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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Jersey Food Bank - Thinking with the HEART

The H.E.A.R.T. Martial Arts and Citizen Schools students put their hearts and minds to work on creating posters and flyers to promote the Jersey Food Bank Can Food Drive and X-Box 360 competition... More details to come in the future blog posts... We want to thank Mally Beauty for making the X-Box 360 Kinect game bundle donation!



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The Volunteer Votes Are In


The H.E.A.R.T. Martial Arts and Citizen Schools students put the hearts and minds into the voting. In the end the H.E.A.R.T. Martial Arts class voted for four organizations to help out this semester. We will be helping:

— Any Soldier

— The Boys and Girls Club

— The Branch Brook Park Alliance

— The New Jersey Food Bank



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2010 Fall Citizen Schools Apprentice Day Fair

The Citizen Schools students were introduced to the next round of H.E.A.R.T. Martial Arts. It was an exciting time as Citizen Schools students were presented H.E.A.R.T. Martial Arts. mission which is to give from the heart and teach the Martial Arts for free to those willing to "earn" it by giving from each of their hearts to something they are passionate about by way of volunteer work.


The new students learned first hand from former H.E.A.R.T. Martial Arts students about they difference the community service work made not only for the receptive causes and charities but the difference the program made within each of them. If that was not enough to get the new students excited they surely had smiles on their face when Sensei Jim taught them all how to make a proper Hammer Fist. To top it all off a good number of the students got to test their new found technique by breaking the boards that were donated by the local, Bloomfield, Home Depot. Once again a special thank you to Manager Pete and his team over at the Home Depot, we truly appreciate all your help with making the Apprentice Day Fair a great event for all!


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Friday, July 23, 2010

A Picnic With A Lot Of H.E.A.R.T.






I want to thank all of the parents and students who made it to the H.E.A.R.T. Martial Arts picnic on July the 10th. Despite the threat of rain, which held off the entire day, we had a nice turn out.


We did manage to fit in a little Martial Arts practice in between all the eating and games! We had to prepare for our upcoming Newark Weequahic Park Demonstration the following weekend, which the students did a great job at!


Once again, my many thanks to everyone for all their hard work. I hope everyone made some nice memories that will last for years to come.


I want to send out a special thank you to Marlene's Mom for providing the pictures for this blog post and a very special thank you to the Camacho Family for all their help with packing/cleaning up at the end of the day.


Please post comments and don't forget to share the blog with friends and family.


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Newark Weequahic Park Ice Breaking Demonstration


The Newark Weequahic Park Demonstration went off without a hitch, it was a beautiful, HOT, summer day. The audience and students were entertained by Sensei Jim who broke 300 pounds of ice to everyone's amazement and joy. Actually, everyone was really happy that Sensei Jim broke the ice so that they could use it in their coolers!

Enjoy!

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Newark Weequahic Park Demonstration


The H.E.A.R.T. Martial Arts students did a great job at the Weequahic Park demonstration this past Saturday July the 17th. The community learned how all of the students perform volunteer service work to "earn" their Martial Arts lessons. They also learned that the H.E.A.R.T. Martial Arts class has helped out a wide variety of nonprofit organizations ranging from the Salvation Army to Soles 4 Souls.

I want to thank all of the parents and students who put the extra effort into this demonstration for the community. I know it was a hot day and I am really proud of everyone's efforts. I hope that we will have another demonstration before the summer ends which will give us the perfect reason to have another picnic for everyone! I heard through the grapevine that some of the students who couldn't make the last picnic are hoping that we have another one... maybe we can make that wish come true!

Once again, my many thanks to everyone for all their hard work. I hope everyone made some nice memories that will last for years to come. Post comments and don't forget to share the blog with friends and family.

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

H.E.A.R.T. July Picnic and Fair Demonstration Information

Hello Everyone,


I hope the summer is treating you well so far! H.E.A.R.T. Martial Arts has a few things planned for the month of July we may have more events as the summer unfolds but for now we have two events we would love for everyone to attend. The Potluck Picnic at Branch Brook Park and the Newark Info Festival-Fair Demonstration, see details below.



If you have any questions feel free to give me a call or email me at:


Sensei Jim Hainis

Ph: 973-415-8869

email: james.hainis@HeartMartialArts.org


Hope to see everyone there!!!


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H.E.A.R.T. Martial Arts July 2010 Events


Potluck Picnic at Branch Brook Park

NOTE: We can not cook at the park. Please bring your favorite food dish and make enough to share with the other students/families, thanks!

Date: Saturday July 10th (Rain date Sunday the 11th same Time and Location)

Time: 12 Noon, lunchtime. I will be going to the park really early 8 A.M. to setup and claim a space/spot for all of us.

Location: Branch Brook Park 2nd Ave. Entrance which is Christopher Columbus Drive and Clark's Pond near Lake Street by the Bloomfield Avenue Over/Underpass. See photos below.





If you have any questions call Sensei Jim Hainis at 973-415-8869 or email james.hainis@HeartMartialArts.org

We will have Food, Fun and Games and a little bit of Martial Arts practice so that we are ready for the performance on the 17th. Bring your whole family/friends etc. it will be a great day at the park!






Newark City Info Festival - Fair Martial Arts Demonstration


Date: Saturday July 17th

Time: 12 Noon, the performance starts at 1 P.M. it will last about 30 minutes - We will go over what we will do for the performance at the picnic.

Location: 17 Lyons Avenue, Newark NJ near from the Calvary Gospel Church in Weequahic Park, see photo below. The Fair will be in the park.






If you have any questions feel free to give me a call or email me at:


Sensei Jim Hainis

Ph: 973-415-8869

email: james.hainis@HeartMartialArts.org


Hope to see everyone there!!!