TAMPA, Fla. — Regan O’Brian loves to see her gymnastics students conquer a new ability.

“Oh it is so gratifying, becoming capable to see them make these improvements, it is so fascinating,” O’Brian mentioned.

She began coaching for CAN-DO Sports about a year ago.

The non-profit tends to make gymnastics far more very affordable for households who may well not be capable to afford it otherwise. 

O’Brian is now providing back, coaching the subsequent generation.

What You Want To Know

• In Tampa, a non profit referred to as CAN-DO Sports has helped thousands of children and households. 
• CAN-DO incorporates two facilities and numerous sports, like a dance system. 
• Gymnastics, softball, basketball, rowing and dance applications are supplied. 

“It implies so a lot to me for the reason that I utilised to do it so becoming capable to share the really like with that and be capable to make it up to what I utilised to really like it as.”

As a senior, O’Brian is in her final year competing. 

She began with CAN-DO at six years old and its taught her capabilities far beyond gymnastics.

“I often want to retain going, I often want to do this and I believe, CAN-DO and the sport of gymnastics helped me with that — you can stick with it, you can do it, no matter what takes place, you got it,” O’Brian mentioned.

CAN-DO’s executive director, Mary Campanello has observed numerous athletes like O’Brian advantage from the system, which started in 1993. 

“We’re actually capable to assistance scholarship children, we by no means turn a kid away that can not afford it, we come across a way to assistance them, we have lots of volunteers that assistance make our system thriving,” Campanello mentioned.

She knows 1st-hand how life-altering it can be, Campanello was when a student herself. 

“Growing up, I’m the oldest of 5 siblings so getting a competitive and very affordable system was really complicated at the time, our programming with our collaboration with the city of Tampa enables us to provide competitive and high quality applications for a third of the expense,” Campanello explained.

CAN-DO now incorporates two facilities and numerous sports, like a dance system. 

“We grew from 1 fitness center more than at Wayne Papy to an additional fitness center more than right here at New Tampa and now we provide other sports with our Group Tampa household with gymnastics, softball, basketball and rowing,” Campanello mentioned.

Generating sports accessible to several households across Tampa Bay, and for several athletes like O’Brian, it becomes a component of their life forever. 

By means of coaching, she desires to make confident everybody has the likelihood she had.

“I hope that they often stay in really like with gymnastics no matter exactly where their journey requires them, I hope they often come across their really like with it, I hope they leave with obtaining the very best teammates in the planet, and obtaining the very best encounter they can for the reason that I know that is what I’m leaving with,” O’Brian mentioned.

As the name suggests, CAN-DO is providing athletes self-assurance they can obtain their dreams.