John and John became best friends through their training and travels with gymnastics. They have combined their passion for the sport and their desire to give back to younger gymnasts by joining forces for Flip Fest.
We had the honor of being a part of the 16th Annual St. Jude's Benefit Meet this past weekend in Peoria, IL. It is an amazing competition that has raised 100's of thousands of dollars for St. Jude's Childrens Hospital. St. Jude's does amazing things for chidren that have been stricken with very challenging diseases. We had a chance to catch up with Morgan Rathke, a Rising Stars gymnast and St. Jude's patient, who's family was helped tremendously by St. Judes. Morgan is doing great and she is back in the gym working out.. It was great seeing you Morgan.
It was also great to see all the other athletes this past weekend, many of which were past Flip Fest campers. Congratulations on a great competiton and start to the season. We also had a chance to hangout with Carly Patterson. She was there to sign autographs and mingle with the gymnasts. She did a great job and looked great. We can't wait to see you back at camp Carly. We are working right now on trying to schedule her for a couple weeks this summer.
It was good to see a lot of familiar faces as well, including camp clown, I mean camp entertainer, Randy Parrish. Randy is still the man. No one can tear up a dance floor, and tear a hamstring, quite like Randy. He is excited and getting ready for our second great summer at Lake Frances.
John & John will be at the Flip Fest Invitational in Knoxville this weekend. We are doing a lot of traveling in the next couple months so keep an eye out for us, If you see us, please come up nd say hi.