Sag Harbor, New York, April 26th, 2012-
Sensei Michelle Del Giorno and the children’s karate
students at Epic Martial Arts-EAST are participating in a “Kick A Thon” on
Friday June 1st at 5 pm.
This charity event is to raise awareness and donations for their Swim
Across America Team.
Sensei Michelle, her students and their parents are expecting
to complete 10,000 kicks with a pledge goal of $1,500.00!
The mission and
purpose of Swim Across America is to raise money and awareness for cancer
research, treatments and support.
Students, parents and instructors of Epic Martial Arts will participate
in a ½ mile open water swim on Saturday July 7th in Gardiner’s Bay
in Amagansett.
“This project is an example of how the children of our
community can make a difference by participating in acts of kindness,” says
Sensei Michelle. “ We are teaching our young children that they can be leaders
in our community. Our students learn the value of helping others by raising
awareness and donations to fight cancer.”
Epic Martial Arts is participating in the Swim Across
America event in memory of Alex Koehne, a young Sag Harbor resident who passed
away from cancer in March 2007.
The students are dedicating their swim to Wendy Tarlow, a parent of one
of Epic Martial Art’s youngest students.
Wendy has been courageously fighting her battle with Follicular Non-Hodgkin’s
Lymphoma.
“I
heard about this Hamptons swim shortly after my first chemotherapy treatment in
2010,” says Wendy. “I had no idea
this was a national organization that had events all over the country with most
of their proceeds going directly to cancer research.”
Sensei Michelle conducts children’s karate classes for ages
3 and up and self-defense, martial arts and kickboxing classes for teens and adults. The students at Epic Martial Arts-EAST
regularly participate in community service projects as part of their black belt
training. For more information
please visit the website at www.hamptonskarate.com
or call 631 725-5425. If you are
interested in sponsoring a student donations for the Kick A Thon can be made at
Epic Martial Arts-EAST, 75 Main Street in Sag Harbor or to Swim Across America
at www.teamtarlowsaa.com
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