Deadlift For Donuts: Let's lift up our community!

Hi! My name is Ben Cagle and I am the owner here at Peak Performance Strength + Fitness. This year we will be hosting our second annual “Deadlift for Donuts” a fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club here in Wasilla, Alaska.

Did you know Boys and Girls Club (who is a 501(c)(3) right here in Wasilla, serves over 150 kids daily and had over 450 kids registered last year! The Boys and Girls Club is always looking for ways to improve their facility and what they offer our future generations for physical activity. One of those key additions is providing the kids at outdoor playground! Yes, that’s right currently the club is without an outdoor playground. In a state and location where, outdoor time is so limited but provides so much for our mental and physical health, this playground is a much-needed addition.

So, who better to help than us! a local gym right down the road where our focus is to raise the standard and provide opportunities for all of us to invest in our physical health. And who to better do this for then our future generations.

Last year in our first ever event, we raised just over $8,000 with a matching anonymous donation, we were able to secure just over $16,000. But the work is not done and we have a bit more to raise to secure the needed funds.

This year our goal is to raise $12,000 for the Boys and Girls Club so they can finalize the funds needed to order the necessary equipment to start building an outdoor playground.

Over the course of the next 6 weeks, 25 members of our gym are going to go through specific program to train them for this event. Then on Saturday, February 22nd from 10am-noon, they are going to come in and see how much weight then can deadlift and celebrate with a celebratory donut from local bakery “Holy Moley Donuts”, just down the road on the Palmer Wasilla highway off the shores of Wasilla Lake.

How can you help? I am glad you asked! If you want to support one of our members in this event, you can donate in their name by submitting your donation through this GoFundMe link. Just mention whose name you are donating to for our record keeping. You can also make a general donation here, or you can come in on the day of the event, watch our members deadlift and donate at that time. Holey Moley donuts have been generous enough to donate some donuts that we will be available for purchase by donation as well.

Thank you for your time, and we hope that you can help us give back to our local community and our kids to give them a new opportunity to invest in their physical health!