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the Mokena Messenger | September 21, 2017 | 3<br />
Jordan Jadzak (front), 10, of Homer Glen, works out with CrossFit Mokena Co-owner Jason<br />
Neighbors (middle) and Ashton Bengala, 5, of New Lenox, at CrossFit Mokena’s charity<br />
fundraiser for 1Pet1Vet, a nonprofit that trains and donates service dogs to veterans, on<br />
Sunday, Sept. 17. Photos by T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media<br />
CrossFit Mokena<br />
raises funds for vets<br />
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Gym raises $4,600<br />
for local charity,<br />
1Pet1Vet<br />
T.J. Kremer III, Editor<br />
When CrossFit Mokena<br />
co-owner Christie Neighbors<br />
said she wanted to<br />
double from last year the<br />
amount her gym would donate<br />
to charity, she sounded<br />
optimistic.<br />
But nearly quadruple?<br />
Check.<br />
On Sunday morning, Sept.<br />
17, a day filled with some of<br />
the most rigorous, intensive<br />
training one can do, people<br />
came out by the dozens to<br />
jump — and run and ferociously<br />
attack every muscle in<br />
their body — at the chance to<br />
help out Manteno-based 1Pet-<br />
1Vet, a nonprofit that trains<br />
and then donates service dogs<br />
to veterans at no cost.<br />
And those people pitched<br />
Training Director at 1Pet1Vet Peggy Moran looks on with<br />
1-year-old service dog in-training Blossom. Behind the pair<br />
are some of the items that were donated to the gym’s silent<br />
raffle for the charity.<br />
in as hard as they worked<br />
out, to the tune of $4,600.<br />
Last year, CrossFit Mokena<br />
raised $1,300 for Pink Heals,<br />
a national charity organization<br />
that provides home visits<br />
to show individuals that they<br />
are loved, cherished and important<br />
to others.<br />
It’s become a yearly tradition<br />
to pick a charity and<br />
host a fundraiser with gym<br />
members and people from<br />
the public at large, Neighbors<br />
said.<br />
Maybe it’s fitting that this<br />
year’s charity turned out to be<br />
1Pet1Vet, chosen by CrossFit<br />
coach Kyle Barrett; the only<br />
thing more impressive than<br />
the exercises was the service<br />
dog, a 1-year-old retriever<br />
named Blossom.<br />
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