New gyms in Clarence, Derby cater to all kids – including those with special needs – Buffalo News

August 22, 2016 | In:

Jessica and Jeffrey Sills have walked similar paths since their days as high school sweethearts.

They graduated together from Lake Shore High School, married and blazed careers working with children – Jeffrey as a physical education teacher at John T. Waugh Elementary School, Jessica as a speech-language pathologist who provided home visits for Erie 2 BOCES and the Lake Shore school district.

The Derby couple, both 33, became vegans together, had two daughters – Camila, 4, and Olivia, 3 – then turned their attention toward what they’d discovered on the job was a community need: a gym for all kids, regardless of their needs.

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