R.E.D: We wear Red on Fridays

We wear red on Fridays. We wear red to Remember Everyone Deployed (R.E.D). A small gesture that means so much more than people realize.

Wearing red on Fridays became a tradition at Prototype a few years ago and candidly, I didn’t know the origin story until recently (if you want to read it here it is!).

But the inspiration behind why I wanted our community to participate was because of my frequent trips to fellow affiliate, Upper Cape CrossFit.

One Friday morning I dropped into a workout at UCCF. Before I left to go, my mother in law said: “Mike, make sure to wear a red shirt, it’s Red Shirt Friday!”. My first thought was, “why red?” Then I looked at what her red shirt said: “Remember Everyone Deployed” (R.E.D). I then thought, wow, what an amazing way to show unity and gratitude for the brave men and women protecting our freedom.

Shortly after, our team made the decision to participate.

We announced going forward on Fridays we would wear red. It doesn’t matter if it’s a shirt or tank top and if you don’t have a redshirt or tank to wear something red.

Community and honoring our servicemen and women is incredibly important to us at Prototype. It’s the least we can do to support them!

So every Friday going forward, we will wear red to Remember Everyone Deployed. 

To honor those heroes oversees and that have given the ultimate sacrifice.

If you’re a member at Prototype (whether a tenured member or new to our community), set a reminder every Friday to wear red.

And if you’re reading this and you’re not a member at Prototype, it’s not hard to show your support for the troops.

Just wear something red on Friday.

If you want to take your support deeper, honor a fallen serviceman or woman with a Hero WOD, volunteer, raise money for an organization that supports our heroes or you can simply just thank a veteran for all that they’ve done.

Remember Everyone Deployed

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