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Be Resilient!
Welcome to Wellness!
Finish Strong Wellness Center is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that serves youth and young people in the City of Poughkeepsie. The goal of Finish Strong is to increase youth and young people's physical, social and emotional well-being by creating supportive conditions that allow participants to build resiliency, self-determination, and achieve their full potential. Our program is built on The National Wellness Institute’s Six Dimensions of Wellness:
- Physical: A healthy body through exercise, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle choices.
- Emotional: The ability to identify, express, and regulate feelings while being aware and respectful others feelings.
- Social: Connecting and interacting with others, building healthy relationships, and contributing to our communities.
- Intellectual: Engagement with the world through learning, problem-solving, creativity, and play.
- Vocational: Mastery of skills, goal setting and achievement, and self-direction
- Spiritual: Developing a positive racial and ethnic identity, and finding meaning and purpose in one's life.
Finish Strong Program Components:
Physical
- non-contact boxing lessons
- group recreational activities
- healthy lifestyle development
Emotional
- emotional processing and regulation skill building
- stress reduction and support
Social
- healthy relationship modeling
- mentoring and social support
- community activities
Intellectual
- activities to build problem solving and goal setting skills
- projects to spark creativity
Vocational
- academic supplementation
- job readiness skill development
- college and career planning
Spiritual
- racial identity development
- community activities to build inclusion and opportunity
Why Non-Contact Boxing?
Non-contact boxing is effective and fun way to help young people gain confidence and break down barriers allowing for honest communication. As youth focus on physical activity, such as hitting a punch bag, they relax, drop their guard and open up. Exercise clears the mind and creates a positive learning state, creating a welcoming environment for open discussion, socio-emotional skill building, and relationship development. Exercise changes brain chemistry which reduces stress, anxiety and depression. Our non-contact boxing sessions have proven to be effective at helping youth identify, process and manage their emotions by providing a physical release in a safe, controlled environment. Non-contact boxing sessions also teach young people important skills they can use outside of the ring, such as the importance of perseverance, discipline, self-respect and finishing strong.
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