CHARITIES
HAITI
EARTHQUAKE APPEAL
28 day sponsored fast
Following the devastating
earthquake in Haiti in which the President of our Organisation (ITF) Grandmaster
Tran Trieu Quan was killed, Master Gordon Wallace VII Degree decided to
undertake a 28 day sponsored fast to raise funds.
His fast ran from Midnight on 31st January until Midnight on 28th February. In this time, he was on a strict liquid diet of fruit juice, tea and clear soup. He was not allowed solid food of any kind, no coffee or alcohol. Although towards the end he was starting to feel some dizziness, he ensured that he stuck to the diet implicitly. In this time, he has lost 11kg in weight (24.2lbs) and 4.5 inches from round his waist.
He has been overwhelmed by the generosity people have shown and has already managed to raise over £1000. The actual total is still to be announced.
When his fast ended on Sunday 28th February, he was greeted at 12pm by some surprise visitors who arrived to help him celebrate (Mr David McNairn VI Deg, Mr Mark Boydell IV Deg and Mr Andy Lister I Deg). A big thank you to them for taking the time to come up at that time of night to mark the end of his fast. Although after not having any solid food for so long, he was unable to eat much, he did enjoy being allowed to. He also enjoyed a glass of champagne.
Further details and grand total to follow.
ACADEMY -
Monthly Donation
As the government
launches its National Pandemic Service, the British Red Cross is stepping up its
support for local health and emergency services to make sure the most vulnerable
receive the help they need. The British Red Cross are a a volunteer-led
humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they
are. Their values sit alongside the fundamental principles, which underpin
everything the International
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement does.
We believe that this is an extremely worthwhile organisation and a such, are doing our little bit to help by giving a monthly donation from the Blackbelt Academy to the British Red Cross.
ARCHWAY
A raffle was held
in the academy to help raise funds for the Archway New Horizons appeal.
Archway is a local charity which provides much needed respite for children and
adults with disabilities. The unit at Dyce is in need of an extension and
refurbishment. The raffle was to guess the name of the bear. The
winner was Chloe Nolan who guessed the name Chantelle. Chloe
won the scented candle teddy bear. Thank you to everyone who entered the
raffle and helped raise £32.00 for the Archway appeal.
The ARCHIE
Foundation
Our Academy in
continuing to raise funds for the ARCHIE
Foundation with the use of a collection tin. We also have fines
for mobile phones ringing during classes and gradings - all fines go straight to ARCHIE !! 
ARCHIE's Appeal was founded in 2000 to raise at least £3 million to ‘make the difference' in the new £24 million Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital. The major aim of the hospital is to be family focussed. They now have a 24 bedded parent accommodation unit and single rooms at ward level with pull-down beds and en-suite facilities to allow a parent or carer to be close to their ill child.
They also have a multi-faith sanctuary and several parent lounges to give parents and carers quiet spaces and time. Children also benefit from the many play areas, colourful and comforting decoration and art projects. The Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital truly is a family centred facility.
2007
Total of
£186.52 raised from
the following:
Kids Camp
Donation (Dec-07) £80.00 raised
Collection
TIN (Nov-07) £22.76 raised
A special thank you to
Igor & Eva Prato Luna and Rhianne Bryson who kindly donated their own
collection of 2p & 1p coins. This was a very kind gesture.
Collection
TIN (Jun-07) £48.76 raised
Greetings CARDS
(Jun-07) £35.00
raised
This year, we started selling Greetings Cards which are handmade by Sally Craig
(who is a parent of two of our students). Sally makes cards for all
occasions and also makes them to order. She has various Tae-kwon Do cards
and donates £1.00 for each sale to the Archie Foundation.
2005
Total of
£83.25 raised from
the following:
Collection Tin
(Dec-05)
£50.75 raised
Our Academy in
continuing to raise funds for the ARCHIE
Foundation with the use of a collection box at our Academy. We now have fines
for mobile phones ringing during classes and gradings - all fines go straight to ARCHIE !!
Easter Raffle (Apr-05)
£32.50
raised
Our Easter Raffle
was
drawn on Easter Monday and managed to raise £32.50 for the ARCHIE
Foundation.
The winner of the Easter Basket was Gemma Howie from our Junior class (pictured
left). Thank you to everyone who contributed.
This money will be sent along with our Collection Box which is filling up nicely.
Click here for Archie Foundation acknowledgement letter
MALAWI
Sponsored Event
£100
Donated
Mr
Burns (2nd Deg)
took part in a sponsored cycle from John
O’Groats
to Lands End
during
the last week in July 2005 to help raise funds for the people of Malawi.
Over recent months, the sun has scorched seasonal crops and the people are
struggling with famine. Jonathan cycled with a team of five other riders hoping
to bring relief to these people. In addition, monies raised will also go to
orphan and elderly care, as well as building local churches/community centres in
the areas affected. Mr
Burns would like to thank everyone for supporting his efforts to raise money
for people in
COMIC
RELIEF - Red Nose Day
£1449.50
Raised
This year,
students from the
Academy took part in a Sponsored Kick to help raise funds for Comic Relief.
All students were invited to attend classes with Wild Hair
&
Red Noses for a small donation and
a large number of students took part in Sponsored Kicks. The total
amount raised has now been sent away and the grand
total of £1449.50
was raised. Some of the younger
students surprised us with the amount of kicks they could do, so well done
everyone !!
A special mention
must go to Mitchell Stage who is a member of our Kickin' Kids
Programme.
Mitchell managed to raise the most sponsor money out of
everyone who took part.
He raised £114.00 and the academy awarded
him with a set of Sparring Gear (pictured left) for this great effort.
Well done !!
TSUNAMI
ASIA Appeal
£100 donated
Following our
2004 Student Awards which was held on 5th February 2005,
£100 from the proceeds of our raffle was donated to the Asia Tsunami Appeal. Thank
you to everyone who contributed to the raffle.
Northsound's
Charity Auction
Cash for Kids 2002 &
2003
Cash for Kids
is held each year by Northsound Radio in Aberdeen. This helps to
raise money locally to provide for a range of
local children's groups, organisations and
projects. These range from summer play schemes and after school clubs, to sensory
rooms, drugs awareness projects, family centres
etc.
The Academy donated One Year's Scholarship donated in 2002 and 2003 to the Northsound Charity Auction.
