{"id":4890,"date":"2020-10-14T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:27:12","slug":"tec-gives-back-to-police-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/tec-gives-back-to-police-department\/","title":{"rendered":"TEC gives back to police department"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After supporting other entities in town, TEC Gymnastics gave back to the Madera Police Department with gift cards and an outdoor party.<\/p>

\u201cI try to give back to the community all the time,\u201d said Tammi Britton, TEC Gymnastics owner.<\/p>

In the past, she has supported the fire department and other essential businesses and said it was the police department\u2019s turn.<\/p>

\u201cOver COVID, we took dinners to the fire department,\u201d she said. \u201cWe also served some essential businesses. We just donated stuff for Sugar Pine Smokehouse for the evacuees. We hadn\u2019t hit the police department, yet. We did a lunch for a group that was training everybody in first aid and CPR.\u201d<\/p>

On Thursday, Britton, along with parents and gymnasts that go her gym, presented 69 $10 gift cards to every Madera Police officer.<\/p>

The gymnasts presented each of the officers their gift and thanked them for what they did.<\/p>

\u201cIt was so much fun when we presented it to them,\u201d Britton said. \u201cThe kids made cards and wanted to thank each of them. A bunch of girls made cookies. We weren\u2019t expecting that. It was super fun. The kids tumbled for them.\u201d<\/p>

In fact, the officers enjoyed their time with the gymnasts that when it came time for a group picture, Britton told her girls to do a handstand and one of the officers joined in.<\/p>

\u201cI told them that I wanted to take a picture of all of them,\u201d Britton said. \u201cOne of the officers said they could do a handstand and I put him in the middle. It was so awesome. That was best thing ever. It was a really good thing for the kids, for sure.\u201d<\/p>

In addition, Britton has also done a couple of other activities to help out the community. One of the things she is the head of is a tree sapling drive to help replant the Sierra National Forest after the Creek Fire.<\/p>

\u201cWe just launched it (the sapling drive) district-wide Friday morning,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m already getting a lot of responses. There\u2019s a pizza place that will give the staff a pizza part for the school that raises the most money. People are asking to go help plant the trees. However, usually the forest service plants the trees. We\u2019re going to ask if we can go up and plant some. I want the kids to do that. The athletes are also going to scatter wildflower seeds. That won\u2019t be until early spring. The fire has to get over and get past the winter. It\u2019s a way down the road. We had to do it because it\u2019s on people\u2019s mind. We\u2019re putting up another banner at Lowe\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>

Another thing that Britton kick started was a \u201cTootsie Roll Challenge,\u201d in which her physical education department at Madera South High School posted a video to social media to challenge other departments to have fun while making a music video.<\/p>

\u201cMorale is so bad because everything is online,\u201d Britton said. \u201cI was going absolutely nuts. I\u2019m not a tech person. We didn\u2019t ever have to do it in PE. When it came time for doing all this stuff, I was losing it. I thought, let\u2019s do something fun for morale. We came up with our video. We\u2019re challenging everybody. Now people are doing it. They told us this was the first time they\u2019ve laughed since school started. It was so much fun. We\u2019re already planning a second one.\u201d<\/p>

Matilda Torres High School\u2019s physical education department posted their own video in response. Madera South\u2019s history department posted their music video and Britton also knew Pershing Elementary was doing one, as well as Madera South\u2019s English department.<\/p>

\u201cOur video has been seen from Chicago and Washington,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s been fun. We\u2019ve asked our administration to do one.\u201d<\/p>

She even went over to Torres to thank them for doing a video, although the Torres teachers had other thoughts.<\/p>

\u201cWe went over to Torres after they put theirs up to give them a bag of Tootsie Rolls and a thank you card because they responded,\u201d she said. \u201cThey wouldn\u2019t come outside because they thought we were going to get them with Silly String.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cThere\u2019s so much going on, I\u2019m going crazy,\u201d Britton said.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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