I urge you all to come out for The Work Out for Demitry today, Sunday September 28 from 12-3pm. Tights and leotard are optional.

The region’s finest instructors in spinning, yoga, pilates, hip hop cardio, interval training and zumba dance will donate their skill and time for an awesome group work out. Work out space has been donated by the top flight gym Rock Creek Sports Club in Silver Spring. Fortifying refreshments will be provided by Kirsten Shippey of Kirsten’s Café and Red Dog Café. 100% of your donation of $40 will go directly to Demitrius Behram-Farley, son of Jillian Behram and the late Jason Farely.

If you come in complete 1980s attire, not just a headband but the whole getup, I will donate an additional $40. Because not only do I like helping out a friend in need, I like blatantly laughing at my friends too.

And no one needs a good laugh more than Jillian. As you may have read here previously, her fiancé and father of 16 month-old Demitry was killed in a motorcycle accident. Now raising her son unexpectedly on her own, Jillian needs the help of her community, and the work out is a fun, healthy, pro-active way to help her son and lift her spirits.

Participating fitness instructors include Kim Teri, Hyam Hosny, Rachel Cobbs, Judith Jankowski, Ricia Werner and event organizer and trainer Rachel Posell. Participants can come and do as much or as little of the workout as they like. Participants not able to attend can elect to “Skip the Work Out for Demity” and simply donate to Demitry’s care.

Event organizer, trainer and fellow mother Rachel Posell says, “When tragedy strikes a member of our community, we feel powerless and want to do something to help. At The Work Out for Demitry, we can all truly do something to help this young family, as well as have a good time and a great work out.”

What: The Work Out for Demitry
When: Sunday, September 28 from 12-3pm
Where: Rock Creek Sports Club, 8325 Grubb Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Map
Cost: $40 per person. All proceeds directly benefit Demitry Behram-Farley
Why: Get a great work out with the help of the DC region’s top instructors, and help a mother and child in our community in need in the face of tragedy

For further information or to sign up as a sponsor, please call Rachel Posell at (202) 329-6762 or e-mail rachel@posell.com.

I really look forward to seeing you guys there! Thanks.

Photo credit: George Tiedemann/Time Life Pictures, Getty Images