{"id":330955,"date":"2010-02-17T12:05:05","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T17:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/jesse-white-tumblers-turn-50"},"modified":"2010-02-17T12:05:05","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T17:05:05","slug":"jesse-white-tumblers-turn-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/330955","title":{"rendered":"Jesse White Tumblers turn 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19505\" title=\"jesse-white-tumblers\" src=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/jesse-white-tumblers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>CHICAGO (WBBM) &#8211;<\/strong>&#8211; Next Tuesday, there will be a gala at the United Center, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Jesse White Tumbling Team.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White founded the tumblers in 1959, as a way of keeping kids off the streets and out of trouble. But, why did he choose gymnastics? White says he was trained as a gymnast as a child.<\/p>\n<p>White would later become a paratrooper in the military\u2026and a minor league baseball player in the Cubs organization. But he wanted to work with kids. <span id=\"more-19478\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He says he came back to Chicago to teach part-time and to coach.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Park District had asked him to mount a gymnastics demonstration. That&#8211;he says&#8211;was the start of the team, but did not think it would last 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>He thought that first night would be the last, but the parents of the kids would not hear of it, White says.<\/p>\n<p>He has now worked with more than 11,000 young people over that half Century.<\/p>\n<p>More information at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jessewhitetumblingteam.com\"  rel='nofollow'>jessewhitetumblingteam.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Craig Dellimore, Political Editor, reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong>Read the original article from <a title=\"Jesse White Tumblers turn 50\" href=\"http:\/\/wbbm780.com\/content_page.php?contentType=4&amp;contentId=5598953\"  rel='nofollow'>WBBM News Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Distributed via <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\" rel='nofollow'>Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/tThgkWxrllrfCrBT3OADm9DhGsw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/tThgkWxrllrfCrBT3OADm9DhGsw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/tThgkWxrllrfCrBT3OADm9DhGsw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/tThgkWxrllrfCrBT3OADm9DhGsw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=IrB643vCJxc:WMC0tUebeNI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=IrB643vCJxc:WMC0tUebeNI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=IrB643vCJxc:WMC0tUebeNI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=IrB643vCJxc:WMC0tUebeNI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/IrB643vCJxc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO (WBBM) &#8211;&#8211; Next Tuesday, there will be a gala at the United Center, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Jesse White Tumbling Team. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White founded the tumblers in 1959, as a way of keeping kids off the streets and out of trouble. But, why did he choose gymnastics? 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