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A Testimonial...
As a parent of 3 children who
attended Palmetto Athletic Center, aka Columbia
Gymnastics, I want to express my gratitude to this
facility and the owners for providing a warm, caring,
positive and Christian environment for my children. We
have been involved with this center for over 15 years as
my children are now 22, 18 and 12. My oldest daughter
started in gymnastics at the age of 5 and proceeded to
the team program in competitive
gymnastics through Level 8 and at that time she was 13
years old and decided to pursue school cheerleading.
The skills and knowledge she gained through this program
allowed her the ability to have the confidence to tryout
and succeed in her new endeavors. She went on to earn a
State championship in cheerleading and then as she was
old enough to gain employment went back to PAC to work
as an instructor in their recreational program as she
had gained all that experience growing up in the program
and was a natural fit as an instructor. My son began
gymnastics at the age of 3 and stayed in the program for
about 6 years where he gained skills in coordination
early enough to benefit him as he began playing many
sports. He played soccer, baseball, basketball and golf
and I believe he was very coordinated and successful at
each one because of his early coordination skills gained
during gymnastics. He continues to play sports and has
been the starting pitcher on his team for many years.
He also was able to gain employment at PAC helping with
open gym as he got older. My youngest daughter started
gymnastics at the age of 2 and joined team at the age of
6 and competed through level 7. She too has decided to
use her skills and recently made the cheerleading squad
at her school and is currently involved in competitive
cheerleading. All of my children have been involved in
the after school program for years along with many camps,
open gym and other functions PAC has provided. This
facility has not only developed my children emotionally
and instilled great values but also physically and it
has effected them is such a positive way for their
future. It provided them a great atmosphere to stay fit
and keep them busy instead of sitting around playing
video games and the best part of it is they had fun
being there. They never wanted to leave and it is a
great comfort as a parent to know your children are
being cared for while getting physical activity for
their body and brain and also having fun.
All sports and activities can be
time consuming and costly depending on how involved you
want to be and we as parents always have big plans of
scholarships and dreams that are far into the future.
Please always remember that the reasons you are in a
program first is for your child to have fun and enjoy
what they are doing regardless of their skill level or
how far they go. Our children spend more quality time in
programs like what PAC provides then they do with us
sometimes and the owners and staff at PAC provide a
positive atmosphere and great second home to our
children that will help mold their futures. They are
not only having fun but developing friendships with each
other and us as parents also get to develop new
friendships. No matter how much time or what you are
involved in at PAC your child will learn some lifelong
values that you simply can not put a price tag on. When
it is your time to move on and reflect on the years you
spent in one of their programs you will be able to look
at your child and what a great daughter/woman or son/man
they have become and realize a good part of their
values, personality and who they are today and what kind
of person they will be in the future was gained by the
programs offered at PAC and all the money or time in the
world would not be worth doing things differently
regardless of their decisions for the future and most
importantly they had FUN getting there.
Sincerely,
Lorri Evans - Time Warner
Cable - Warehouse Operations Manager (15 Years @ PAC)
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