The Warrior Cats dance team performed the “Fancy Like” dance at the Woodstock Applebee’s.
Paying It Forward Through Fitness BY SUSAN BROWNING SCHULZ
Fitfully Forward founder, Laura Mikszan, with Special Olympics DanceSport Ambassador Louis Van Amstel. 22
TOWNELAKER | January 2022
As the founder and former owner of World of Gymnastics, Laura Mikszan spent her career focused on physical fitness. After selling her business, she decided to turn her attention to helping those less fortunate and founded the nonprofit Fitfully Forward. “Since I was a little girl, I remember having a burning desire to help others and make them feel good about themselves,” Mikszan said. “I launched Fitfully Forward with the sole purpose of improving the health and wellness of our community members. We center our efforts on the under-resourced, those who do not have access to facilities or resources — individuals with special needs, underprivileged children and families, the aging and veterans. We exist to ensure these populations receive opportunities for fitness and dance to improve overall health, physically, mentally and emotionally.”
