Obesity Help TN Forum Christmas Party

We had our Obesity Help, Tenn. Forum Christmas Party the other night and what fun it was! All together, we had 13 weight loss surgery patients. We have lost 1526 pounds! WOW, what a remarkable event!

This is a pretty big gathering for us. We even had people come to Nashville from the Gatlinburg area of East TN, that's about a 4 hour drive just to party! Anyway, we had fun. There were several new people who showed, as well as some old friends that we got to reconnect with.

One of the highlights of the evening was a presentation of a check to Joel Malone. Joel is a Professor at Middle Tennessee State University. He has a heart for students with weight problems and really goes out of his way to help them. One of the ways he attempts to help is through an organization that he and his wife have put together called Shape IQ. They go into strength training using the resistant bands that are so popular. Now to get to the point, Joel applied for a grant from the Walk From Obesity for his Shape IQ organization. We had the privilege of awarding him with a check for $5000 this evening! We were just glad that he was able to attend our event!

Click on the picture with the red ornament to see the slide show of pictures that I took!

Hope you enjoy!