The month of March is devoted to #SNAPNATION Appreciation. We love our members and can be nowhere with out them. All through the month we might be sharing totally different tales highlighting how our members encourage us every day. Our very first Member Highlight as new homeowners of Snap Health-Douglassville are Les Mountz and his late spouse, Mary.
Les and Mary joined #SNAPNATION in 2011. Mary needed Les to maintain up together with his bodily exercise after he had hip replacements. Mary had no intention of becoming a member of herself, however she was satisfied by the earlier proprietor, John Stockton, to provide it a strive.
One other member of the Douglassville fitness center received a contest and graciously gifted her My Zone Belt prize to Les. Little did she or the remainder of the membership notice how severely Les would take this belt. Les is #1 on the Douglassville My Zone Leaderboard each month for acquiring probably the most MEP’s (My Zone Effort Factors). Factors are earned in accordance with the proportion of your coronary heart charge ranges in the course of the time of bodily train. In December 2020, Les earned 26,364 MEP’s—blowing the remainder of the membership out of the water. He places in 2 hours a day onther ARC Coach after which walks his canine 3.5 miles afterward. What an inspiration!
Mary began loving the fitness center virtually instantly. She would put in her time on the ARC Coach after which transfer across the fitness center partaking in different workout routines. Wherever she was, she would strike up a dialog with different fitness center members round her. She was identified for her kindness, intelligence, fast wit, friendliness, and a lot extra. Since her passing, we’ve had the chance to be taught much more about her. She cherished animals and was identified for taking in Irish Setter rescues. She additionally loved images, NASCAR racing, golf, collectibles, stuffed animals and was extraordinarily inventive in making particular Christmas playing cards and different craft gadgets/items.
Each Les and Mary have been instrumental to the Douglassville membership’s new homeowners. Mary fastened the audio system once they had been turned off, or the amount had been modified. Les fastened the transistor radios on quite a few events, rest room bogs, restocked the fridge, helped rig one of many center-pull wipe dispensers closed whereas a brand new one was being ordered, and requested donations (in lieu of flowers) in honor/reminiscence of his beloved Mary. They have been positively the dynamic duo!
Each Les and Mary are additionally well-known in the neighborhood for being lecturers within the Daniel Boone Faculty District. Les was a proud member of the 1965/66 Berks County Championship Basketball Workforce at Daniel Boone. He was additionally the recipient of the 2001 Walmart Instructor of the Yr for Berks County. They’ve each touched so many individuals’s lives and Les continues to the touch our lives immensely in additional methods than he is aware of.
We’re all very saddened by Mary’s latest passing. She is now the “Fitness center Angel” of Douglassville and an image of her will quickly be on the fitness center, so we will really feel part of her with us each time we’re there. The fitness center was her dwelling away from dwelling and we’re actually blessed to have identified her.
In case you see Les on the Douglassville fitness center, say “hi there” and you’ll want to congratulate him on all of the laborious work he places in day by day to maintain himself bodily match! We love you Les and are BEYOND grateful to have you ever as a part of our Snap Household and extra! ❤
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