A Full & Wonderful Day!

Ellis - Haley - Emerson! We were all over the city today but I want to focus on this morning for this post.

Waylon, Young, Caroline (three amazing interns), and I spent the morning at Ellis Elementary in Roxbury helping out with their Field Day! Young and Caroline manned the bouncy castle, I manned the hula hoop station and judged the competitions (and participated!), and Waylon worked the Basketball shooting station! I had the opportunity to chat with many wonderful students at Ellis but here was my favorite conversation:

Melvin: Hey, I won a cool prize from the Drive 2 Fitness. I'm one of the best participants in my class!

Ann (Me): Oh yeah? What'd you win?

Melvin: A 100-point certificate and a folder with scorecards that I have to fill out this summer!

Me: Well, you don't have to fill out the scorecards this summer - only if you want to.

Melvin: Well, I want to!

Me: Cool. Why's that?

Melvin: Because you get cool prizes and plus, I have to work on eating healthier anyway. That's why I'm chubby.

Me: I'm so glad you like it!

Melvin: Yeah, my dad and I are trying to be really healthy. He goes running every morning and to the gym at night.

Me: Cool.

Melvin: And he makes me a big salad for dinner with meat that's... I don't know how to say that in English...

Me: Say it in Spanish. I speak Spanish.

Melvin: Sin grasa.

Me: Without fat or lean.

Melvin: yeah, without fat.

Me: So does your dad do the Drive 2 Fitness with you?

Melvin: Yeah, he helps me a lot.

This is why we do what we do. For kids like Melvin.

From left to right: Ann (Me), Young, Melvin, and below Eliana.