Local Karate Students To Fight Cancer for St Jude’s Kids

By  //  May 17, 2014

Hosted by Cocoa Beach Karate School , Martial Arts for St. Jude will kick off at Cocoa Beach Health & Fitness on June 13 at 5.30 pm to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers.
Hosted by Cocoa Beach Karate School , Martial Arts for St. Jude will kick off at Cocoa Beach Health & Fitness on June 13 at 5.30 pm to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers.

st-judes-180COCOA BEACH, FLORIDA — Hosted by Cocoa Beach Karate School , Martial Arts for St. Jude will kick off at Cocoa Beach Health & Fitness on June 13 at 5.30 pm to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers.

The fundraising event will showcase martial arts skills and students will perform 100 kata non stop to promote the lifesaving mission of St. Jude. Tickets to the event or donations, which is open to the public, are available by contacting Des Chaskelson at 321.693.7831 and/or des_chas@scri.com. Online donations to his event can be made online direct to St Jude’s at: http://bit.ly/1ovq1Vz

This is the 6th year that Cocoa Beach Karate School has held the Martial Arts for St. Jude program. Cocoa Beach Karate has raised more than $15,000 since it began in 2009.

“Martial arts promotes discipline and other life lessons,” said Sensei Des Chaskelson, event coordinator. “What better lesson can we teach our students than to help those in need? Our event gives us a great opportunity to help the kids of St. Jude who are fighting for their lives against deadly diseases such as cancer.”

Since opening in 1962, St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and around the world. No child is ever denied treatment because of a family’s inability to pay. With a daily operating cost of $1.7 million, St. Jude depends mostly on public contributions and fundraising events, like Martial Arts for St. Jude.

For information about this event and/or Cocoa Beach Karate School, follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cocoabeach.karate or visit us online at www.CocoaBeach.Karate.com or call 321.693.7831.

To learn more about hosting a Martial Arts for St. Jude event, call 1-800-567-0636 or visit www.stjude.org/martialarts.