Do any of you donate your time? - Personal Trainer Community - Forum

[Christina]

Have any of you ever donated your personal training services to charities or other good causes?

Christina

[Dinah]

I just donated a session for a silent auction to support a local theater.




Dinah

[Arami]

It's funny that you mention this.

I was brainstorming with some of my co-workers about how we can "jumpstart" our Personal Training program. At most we are collectively getting about 2 to 3 clients a week between all 4/5 of us. This is expected especially since we just opened in January of this year.

Anyway, my idea was to setup a donation program, where they donate a certain amount (50 dollars or so) to a particular charity, and in return have the opportunity to win a raffle in which the prizes would be Personal Training sessions. This would serve two purposes: 1) Showcase our abilities. and 2) Donate to a good cause.

What do you think? Potential? I'm still writing up the details before I hand it in to the boss.

[Dinah]

Hi Arami,

I think it's an awesome idea. Fostering good will, doing something good for the community and raising awareness for yourself as a trainer -- what could be bad? I was going to say in my earlier post that I would actually like to do more of this. As part of my business, I'd like to eventually set up some kind of outreach program. I think it's vital that we as trainers have a good presence in our communities. Good health, fitness and wellness can't be overemphasized or overcommunicated enough.

Let us know how it works out! Good luck!

Dinah