Temple Gym

Hi everyone 😊

My name is Michelle and I am 25 years old,

I am a Personal Trainer in Gisborne and have been the owner of Temple Gym for 5 months now.

When I took over, the place was seeming run down and needed a lot of improvement.

I have worked hard towards building it up to a much better standard with the help of friends and family which I am so grateful for!

However I am still trying to encourage new members to join as well as obviously working at creating the funds to help bring my vision to life.

This vision entails Temple becoming more than just a gym.

I see it as a safe place for people to come, as a place to bring our community closer together and support one another in all aspects of life.

I currently have quite a few members coming through with very colourful lives. Some of which, have joined the gym to better themselves and to free themselves from past habits, tragedy/ addiction/ depression etc

This truely makes my heart feel so full!

I desperately want to build on this so that I can provide a place of restoration and positivity for everyone who walks through the door.

Some of my ideas are:

Share Pantry- For example I see so much fruit fallen from trees that are just going to waste, by creating a pantry it will encourage people to bring what excess produce they have to share with others through the pantry.

Clothing rack to donate gym gear to to other members.

My BIGGER more involved vision I have here, is to create an Outdoor area behind the gym. This would require work such as having the ground levelled out and concreted, shade sails and a few basic bits of equipment to secure in place, a bike stand, a flood light and a sound system.

I am also keen to get some artwork done which could look like colourful uplifting messages through out the gym.

And lastly at this stage, I am wanting to fence off the grass area in front of the gym as an area for kids to play supervised, while mum or dad work out.

I am very passionate about helping others and I know that with enough help and support, I could bring my vision to life, and this will enable me to help so many more!

Thank you for taking your time to read this and if you are willing to support in any way I thank you in advance for any donations made. 🙏🏼