Gold Medal Night 2014

 

Thursday, November 6, 2014

 

Wyndham Hotel

10918 East 41 Street

 

We hope you will mark your calendar now

and plan to attend.

 

Here's a look back at Gold Medal Night 2013:
 



Betty Okino DeVere and her husband Jacob

came from California!

 

Betty was a wonderful MC.

She made history in 1992

 by becoming the first African American female

to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics.

Today Betty pursues her other dream, acting.

 

Coach Elizabeth is shown here with Betty's Olympic medal.

 

The ballroom at the Wyndham

 

Delicious foods from several of Tulsa's finest restaurants

were enjoyed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

We love our auctioneer, Tommy Williams!

 

One of the live auction items: Lexi, a puggle!

 

One of the live auction tables...

Items included use of a suite for an OSU football game,

 2 Thunder tickets and dinner,

and an Adrian Peterson Most Valuable Player signed and framed art piece.

 

 

One of the silent auction tables

 

Silent auction items included a Duck Dynasty basket.

 

Several of our coaches and volunteers

 

The Gold Medal Night highlight is always the performance of our kids!

 

"America's Next Top Gymnast" competition...so much fun!

 

First Bidder Drawing

 

Coach Jennifer and three Aim High gymnasts

 

We were thrilled that 350 persons attended!

 

Gold Medal Night 2013

was an evening we will long remember.

 

We look forward to

Gold Medal Night 2014!

 

We hope YOU will plan to attend

Aim High Academy's

major fundraising event

on November 6th!

 

 

 

 



Meet our Wednesday Night Front Desk Volunteers

"Volunteering is intended to promote goodness

or improve human quality of life"

(according to one encyclopedia).

 

 Meet our Wednesday night front desk volunteers:

 

KELLI STONE

A busy mom of two, Kelli works as a recruiter for professional engineers.

Kelli loves to read and play golf.

Her favorite food is filet mignon and her favorite holiday is Christmas.

Kelli's daughter, Taylor, has been a student at Aim High for 4 years.

If she could travel anywhere, she would probably go to Europe.

Her favorite Bible verse is John 3:16:

 

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JENNA BRENNAN

Jenna is a mother of 5 and is an aerobics instructor.

She learned about Aim High from an article in Tulsa People magazine

and now has 4 girls enrolled in the our program:

Anna, Kara, Autumn, and Lizzy.

Jenna's favorite movie is Braveheart

and one of her favorite Bible verses is Proverbs 4:23:

 

 

We love all of our volunteers!

 

Thank you, Jenna and Kelli,

for all you do to help Aim High Academy

serve our kids!

Each of you is a blessing.

 



FLIPPING KIDS' FUTURES

Aim High Academy has so much for which to be thankful!

We are so very thankful for God's grace and goodness!

 

Giving Tuesday

is on Tuesday, Dec. 3rd.

However, you do not have to wait until then 

to make your year-end donation to Aim High. 

 

Would you please join us in our new campaign,

 "Flipping Kids' Futures?"

Our goal is for 70 monthly donors.

 

Our enrollment has grown to 277 students since we moved into our new home.

We are so thankful for each one of them!

 

Please partner with us to "Flip their Futures"

by becoming a monthly donor.

No monthly pledge amount is too small...or too large!

 

It's easier than ever!

Click on the link:

www.aimhighgym.org

and you be directed through our homepage.

 

All donations are tax-deductible.

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"You will be enriched in every way

so that you can be generous on every occasion,

and through us your generosity will result

in thanksgiving to God."

II Corinthians 9: 10-12

 

PRAYERWALK and DEDICATION

Over one hundred supporters came to our Prayerwalk and Dedication Ceremony,

which was held on Thursday, August 22nd.

We are thankful for the many people

who believe in the mission of Aim High!

It was wonderful to be able to give this

preview of our new facility!

 

Jennifer Patterson,

Executive Director and Founder of Aim High,

spoke to those in attendance.

We are excited to see what God will do in this place!

A big
THANK YOU
to all who came for this event!

"And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord;
and great shall be the peace of thy children."
Isaiah 54:13

August 10 Work Day

Excitement is building as Aim High gets ready

to move into its new home!

Saturday, August 10, was the first of two scheduled work days

to prepare the new building for September classes.

 

Furniture and other things needed to be moved

before cleaning and painting could begin.

 

 







Jennifer had a task for everyone!

Sondra and Bonnie did a great job cleaning the kitchen!

Cleaning the tutoring room.

Demolition on the sound booth was begun.

Meanwhile, in one of the preschool gyms:

 


 

Still a work in progress - but won't our preschoolers just love this gym???



 


So many light bulbs to change!
 



Who doesn't love an organized supply closet?



Little Maddie did some "pretend" painting.

And...at the end of the day...
things got a little crazy!

But seriously,
we were blessed to have so many
wonderful volunteers
show up and work so hard!
We appreciate each and every one of you!

Many thanks to Asbury Methodist Church,
Cornerstone Assistance Network,
Freedom Church of Owasso, and
theCHURCH.at (Battle Creek) for
sending groups out to help.

Our prayer is that God will be glorified in this place.





Drum Roll...Please!

 

Aim High Academy

is now providing gymnastics

to 200 urban children each week!

 

Our 200th student, My'Onni,

enrolled on Monday, September 24th.

 

We are blessed with precious children.

 

Glory to God!

 

Scenes from Summer Session

Our Summer Session has ended,

and Tuesday, September 4th, will begin our Fall Session.



 

Our 2012 Summer Session was GREAT...

here's a peek at some scenes:

Rose, Acurria, Miss Megan, Minyan, Felisha

 

Jermya, Danny and Leilani with Miss Megan



 

Miss Megan with Level 1 7-12 Year-Old Gymnasts:
Chloe, Cayden, Destiny, Lindsey, Elizabeth, Lyric,
Kerrington, Desmarie, Gigi, Micah, Miangel, Cherrice

 

Miss Darrian and Miss Megan with Skyller, Jermya,
Camdyn, Saniaa, Trinity, and Estherly

We love Miss Megan and we will miss her!
We wish her God's blessings as she returns to her university to finish her studies.