Cheer UP Athletics Profiled in RI Parent Magazine

"It is one thing to be a parent, shuttling children dutifully to and fro, writing checks for uniforms, registration fees, and special shoes. It is totally another to build, from the ground up, an all-star cheerleading gym from literally nothing, after your child's existing cheer gym suddenly closes.

"Most would wince at the idea, claiming no expert knowledge of the sport. Most of us would shrug our shoulders and move our child to another gym or possibly onto a new activity altogether.

"But when dad and owner of LOPCO Contracting, Tom Lopatosky, learned his daughter Tamara's gym was in the process of folding, he sprang quickly into action. This Classical High School graduate and small business owner knew nothing about running a cheer gym, had no idea how to prepare for a competition, or organize athletes to cheer, but was so motivated by his daughter and her friends from the gym's love for cheer and cheering together, that he could not sit back and watch it all end."

A recent article in Rhode Island Parent Magazine profiled both son Tom's adventure into the competitive cheerleading world and the Cheer UP Athletics offerings for interested children and their parents.

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Rhode Island Parent Magazine: Competitive Cheer (September 2017)