Ruck For The Kids (RFTK)

"Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the last 30 years" This came strait from the CDC's website. 

My name is Sean Switt I am veteran, a personal trainer, and a man with a vision. I am currently participating in various endurance challenges with a weighted (approximately 45 lb) backpack or Ruck on my back to represent the additional weight that as statistics say one in three of our young people carry with them every day. I truly believe in the Ruck For The Kids initiative and hope to have many supporters, whether that means you plan on donating, pledging per mile, or just cheering me on as I cross the finish line at various events throughout the Southern California area.

One day along with my fiancé I plan on opening a revolutionary gym/wellness center. Focused on not only training individuals physically but enhancing their education on health at the same time. However it all starts with the kids. While it is heart breaking to see a grown adult struggling to simply walk around the block or even from the couch to the restroom, it is a hundred fold more upsetting to see children in the same situation especially knowing that the odds of their life changing for the better are slim to none.

Without educating people at a young age and continuing to reinforce good habits throughout their lives, we can expect these alarming numbers to go in only one direction, up.

My mission is first to bring awareness to the simply staggering number of young people who are overweight or obese and provide simple resources to change their current mostly sedentary lifestyles, and second to raise money to one day open this facility to bring about a long overdue lack of health education. 

I thank all of you for taking the time to consider my cause for donation, and I invite all of you to like my facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/RuckForTheKids, and I look forward to seeing some of you at the finish line.