There was a R.E.D. Boot Camp class and social at the Manitowoc-Two Rivers YMCA last evening.
Kari Backhaus, Healthy Living manager at the YMCA, told SeehaferNews.com that R.E.D. stands for Remember Everyone Deployed.
The event last night was held as a salute to one of the members of the Y as he prepares to deploy overseas.
That serviceman, Nathan Dodge of Manitowoc, is married and he and his wife Ashley have two children.
Backhaus says YMCA Gymnastics Director, Jessia Brault, a veteran herself arranged the R.E.D Boot Camp with the help of Nathan’s wife.
The Y’s CEO Julie Grossman says the event marked the first formal sendoff for an active serviceman or woman. They plan on doing more of them in the future.
She said “It was an appropriate and fitting way to honor” those who serve.
The R.E.D. Boot Camp is for all fitness levels and is held every Friday noon with no pre-registration necessary. Proceeds go to veterans memberships at the YMCA.
