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ATF Schools do far more than
just teach kicking and punching. Many of our
instructors and students are involved in community
projects of various types, or just enjoy doing
special events within their school.
Here's
some of the ways our ATF
schools give back.
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Great
Strides Walk
for
Cystic Fibrosis |
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April
30th Hurst Wiregrass TKD is doing the
Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis
again this year. It is very special for
us, as our own Destinee Estes has CF.
(you know, Brock's twin :) ). They
just turned 12, and when she was
diagnosed at 7 months, 12 years old
was the average life
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Destinee
is currently a 1st Degree Senior Black
Belt and a Junior Instructor at our
school. She is in 6th grade at Headland
Middle School. We started our
fundraising this year at our
tournament in January when Destinee
presented a speech that she wrote on
living with Cystic Fibrosis,
including the 26 pills and many breathing
treatments she takes every day as well as
the chest percussion vest that she uses
daily, the surgeries she has endured and
the many other side effects that CF
entails, and how they effect her life
inside and outside of TKD. She was very
nervous giving this speech, but did a
great job! |
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But
with the money they raise from the walk,
research is going great with the average
age at almost 40 now, but with people
doing well in their 60s! Our team is TKD
FOR DESTINEE and the website is
www.cff.org with the link to
Great Strides. People can sign up
for the walk, make a donation, or
even find out about things going on near
them! Thank you so
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Chung's
Taekwondo, Millbrook, AL
4th Annual
Break-A-Thon for Juvenile
Diabetes |
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On
Saturday, October 9, 2010 Chung's Taekwondo in
Millbrook, AL held its fourth annual break-a-thon
for juvenile diabetes. With help from Mr. Daar and
his students at Chung's Taekwondo in Tallassee, AL
and Mr. Episcopo and his students at Lifequest
Martial Arts in Clanton, AL, the break-a-thon
raised over $1700.
All
money raised went to the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation and finding a cure for juvenile
diabetes. In addition to breaking boards, Mr.
Phillip Adams and Mr. Prosser broke bricks.
For
the grand finale, Mr. David Adams fulfilled his
promise to break a board over his brother, Mr.
Phillip Adams', head if over $1000 was
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Enterprise YMCA Taekwondo
Raising Community Awareness and Fundraising for the "Y" |
The focus of the YMCA is to strengthen the local community. As a nonprofit it relies on the generosity of community members, private individuals and corporate donors.
A major source of funds for YMCA programs comes from fees for membership and for services. This is where the YMCA Taekwondo School has had a positive impact.
Performing at local events helps recruit members not only to the dojang in particular but also to the "Y" in general.
The dojang demo team has also performed at local events including the grand-opening of the Enterprise Civic Center, Chamber of Commerce festivals, the Health Day Fair
sponsored by the Enterprise Medical Center, and Relay for Life held annually at the ESCC track.
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The YMCA dojang has been participating at the annual "Y Day" festival for the last 10 years. As the largest fund-raising event for the "Y"
school members not only perform for the crowd but also help as needed; from sitting in a dunking booth to help raise money to spreading
rose petals to beautify the front lawn.
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For the last three years, the YMCA dojang has sponsored its own in-house tournament inviting members of the community to watch the fun.
Each year we've had more than 50 competitors in forms, point-sparring, and board breaking.
In years to come we hope to expand the tournament to include all Enterprise schools of Taekwondo.
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