My Successful School Bus Pull

“Kids cannot learn, grow, and excel without having their basic hunger met.”

The line above is taken from my “victory speech” after successfully pulling a 28,000 lb. school bus approximately 50 ft. on a uphill grade in Yonge-Dundas Square this past Saturday.

“Nutrition is the foundation of all health and fitness. Nutrition is the foundation for success.” I continued.

My school bus pull was intended to raise money and awareness for The Toronto Foundation For Student Success, an organization which helps provide healthy breakfasts to over 90,000 Toronto students each school day.

In Toronto, 1 in 3 kids live in poverty, which means that almost half go to school on an empty stomach. In some areas, that number is more than half, and fully another third do not eat lunch either! In Toronto! This is not a third world country. The problem of student hunger is widespread in our city and threatens our communities.

Check out video of Conor’s bus pull on The SUN website!

“You can overcome. You can be and do more than what people expect. You don’t have to fall into anyone else’s plan for your life. Whatever you can conceive in your mind, and believe in your heart, you can achieve. I just proved it! Don’t let anyone tell you different!”

It’s amazing how well people listen to you when you’ve just finished pulling a bus!

What the Toronto Foundation For Student Success does is just help us to help less fortunate young members of our community to have the same basic opportunity to learn, grow, and excel, which many of us take for granted.

Thanks very much to all of you for your generous support! We don’t have all the numbers confirmed as of yet, but early reports suggest we exceeded our $15,000 goal!

Thanks to our sponsors: Evolution Fitness, Red Juice Media, Telehop, Quiznos, Flip Video, Zip Car, the [clinic], Top Form Fitness, Florida Jack’s, The Whole Foods Market, and more!

Thanks to all the great entertainment acts, Magician Dan Trommater, and musical acts The Times, Najuah, and Shalli. Also, can’t forget our guests, our provincial strongman competitors and the lovely Talia Russo.

And a special thank you to our amazing co-hosts CP24′s Amber Payie and ET Canada’s Rick Campanelli!

Check out our photo album here.

Get a full event wrap up at www.pullingforthehungry.com and you can still pledge online if haven’t had a chance to yet! It’s not too late!

Thanks very much everyone for your support. I’m so happy with the way everything turned out!

Conor Kelly
EVOLUTION FITNESS – PERSONAL TRAINERS TORONTO
(416) 220-7883