First annual spin for the Mid-Ohio Food Bank

I know this gets redundant – but I’m not going to stop saying this. I am truly so blessed and lucky in so many ways.

Yesterday I had the honor of participating in the first annual ride for the Mid-Ohio Food Bank. Nationwide Insurance recently added a spin studio and held a 2 hour class on Friday morning, where you made a minimum donation of $20 and could ride for up to 2 hours. All proceeds went to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank.

It was a great event. The class was full – 18 participants, we all spun for the 2 hours, and each of us were able to help contribute, at least in a small way, to helping fight hunger in central Ohio.

Sure I spun my little legs out. Yes it was physically challenging. But at no point did I even consider quitting. I used the time on the bike to reflect and think about how fortunate I am to never be hungry and to have the petty problems in life that I do (waiting for machines at the gym, losing electricity for an hour – all seems pretty unimportant). The pain or soreness of spinning pales in comparison to what a life of hunger must be like. I can’t and won’t even try to imagine.

Spinning for MOFB before the sun came up!

I hope next year to be able to blog about more events like this held at Nationwide. I hope other companies utilize their resources and are able to make an impact, big or small in the community. I feel honored to work for Nationwide, blessed to be in the situation I am, and hopeful that one day, maybe not too far off in the future, that statistics show hunger decreasing in America.

Check it out – the statistics are shocking:
http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america.aspx

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