What: Pushups for Charity
When: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Where: Coppell High School parking lot, Coppell, TX
When: Pushups start at 10 AM
There will be music, & 2 tickets for the Byron Nelson for either Saturday or Sunday auctioned off.
Your entire Get You in Shape Team will be on the ground doing pushups right with you – not sure about Cynthia and Elliott, but we’ll see
. Also joining us are teams from the Coppell Fire Department & Police Department!! Talk about getting fierce about the competition.
Special Guest: Meghan McDermot – A Boot Campaign Boot Girl, from their Tyler, TX headquarters (it is HUGE that she is joining us!)
Extra Special Guest: We are very honored to have Sgt Joey Jones joining our Pushups For Charity Coppell Team this Saturday. He heard about our event and wanted to participate. Please read his bio below.
Name: Johnny J. Jones
Branch: USMC
Rank: Sgt
Age: 25
MOS: EOD
Sgt Johnny (Joey) Jones was born in Dalton Georgia. He completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina in July 2005 and was assigned to the Marine Corps Communications and Electronics School at Twenty-nine Palms California.
In April 2006 Sgt Jones was transferred to Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. There he worked as a Communications Technician for CSSG-3 until becoming a Combat Marksmanship Coach.
In September 2006 Sgt was assigned to Pearl Harbor Naval Ship Yard for a higher-level security mission.
In December 2006 Sgt Jones attended the Heavy Machine Gun courses at SOI Camp Pendleton, California.
In April 2007 Sgt Jones was attached to CLB-4 at Camp Foster Okinawa, Japan as a Squad Leader for Mounted Security Company.
In August 2007 Sgt deployed to the Al Anbar province of Iraq as mounted security for the EOD teams on Al Asad Air Base.
In late March 2008 Sgt Jones returned to MCBH from Iraq as an OJT trainee with the MLG EOD support team.
In July 2008 Sgt Jones was attached to Eglin AFB to attend NAVSCOLEOD.
In June 2009 Sgt Jones was assigned to 1st EOD Company where he completed an extensive training evolution until December 2009.
In January 2010 Sgt Jones reported to the Staff Non Commissioned Officers Academy and completed Sgt’s Course Feb 24th 2010.
On March 15th 2010 Sgt Jones deployed to Southern Helmand Province of Afghanistan and operated there until he was WIA August 6th 2010. Sgt Jones’ legs were amputated above the knee and both wrists were severely wounded as well as sever bone and tissue damage to his right forearm.
Currently, Sgt Jones is an Active Duty Fellow for The House Committee for Veterans Affairs.
Sgt Jones personal awards include: Purple Heart, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device and Combat Action Ribbon.
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I cannot express it well enough how honored I’ve been that Brad Linder of Get You in Shape and his crew have allowed me to help, photograph and do whatever on this project. I am so committed to the Boot Campaign that my involvement will go past this weekend!
What do I push for?
I push for my family, for my friends.
I push for every member of the Armed Forces who leaves their family and friends to go and fight for our freedom, and who ultimately make the biggest sacrifice. As I’ve said, doesn’t matter what side of the political circus you sit on, or what place of worship you attend. At the end of the day, it’s about these men and women and the sacrifices they make for us.
It’s not too late to join or to donate. Go to the bottom of this page and follow the cool widget! Doesn’t matter who you pledge to, it’s all going to the same place! And to all my friends from all points in the country and abroad who have donated, I PUSH FOR YOU!!!!
See you on the other end of this event. Keep us in your thoughts!
xx – Ivy
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