News and Notes from the F3 Princeton AOs, and the F3 Nation
Shout Outs
📣 Shout Out to the PAX who traveled to F3 Morris for The Ward 4th Manniversary
📣 Shout Out to the PAX for Accelerate, Rucktober, Pinktober and stepping up to lead
Achilles Estavillo (SideOut/JabJab/Scorpion King)
I want to take a moment to recognize and THANK all the PAX who continue to show up, step up, and make a difference!
ACCELERATE CAMPAIGN: Thanks to the generosity of our PAX, we raised an amazing $2,148 — and that doesn’t even include the matching contributions from PAX companies! Your generosity and commitment to making an impact are truly inspiring.
RUCKTOBER: Thank you to everyone who participated, put in the miles, carried the weight, and embraced the challenge. You showed what perseverance, brotherhood, and commitment look like.
PINKTOBER: Thank you to everyone who wore pink, showed support, and helped bring awareness to an important cause. Every small act helps make a bigger impact.
LEADERSHIP: Thank you to those who have already stepped up, those who have committed to stepping up, and those who continue to fulfill their leadership responsibilities. Leadership isn’t just about wearing the title; it’s about taking action, serving others, and inspiring those around you. We see you, and we appreciate you!
DECEMBER CHARITY BALL: We are still looking for PAX to sign up and take on assignments to help make our Charity Ball a success. This is another opportunity to step up, contribute, and make a difference. Don’t wait for someone else to raise their hand!
MOVEMBER! November brings our next challenge: the MOVEMBER MERKIN CHALLENGE! It’s time to grow those mustaches, embrace the challenge, and keep the momentum going. Let’s see who is ready to step up!
PAX, the impact we make isn’t measured only by dollars raised, miles rucked, or challenges completed. It’s measured by the lives we touch, the causes we support, and the commitment we show to one another and our community.
Keep showing up. Keep stepping up. Keep leading. Keep making a difference.
Thank you for making this brotherhood something bigger than ourselves!
BE ALL IN.
Peace.
SideOut
📣 Shout Out and Happy 50th Birthday to Rolling Stones!
Not a Rolling Stones song but still R-E-S-P-E-C-T to Rolling Stones. Happy 50th bday. Thanks for your brotherhood and leadership.
Achilles Estavillo (SideOut/JabJab/Scorpion King)
The birthday boy also took the Q at The Rising on Wednesday.
📣 Shout Out to SideOut and Black Hole for an impromptu Battle Buddies at Brick House Tavern
Thirsty First Thursday Fellowship turned out to be Battle Buddies with Patrick Chow (Black Hole) at Brick House Tavern. Fun conversations…
Achilles Estavillo (SideOut/JabJab/Scorpion King)
📣 Shout Out and Welcome to FNG Scott, who joined 7 PAX at The Ruck on the Canal on Friday, November 6, with Q Cyclone. Rain, mud, headlamps and fellowship in the storm. Welcome, brother!
📣 Shout Out to the 17 PAX who have logged 8,119 merkins in week one of the Movember Merkin Challenge!
Leading the board: Mushi (Forklift) 1,655, Scoop 810, Black Hole 761, IPA 700 and ScarU 620. Also putting in work: SideOut, Walden, Grassy Knoll, The Machine, Zelda, Knight2F3, Launchpad, Splinter, Cruiser, Freestyle, Dick Clark and Stingray.
Pick Up the 6
If you or a PAX could use support, prayers, encouragement, or practical help, reach out to the SLT. We’ve got you.
This week’s schedule & Qs
Primary Announcements
Movember Merkin Challenge: NJ vs. the Capital
F3 Princeton is repping New Jersey against the Capital all Movember. After week one, 17 PAX have logged 8,119 merkins toward a combined goal of 28,900. Add your name to the Princeton Merkin Tracker, set a monthly goal and log your daily totals. ScarU rolls our weekly total into the NJ state count.
Happy Movember! Here’s some information for the Movember Merkin Challenge. NJ vs. the Capital – Please sign up!
Marc Rubenstein (ScarU)
1. Please sign up and participate with daily merkins on this google spreadsheet (this is only for F3 Princeton or friends of F3 Princeton), enter a goal for the month and then your daily totals. At the end of every week I will enter our weekly total as a group into the NJ State Spreadsheet.
