Local Boy Tackles 100 Acts of Kindness for His Green Belt

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Local boy demonstrates that the martial arts are about much more than punching and kicking by taking on a city-wide “acts of kindness” project Sacramento, CA Aug 21, 2010 – Kristoffer Brown, a 9 year old Sacramento resident, has been studying the martial arts for 14 months now. Five months ago he successfully tested for his orange belt by demonstrating …

Help Me Do 100+ Acts of Kindness!

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Our son Kristoffer has taken on a “100+ Acts of Kindness” community service project in preparation for his green belt test in Sensei Oliver’s Junior Karate Class. With each person committing to 10 acts each, he hopes to achieve “way more” than 100 acts of kindness and make a global impact with our extended family and friends here in the …

Karate Kids Practice Compassion

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Compassion must be practiced. You see, our school is about much morenthan kicking and punching. Kindness is self-defense. Helping others isnself-defense. This video shows just one of the many ways that ournKarate Kids PRACTICE compassion everyday.

Sacramento Karate Kid ‘Kick-Starts’ Operation Backpack

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Jack, a Sacramento 3rd Grader, organizes “Operation Backpack” at ZennMartial Arts in order to earn his next belt rank. At Zen Martial Artsnstudents are required to choose a Community Leadership Project thatndemonstrates compassion. Jack chose to collect Backpacks for homelessnchildren in the Sacramento area. This is the news coverage from KCRA.

Project Idea: 100 Acts of Kindness

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The Project: 100 ACTS OF KINDNESS Outline: Jane isna 10-year-old white belt. Her project is to get 10 of her friends and/or classmates at school to do 10 acts of kindness each; recording each act in log that she supplies them. Ten students doing 10 acts of kindness each, equals 100 acts of kindness! Jane and her mother will design …

Your Help is Needed with “Operation Backpack”

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The Sacramento-area community was more than generous last year – Operation Backpack 2009 exceeded its goal and collected more than 3,000 backpacks. That more than doubled 2008’s figure and demonstrates that even in tough economic times, children in need command attention. Latest statistics show that more than 5,000 Sacramento County school children are “homeless,” with some 40,000 living in poverty. Through Operation Backpack, …

Aaron’s 10 Acts of Kindness

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10 Acts of Kindness Help my dad move his office Helping make dinner, and set the table Helping my sister drop off lunches at the mustard seed school Respecting people in the dojo and outside of it Doing the dishes Helping my friends when they need help with homework Help the environment by recycling Helping set up for Holiday Parties …

Karate Kids Kick the Trash out of Sacramento

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On Saturday, a large group of students at our karate school proved that the martial arts are about much more than punching and kicking. Over 20 students and parents joined forces for the Sacramento Creek Week cleanup. We tackled a long stretch of dry creek bed alongside Park Village street near Freeport and 43rd. The most exciting thing about this …