QUAD TOWN Vol. 46 No. 43 November 22, 2011
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Academy of
Kempo Martial Arts Is Giving
Free Martial Arts Lessons For Food
Pictured (L - R) Back row:
Antonio Rodriguez, Francine Corpus and Gabriella Rodriguez.
Front row: Hailey Ciarleglio, Kevin
Daly and Gabriel Ciarleglio.
Hamden:
The Academy of Kempo Martial Arts is accepting donations for Saint Ann's Soup
Kitchen and Keefe
Center’s Food Pantry.
These two organizations help many families throughout the Hamden area who have a
limited amount of resources available to them due to the current economic
conditions. The goal of the Academy is to help these organizations to help these
families enjoy their holidays by holding this food drive, and the Academy hopes
that during this season of giving that they can encourage others to help also.
“At
the Academy we teach our students the importance of helping others. Donating
food, clothing, toys, other material items or a monetary donation can do this,
but that is not the only way of helping someone. Other ways to help are
volunteering with different organizations, making things for someone (for
example making a holiday card for someone in the military, a get well soon card
for someone who is ill, drawing a picture etc.) or helping a family member,
friend, neighbor or even a stranger”, said Shihan Frank Ciarleglio the
instructor at the Academy. “These are very important life lessons for the
younger people, this helps them to be part of a community and understand that
everyone can give whether it’s something you buy or something you do for
someone” said Ciarleglio.
The Academy is offering its students a free semi-private
lesson for any five or more non-perishable items they donate and offering two
weeks of free lessons to non-students (limited to one give away per person and
cannot be combined). “I am offering these free Martial Arts lessons as a way of
giving back to those who give, and I am also hoping that it will encourage
others to give when they would not have normally done so. This is a great
opportunity for students to get some one-on-one training and for non-students to
try the Martial Arts. These are rough times that we live in and some
self-defense knowledge should be a necessity not a luxury”, said Ciarleglio.
The Academy of Kempo Martial Arts is accepting donations now through the end of
the holiday season, at 1890 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden Connecticut, 06514. You can
also contact the Academy by phone at (203) 288-9990, or visit them on the web at
www.academyofkempo.com
to find out the best times to drop off your donations and receive your gift.
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