{"id":1493,"date":"2017-06-10T23:28:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T03:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2017-06-12T10:52:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T14:52:44","slug":"bataviabreaking-boards-for-a-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/06\/10\/bataviabreaking-boards-for-a-good-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Breaking boards for a good cause"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The students at Refuse 2 Lose Martial Arts range in age from 3-60 years old.<\/p>\n

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Together four classes raised $3,000 and broke 350 boards to raise money for the Michael Napoleone Memorial Foundation on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

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This is the first time the “Summer Kick Off Party” was held at the Liberty street location.<\/p>\n

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“This year we didn’t do a baseball tournament that we normally do,” says Laurie Napoleone, mother of Michael Napoleone, “So we reached out to new groups and new events in the community.”<\/p>\n

For every $10 raised each student had the opportunity to break a board.<\/p>\n

There was also a dunk tank, face painting, bounce house and hot dogs for lunch.<\/p>\n

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The students had their own sponsors for breaking the boards.<\/p>\n

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“We like to do community events and we were looking for an organization to help raise some money,” says Ron Cain, owner of Refuse 2 Lose Martial Arts.<\/p>\n

“We do the break- a -thon and choose different charities each year, so this was kind of a perfect thing for us.”
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