No One Can Stop Me But Me!

No one can stop me but me!

The story of Underground Arena started in May of 2013 when my girlfriend and I visited my high school gym, which I liked so much because of the people and positive atmosphere that filled it. So, I decided to recreate that kind of atmosphere and started Underground Arena.

In October of 2013 we opened the door, and, in 8 months, we achieved way more than my original vision. We created a place that people looked forward to going to, where they reached new limits and experienced indescribable euphoria. More importantly, they gained a feeling of unity and togetherness without the feeling of being observed through a narrow lens. We created a place where equality radiated.

After returning from a week-long seminar in February of 2014, something special happened. I received a list of stories from people that were visiting Underground Arena, which left me astonished and at a loss for words. Everyone’s life was changed in some way or another; however, all of them in different manners. For me, the most important thing that I can achieve is to make others feel self-confident and appreciated.

Even though I received this awesome reinforcement for my work from my clients, I felt that I still wasn’t doing enough. I wanted to spread positive energy and a feeling of confidence and hope to more people. Those people who are struggling day to day are whom I want to focus on to encourage them to keep living happily.

To start helping people who truly need it, I began organizing outdoor charity boot camp sessions for the general public. The first of such boot camps took place in March of 2014 and we had 10 people attend. Although small in numbers, the amount of enthusiasm made up for that and motivated me in the process.

All the money that was collected on the registering fees was given to a regular individual who suffered from an incurable disease. When we all saw him excited to be at the boot camp and noticed that he wasn’t even paying attention to his disability, he gave us an unbelievable amount of energy, fueling our passion.

In the end, the family did not take home a big sum of money, however, they brought home something much more valuable, the feeling that someone cared about them and what happened to them, something that can’t be measured by dollar signs. They are now aware that people do exist who won’t turn their backs on them. From that point on, I decided to actively create this boot camp monthly.

I want to help collect more funds for these kids and their families that have found themselves in unfortunate situations. This was the driving force behind why I started my own charity foundation, Train and Help.

This foundation will help me gain trustworthy partners and also increase my ability to collect funds for the families who need them. The vision is to organize a massive, monthly boot camp session while creating an unforgettable atmosphere and a sense of belonging to something bigger than us.

I started a crowdfunding campaign (igg.me/at/undergroundarena) through IndieGoGo platform, and our goal is to raise enough money in order to register the Train and Help organization as a charity foundation and also rent equipment and space for the first couple boot camp sessions.

It is a great opportunity for us to effectively help and provide the encouragement these people need in order to keep fighting their day-to-day struggle. We are here to make sure that their lives will be filled with as much happiness as possible.

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