December 8, 2019 Your Neighborhood — Your News®
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Flushing martial arts center collects
canned goods for holiday food drive
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
A Flushing organization
known for its charitable contributions
in the community is once
again lending a helping hand
this holiday season by collecting
canned goods for families in
need.
Ultimate Champions Taekwondo,
located at 141-20 Northern
Blvd, joined other Champion
Martial Arts Franchise schools
from Queens, Long Island, and
Brooklyn on Nov. 21, collaborating
with Operation Child Rescue
(Known as Operation CR), a nonprofit
organization that provides
resources to children worldwide
and improves their quality-oflife.
About 18 volunteers from
Champions Martial Arts partnered
with Operation Child Rescue
collecting a total of 4,780 food
cans, 748 non-perishable canned/
boxed foods, and a donation of
$205.00 for turkeys for Connect
Church’s food drive, which will
be feeding 800 families throughout
the city this year.
“Champions Martial Arts and
Operation Child Rescue were
able to provide for thousands
this holiday season and plan to
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do even more next Thanksgiving!”
said Master Michael Ro, of
Ultimate Champions Taekwondo
Flushing. “I’m very thankful
that we could be a part of this
fundraiser charity, and thankful
to all of the students from
Champion Martial Arts to help
out with the canned goods drive.
It’s amazing to see we raised
more than double last year to
help those in need.”
Throughout the year, Champion
Martial Arts works with
Operation Child Rescue making
a difference in people’s lives, according
to Ro. Their next upcoming
project for the holiday season
is collecting coats and toys for
the less fortunate, Ro said.
“Our numbers are going up
every year and we’re able to help
more people,” Ro said. “Last year,
we collected 256 jackets that were
donated with Operation Child
Rescue at the 111th Precinct, and
collected over 1,000 toys. Other
times, we try to do events to raise
money. Whatever people urgently
need we try to help them out.”
William Dobie, one of the
directors of Operation Child
Rescue, said the organization is
grateful for the many contributions
by Champion Martial Arts
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center celebrated Thanksgiving by inviting everyone in the community to its first
“Friendsgiving” dinner. The hospital’s employees donated food and volunteered their time to host the event at
Jamaica Hospital’s Family Medicine Center in Richmond Hill. Courtesy of Jamaica Hospital
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students.
“Without them and their desire
to help others in need, our
donation drives wouldn’t be possible,”
Dobie said. “It’s really all
of the school owners coming together
and participating allowing
us to do the drives every holiday
season, and it’s amazing.”
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