Health and Fitness
Committed to creating a healthier Mid-South, the Memphis Grizzlies aim to increase access to health and fitness options, educating individuals about healthy life choices and inspiring individuals to make healthy decisions. In 2013, the Memphis Grizzlies became the first and only sports team to win the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition.
Girls Summit
The Girls Summit presented by Nike, introduces young women to career opportunities available through competitive sports with hand-on demonstrations and panel discussions. The event exposes girls to a range of movement, non-traditional and traditional sports clinics with hands-on demonstrations and panel discussions with former and current professional athletes.
Girls Summit 2024
Each March, the Memphis Grizzlies hosts its annual Girls Summit presented by Nike. In its sixth year, with the support of the Women’s Foundation of Greater Memphis, approximately 200 middle school girls spent the day sampling both traditional sports and non-traditional sports. This year’s experiences included Basketball, Cheer, Volleyball, and Soccer. Nike facilitated a sports bra fitting station to take a moment that can be uncomfortable for some young girls and turn it into a moment of empowerment. The girls also had the opportunity to engage in a panel discussion led by various female personalities to encourage them to embrace their unique paths and be the best version of themselves in both sports and life.
Grizz Fuel
GrizzFuel educates youth on how to make proper decisions about their healthy habits with nutrition. It provides hands-on engagement that allows them to see and demonstrate the correlation between proper foods with increased energy levels, moods and improved immune systems and weight loss from the choices they make in their daily lives.
GrizzFuel Cooking Demo
The Memphis Grizzlies offer MSCS students the opportunity to take part in interactive culinary demonstrations. Various Grizzlies personalities join MSCS Nutrition Services team as they lead 30-minute cooking demonstrations. The students are taught the importance of health & wellness and are shown how food is grown; and how it fuels your body to live a better life mentally and physically.
GrizzFuel Cooking Competition
The Memphis Grizzlies host an annual cooking competition which consist of teams of MSCS high school students who create meals that are judged on appearance, taste, nutritional value, and cost effectiveness. The winning team's meal will be placed on the Memphis Shelby County Schools lunch menu for the following school year. In addition, the winning team’s school will be given a stipend to further their culinary program.
GrizzFit
GrizzFit is a “no-experience necessary” fitness program, designed to introduce students to different forms of physical exercise while educating and challenging them to make healthier choices in their everyday lives. The Memphis Grizzlies will host a series of GrizzFit sessions in Shelby County throughout the academic year to combat lack of access to affordable physical activity opportunities. GrizzFit features three, 10-minute workouts that may include a body weight workout, yoga/meditation, dance, or any other exercise to promote access to exercise without barriers.
