Tuesday, December 17th,
Aim High Academy gymnasts and their families
enjoyed a visit from a very special guest:
Dominique Dawes!
Known in the gymnastics community as 'Awesome Dawesome,'
Dominique was 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team,
the 1994 U.S. all-around senior National Champion,
a three-time Olympian,
a World Championships silver medalist,
and a member of the gold-medal winning "Magnificent Seven"
at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Dawes is also notable as being the first African-American woman
to win an individual Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics,
and the first black person of any nationality or gender
to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics.
Dominique was so generous with her time.
She gave a very inspirational talk to our kids,
emphasizing the fact that hard work pays off with results,
and for success in any part of life,
one can only expect an outcome that is equal to preparation.
She then autographed photo cards for every person who wanted one
and posed for photos with each.
What a blessing to have Dominique visit!
We appreciate her giving so freely of her time to inspire our kids!
We were blessed.
Thank you, Dominique!!!