2. Grow a stache’, goatee or beard if you would like to help bring awareness to Movember and Men’s Health issues such as suicide, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
3. Fundraise if you would like (optional): you can ask family and friends to donate to all the great charities Movember supports. We will only have one NJ fundraising page so there is no need to set up your own: NJ Movember Fundraising Page
Give a HC if you are in for this challenge! Any questions? Message me. Thanks for your support. 💪
AI & Business Networking Dinner – Tuesday, November 10
The bi-weekly dinner meetup for conversation about AI, careers and business is open-door, so bring a coworker or friend. RSVP on Partiful for the time and place, and join the #ai-and-networking-dinner channel in Slack.
Next Tuesday our dinner meetup
Mushi Like Sushi (Forklift) Bhuiyan
https://partiful.com/e/UfLCOEmisF4OW8uwYchy?c=N3UHXvFW
Tricity StepUp Challenge – Through November 15
Join the West Windsor StepUp challenge, running November 2 to 15, and bring your family along.
Brothers, Just a reminder — please join and have yours join this StepUp challenge or Merkins or both and share the joy of fitness with all — westwindsortwp.gov/news_detail_T21_R259.php
Rolling Stones
Run Central Park with The Frontier – Sunday, November 15
F3 The Frontier is heading into NYC for a run in Central Park, and Princeton PAX are welcome. The clown car leaves The Frontier at 7:00 AM.
Princetonians! The Frontier is heading into NYC on Sunday 11/15 for a run in Central Park. You are more than welcome to join! Please DM me or text me (number is on the flyer) if you’re interested.
Dan Opperthauser (Pebbles)
We are clowncar-ing from The Frontier at 7am if you wanted to get in on that.
Third Thirsty Thursday – November 19
Third Thirsty Thursday is our next recurring 2nd F social. Keep an eye on Slack for the location and hard commits as details firm up.
Trinity Church Turkey Trot – Thanksgiving, November 26
Register to run the Thanksgiving 5k, or text Dick Clark to volunteer with F3 at 7:00 AM. All proceeds go to Arm-In-Arm relief programs.
Thanksgiving 5k fundraiser and F3 volunteer opportunity: The Trinity Church Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving day is a great 5k with all proceeds going to the Arm-In-Arm relief programs (nothing goes to the church).
Dick Clark
Register to run, or text me to do some fun volunteering at 7am on Thanksgiving. We raise over $50k annually for struggling neighbors from registrations.
https://www.trinityturkeytrot.org
Charity Ball at the Mercer Boathouse – December 5
Sign up now and consider helping organize.
Please sign up! Dec 5th! Mercer Boathouse! We NEED you to make this event a success! To celebrate the brotherhood, the good things we have done in the community and raise funds for a worthy charity, (to be announced soon). Please do not wait, as we need commitments to pull this off. This will be a great way to celebrate each other, the holiday season and do some more good in the community. Food will be great, the location is fantastic and the DJ will be spinning good tunes! Here is the sign up list! Goal is to get 100 people, current PAX, former PAX, friends, spouses, supporters. Let’s do this together and start a new tradition at F3 Princeton. Thanks divesh for making this flyer and Machine for taking a lead! We could use more men to help organize this event. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AGZmbiSPOZ3…/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Marc Rubenstein (ScarU)
Battle Buddies
Find your match, meet up, and send in a photo for the running Battle Buddies album.
1st F – Fitness
🚨 Beatdown Safety Reminders 🚨
Is the disclaimer given before every workout? Does at least one PAX carry a cell phone, and does someone know CPR? Review the F3 safety guidance before stepping into the gloom: Beatdown Safety.
2nd F – Fellowship (sad clown no more)
Welcome FNGs
Welcome to F3
10 Steps for the New Guy in F3
3rd F – Faith (something bigger than you)
F3 in the News and Media
Listen to ScarU crushing his interview on the COT Podcast
Read the full article about F3 Nation and its impact on men’s lives and their communities in the Jan/Feb 2019 Men’s Health USA Magazine.
Read about F3 Nation—a workout movement with a side of faith—and how it is impacting men and communities around the country.
Listen to the full episode about F3 Nation and how it is impacting men’s lives across the globe.
Listen to the episode about F3 Nation’s origins, mission, and the problems F3 is working to solve.