I'm Joy from Canada! I am 31 years old, and I have been involved in cheerleading since 7th grade.... I actually didn't make my middle school team the first year I tried out because I wasnt popular enough haha!!! I coached high school for 7 years, then coached the all star team at a local gymnastics club for 1.5 years, then left and went on my own! I own my own gym now, East Coast Spirit, and we are in our 5th season. (The gym will have its 5th birthday just 6 days after my youngest son turns 5!!! Yes,,, I opened a gym 9 months pregnant lolol) This fall, I took over another program in a city about an hr away so I now have two locations that I run myself, and a sister location in another province that a friend of mine runs. I never ever intended on running a huge program, or getting into multiple locations or this being as huge as it has become.... I just wanted kids to have the chance to cheer at affordable prices and be able to travel and experiece more then a school team could give... and things kinda snowballed!! haha We have been to worlds once in 2007, won Canadian Naitonals last May, have one of our athletes on Team Canada this year and things jsut keep getting better and better!
People on the board always think I am a cheer mom because my name is spiritmama on here... spirit for my gym, mama for my 2 sons! :)
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