. Below is a link to descriptions of how communities participated in 2010.

http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/pages/home/ngd/celebrations_2010.html

The following video demonstrates how some gymnastics clubs developed an entire day around the call to action.

A display of 2010 National Gymnastics Day participation in a more informal way is seen in this video link

Want to learn how to do a handstand or improve your form?

Source: http://www.coversports.com/blog/raise-your-handstand-for-national-gymnastics-day/

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