Dear Students and Parents,
One of my main goals when teaching martial arts is to encourage my students to use the discipline, concentration and focus developed through training to make a difference in the world. Every year we put this idea into action by rallying behind a different children’s charity. This year we have had students organize Basketball Contests, Dinners Out, Bake Sales, Canning Events, Bowl-a-Thons, Book Sales and many other fundraising events. All of the funds raised this year will be donated to The Smile Train, a non-profit organization which provides free cleft pallet operations for thousands of children throughout the world. To date our students have raised almost $30,000for smile train. However we are not done yet!
I am asking every student and family to participate in and attend the Annual Martial Arts Extravaganza which will be held on Sunday, April 10th 2011. This years show will culminate with a huge board breaking demonstration. During this demonstration all of our students from age 3 to 73 will attempt to break 2000 or more boards in less then 5 minutes. If we are successful we will have raised a total of $60,000 for this worthy cause by the end of the show! What is most important is that this is enough money to provide operations to 240 children throughout the world!
Here are a few things that I am asking in order to make this a success:
• Each student will break 5 boards on stage the day of the event. Please do not worry of you think that your child is too young or that you are too old. We have age appropriate boards for the younger students and there is no such thing as too old!
• We will coach the students on exactly what they need to do in order to break the board during the weeks leading up to the event.
• Each student is encouraged to get five $20 donations / sponsors for their boards for a total of $100.
Once again, our goal is to get 100% participation in this event. Every family that raises at least $100 will be provided with as many tickets as would like for the show. We hope to see all of the 1800 available seats filled the day of the event. This event is not only about raising the funds it is about developing and demonstrating a sense of community. Please make sure that for every ticket requested there is a person in attendance.
I can promise that each and every family that participates will not only be impressed with the show but will leave with a new found sense of what is possible when a group of committed individuals join together to make a difference. What we achieve will be nothing short of a miracle.
Thank you in advance for helping to change the world… one kick.. one punch… one karate student at a time!
Bryan Klein
