South Charlotte Weekly

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Health & Wellness Issue

The makings of a champion

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Serving The Arboretum, Ballantyne, Blakeney and SouthPark communities Volume 13, Number 40 • Oct. 3 to 9, 2014

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Jumping into Pineville by Ryan Pitkin ryan@thecharlotteweekly.com

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The Charlotte Checkers (above) and families (right) enjoy the grand opening of Sky Zone Charlotte. Photos courtesy of Brian Spicker

A new business officially jumped into Pineville on Saturday, Sept. 27, as Sky Zone Charlotte Indoor Trampoline Park held its grand opening. Charlottearea residents who attended the event hopped alongside Chick-fil-A cows, local firefighters and other person-

alities. The park has been open to visitors since Sept. 14, but Saturday marked the business’s official welcome to residents of Charlotte and surrounding areas. Indoor trampoline parks are a growing trend around the country, with Sky Zone leading the way by leaps and bounds. There are expected to be 100 Sky Zone parks nationwide by the year’s end, with the closest competitor, Sky High Sports, currently at 17 parks. “We invented indoor trampolining,” said (see Sky Zone on page 10)

Going pink for Cindy’s Hope Chest by Josh Whitener josh@thecharlotteweekly.com

Cindy Summers has spent the past four years reaching out to local women with breast cancer through her organization, Cindy’s Hope Chest. health & Community members wellness will have the opportunity to pitch in this weekend to help Summers fulfill her mission to provide

products, services and financial support to women battling breast cancer. Suite nightclub, located at 210 E. Trade St. in uptown Charlotte, is dedicating its Oct. 3 Fundraiser Friday to Cindy’s Hope Chest in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The fundraiser takes place from 9:30 to 11 p.m. and includes $3 “U Call It” drink specials for a $5 donation. Proceeds from the donations will benefit Cindy’s Hope Chest, which provides services, items, financial support and counseling to breast cancer patients and their

caregivers. Wakeelah Houston experienced Cindy’s Hope Chest services first hand when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in February. Houston was 21 weeks pregnant when she found out she had cancer, and a coworker who had volunteered with Cindy’s Hope Chest suggested Houston reach out to the organization. “I reached out to Cindy, and if she couldn’t do (what I needed), she would show me somebody that might (be able to help),” Houston said.

Houston, a single mom to a 7-year-old daughter, also was looking for a permanent place to live and was stretched thin as she received chemotherapy treatments during her pregnancy. Summers and other Cindy’s Hope Chest volunteers threw Houston a baby shower at one of the organization’s monthly lunch meetings, and the nonprofit also provided financial assistance for Houston’s down payment on her new place of residence. “That was a lot right there,” Houston said. (see Hope Chest on page 5)

INDEX: News Briefs, 6; Crime Blotter, 7; Education, 13; Arts, 17; Calendar, 19; Culinary, 20; Sports, 22; Classifieds, 27


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