Firebush Fitness & Fit to Dance 2

Firebush is a nonprofit organization with a mission that allows health and fitness professionals to give back to the community by providing safe, high-quality health and fitness classes at no charge to the elderly or anyone with mobility challenges in fitness unserved or underserved communities.

Since March 2020, Firebush free virtual classes have been offered with a national expansion. Our class attendance has grown from 8 participants in March 2020 to 1, 000+ registered participants, thanks to support from our community businesses and organizations like AARP Central Florida and the University of Florida Orange County Extension Office. For details on our virtual classes, visit our schedule at: https://firebushfreefitness.timetap.com. To learn more about us, visit our website at: https://firebush.or

My name is Gloria Harris. My passion is senior fitness. Let’s pass over my 40-year administrative and fitness experience to the establishment and growth of my passion into businesses.

In 2014, after teaching fitness in several gyms and fitness studios since the mid-80s, I concluded that I’d have to design a fitness format exclusively for adult seniors. That conclusion was the catalyst that opened my eyes to teaching and training others to be qualified senior fitness instructors. With a lot of research and planning, I established Fit to Dance 2 (FtD2) in 2016 as a recruitment, training, and fitness placement service; and in 2017, I founded Firebush Nonprofit. My 40+ years of human resources and fitness certification experiences were extremely valuable in the development, kick-off, and execution of the businesses, which ensures that our fitness instructors are equipped to lead seniors in a group fitness class. Today, Firebush / Fit to Dance 2 has helped over 1,000 registered seniors, providing virtual classes nationally and community in-person classes in Central and South Florida