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The Stretch-n-Grow Story
Stretch-n-Grow, Inc. was established in Galveston, Texas in January 1992, and is now headquartered in Seminole (Tampa Bay), Florida. Founders Jill and Bob Manly, who are now joined in the Corporate Office by daughters Amanda Cannon and Caryn Burnier, planned to conduct classes on a local level only. Galveston provided a limited market base of approximately 30 child care facilities. By September, classes were being conducted in eleven of those schools, with an average class size of seventeen children, providing a gross income of approximately $750 per week.
Excitement over what we were doing resulted in requests from several people in other cities for more information. Their excitement and success prompted a trial advertising program which launched the Stretch-n-Grow "Affiliate Ownership Program." Within one year, our expansion reached into twenty- five major U.S. markets; and in June 1993, we became an "international influence" as we entered the Canadian market.
The simple concept of providing a comprehensive fitness program at an early, impressionable age grew quickly into an impressive network of dedicated, talented people with the common goal of building a successful organization that has a positive impact on the health and fitness of pre-school aged children nationwide.
There are now literally hundreds of thousands of Stretch-n-Grow "Stars" around the world learning to enjoy a healthy lifestyle while building a foundation of fitness and well-being. Pioneers in the fight against child obesity, Stretch-n-Grow continues to lead the way today.
Excitement over what we were doing resulted in requests from several people in other cities for more information. Their excitement and success prompted a trial advertising program which launched the Stretch-n-Grow "Affiliate Ownership Program." Within one year, our expansion reached into twenty- five major U.S. markets; and in June 1993, we became an "international influence" as we entered the Canadian market.
The simple concept of providing a comprehensive fitness program at an early, impressionable age grew quickly into an impressive network of dedicated, talented people with the common goal of building a successful organization that has a positive impact on the health and fitness of pre-school aged children nationwide.
There are now literally hundreds of thousands of Stretch-n-Grow "Stars" around the world learning to enjoy a healthy lifestyle while building a foundation of fitness and well-being. Pioneers in the fight against child obesity, Stretch-n-Grow continues to lead the way today.
¨Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.¨
-Proverbs 22:6
-Proverbs 22:6