Bayou City Crossfit holds fundraiser for Texas Children’s Hospital
By Chad Stevens
On September 10, 2011, Bayou City Crossfit, located in Garden Oaks,
hosted a fundraiser to benefit an endowment created at Texas Children’s
Hospital (TCH). The event honors Bayou City athletes and Houston Heights
residents Chad and Leslie Stevens’ daughter Olivia, who was born with a
rare chromosomal deletion that required a 57 day stay in the neonatal
intensive care units at Texas Children’s Hospital. While at Texas
Children’s, Olivia battled a wide variety of issues and went through a
wide variety of medical procedures to prepare her to come home to the
Heights.
The event benefited the Neonatology Department at Texas Children’s in
honor of Olivia’s battle and in honor of the great medical staff at
Texas Children’s who gave Olivia a chance at life. This year’s event was
a success in every way, with over 400 people in attendance and over
$11,000 raised for Texas Children’s Hospital. Participants performed 8
exercises, one for each week Olivia stayed at Texas Children’s. Each
exercise was performed 57 times, one for each day of Olivia’s stay at
Texas Children’s Hospital. The event is a testimony to Bayou City
Crossfit’s desire to not just build stronger people, but to build a
stronger community as well.
In addition to providing benefit to Texas Children’s Hospital, the event
and others like it hosted at Bayou City also build a stronger community,
something that all Crossfit affiliates do on a daily basis. Many people
have probably never heard of Crossfit, but the exercise movement has
been quietly growing across the Houston area and globally for many
years. The Heights is home to one of approximately 20 local Crossfit
affiliates, Bayou City Crossfit. Owner Vic Zachary opened Bayou City
over 3 years ago with the vision of building a strong community in his
business; a community that would work together to get more fit and help
the Houston Area.
Since then, Bayou City has grown and now has clients ranging from 4
years old to 70 years old. How is that possible? With Crossfit, each
movement or exercise is meant to be infinitely scalable, meaning that
workouts can be adapted to individuals with high levels of fitness and
to those who haven’t worked out in many years. Crossfit promotes
“constantly varied, functional movements performed at a high intensity.”
What does that mean? It means it works! It gets you results! It gets you
in shape!
For more information about Bayou City’s fundraiser to benefit Texas
Children’s Hospital or to learn more about Bayou City Crossfit, please
contact Chad Stevens at
chad@bayoucitycrossfit.com or go to
www.bayoucitycrossfit.com.
