Become Victorious

Victory is a strong word that brings great pride. Whether the pride is felt by an individual, team or a nation.
To be victorious is to be the be the best you could have ever been and at that moment, when you feel victory, is when you are unstoppable, untouchable, and even invincible.
So how do you take an entire nation and make them feel proud, proud to be a part of something, something bigger than themselves. How do you UNITE a country? how do you UNITE a community? How do you gain the trust and support of your community?
To build something and make it prideful is challenging, you have to somehow gain the support of those people around you and get them to believe that the things you are doing, or that you are doing as a group of people is what needs to happen.
Invictus is a movie that inspires a nation to take pride in their country and to believe in something as one. They are brought together over a game. A nation becomes a inspired, prideful, united nation. They became a community over a rugby game.


"We need inspiration Francois, because in order to build our nation, we must all exceed our own expectation." - Nelson Mandella

Sometimes, to unite people you need to think in different ways and think outside the box in order to get support from people. This movie relates to recreation and community development because it was a challenge that this nation faced, becoming "one" as people. And they were united over a team that they rallied around. A game is a simple thing, but it brings people together. It gives us a reason to socialize, to compete and most importantly it gives us a reason to believe.
Communities need to develop in a similar way because the people who are involved in the community who are trying to make it better need to gain the support of their "nation", otherwise known as their supporters.
This is not a simple task and it never will be simple to gain the trust and pride in something, everyone needs to be willing to contribute and let themselves be led as well as be leaders of their own. As Nelson Mandella said we must all exceed our own expectations, in order to build a prideful nation.... to build a prideful community.

Leduc County - Facility Enhancements

This article provides a description on how the community of Leduc and ACE are teaming up for the expansion and building an enhanced fitness facility in the high school in order to create a variety of uses as well as attract a diverse amount of peoples who can use and enjoy the facility.
As I understand it there is already an existing facility that is only used by the high school students and is only opened for the duration of the school day. This takes away from those who are working adults who enjoy leading a healthy lifestyle as well as young teenagers who are attending junior high school.
This is interesting to me because I am surprised that the fitness facility is so “off-limits” to the public. It is necessary for the Leduc county to be given an equal opportunity for fitness and experience leisure if they so wish. I believe this is a huge move for Leduc County and I hope that they are able to maintain the facility as a popular place to work-out and receive the interest in the facility that they are hoping for.  
I found it interesting in the article they mention the quality of life will hopefully improve for Leduc residents due to a healthier lifestyle. I believe that while the new facility will provide job opportunities it can also be used as a facility for community meetings, recreational activities, and several fitness classes and programs can be provided for these residents. Giving people an option to become healthy in a fitness facility is also a great way for the community to become more social and become stronger leaders that can communicate with each other for more options to improve their County and their community as a whole.

ACE is also planning of renovating the Thorsby Recreation Complex. This will include the purchase of new equipment through-out the Complex for the community members to utilize. The enhancement and revitalization of these two facilities will better the Leduc County as a whole because it will give those who use the facility the satisfaction that they are a part of their community and deserve to be recognized as that and use these facilities if they so wish.   

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