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The Ross's Institute of Martial Arts hosted MNAPT's first fundraising
event on Thursday, March 14, 2008. Nicole Ross, MNAPT's Secretary, and her husband Jason Ross, own and operate the
Ross's Institute of Martial Arts. Their martial arts students raised money for MNAPT in a Break-a-thon. This
break-a-thon demonstrated their focus, strength and agility in breaking boards. Some of them broke up to 10 boards each
with approximately 200 boards broke throughout the evening. The night of the event raised approximately $666 with pledges still
coming.
A special thank you to all the students for their fundraising efforts and to their feet and
hands that broke all the boards. Thank you to Foley Lumber and Villa Del Sol Tanning in Foley for donating
all the lumber and the tanning salon who offered four tanning packages to the winner of a raffle drawing. Also thank
you to the Ross's Institute of Martial Arts for holding this fundraising event, as well as the individuals involved in
holding the boards, which looked almost as risky of a job as the board breaking.
This was a very exciting
event. Their were 12 children and a couple adults who participated and their names are Brenda Henry, Mike Ludt, Nick
Czech, Ryan Rieder, Erin Rieder, Brandon Boltjes, Cavden Larson, Peter Knutson, Andy Knutson, Justin Kludt, Kelsie Kludt,
Noah Herbst, David Dierkes, Austin Hamers and Breckon Hanks. They have clearly been learning
their skills of Tae Kwon Doe and their ability to break as many of the boards as they did was such a site to see.
The pictures below highlight the evenings events.
| David D., Noah H., Austin H., & Peter K. |
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| Andy K., Justin K., Kelsie K., & Peter K. |
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| Kelsie Kludt and Mike Kludt |
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| Mike Kludt and George Czech |
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| Jason Ross, Mike Kludt & George Czech |
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