'EnCourage Kids Foundation' Challenges Kids To Overcome Obstacles

TUESDAY, 59 DRY WEDNESDAY.
62 WEDNESDAY.
63 THURSDAY.
FRIDAY, 62.
CINDY.
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE
WARRIORS.
THESE CHILDREN ARE NOT JUST
RAKING BOARDS.
THEY ARE CRUSHING BARRIERS.
EACH BOARD REPRESENTS THEIR
STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION TO
BEAT THE ILLNESSES THEY ARE
FIGHTING.
JOINING US IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE ENCOURAGED KIDS
FOUNDATION AND MARTIAL ARTIST,
LAFE BECKER.
GOOD MORNING.
TALK ABOUT YOUR CHALLENGE
AND YOUR FOUNDATION.
ABSOLUTELY.
THE ENCOURAGED KIDS FOUNDATION
HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 30
YEARS.
WHAT WE DO IS, WE HELP
MEDICALLY CHALLENGED KIDS TO
LEAD THEIR MOST AWESOME LIVES.
IT IS TOUGH TO BE SICK.
IT IS HARD ON THE CHILD AND ON
THE FAMILIES.
WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS
SOMETHING AMAZING.
HE CAME TO US WITH THE BREAKING
BARRIERS CONCEPT.
WE TOOK IT TO THE KIDS.
THE KIDS, AS YOU SAW IN THE
VIDEO, WERE BREAKING BOARDS
LIKE THESE.
YOU BROUGHT SOME BOARDS
IN.
I DID.
THIS ONE IS HEMOPHILIA.
THIS REPRESENTS OUR TWO YOUNG
BOYS, EVAN AND MILO.
AND EVAN AND MILO HAVE
HEMOPHILIA, A. A VERY TOUGH
BLOOD DISORDER THAT CAN BRING
INTENSE PAIN AND STENTS IN THE
HOSPITAL.
SO THIS HELPS WITH ALL
SORTS OF ILLNESSES.
IT IS NOT JUST SPECIFIC TO THAT
.
EXACTLY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU --
YOU ARE A BLACK BELT.
YOU HAVE A VERY UNUSUAL RECORD.
I HOLD THE WORLD RECORD FOR
THE MOST MARTIAL ARTS BOARDS
BROKEN IN A MINUTE.
IT IS 487.
NUMBER 87 IN A MINUTE?
YES.
YOU ARE ATTEMPTING ANOTHER
ONE THIS THURSDAY?
IT IS 24 HOURS OF BREAKING
BOARDS NEXT THURSDAY AT
RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
I WILL BE THERE IN TIME SQUARE.
DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING
HERE?
24 HOURS, YES.
SO IT IS FREE.
PEOPLE COME TO WATCH YOU DO
THIS.
HOP ON IN.
JUST AS MICHELLE SAID, EVERY
BOARD BROKEN WILL BE JUST LIKE
THE ONES HERE.
THE ONES KIDS HAVE DECORATED.
THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
IT IS ABOUT THE STORIES OF
THESE KIDS.
THE ENCOURAGED KIDS FOUNDATION
AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING
THROUGH.
WE WANT TO HELP THEM BREAK
THROUGH THE BARRIERS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE
CAN GET INVOLVED.
THEY MIGHT HAVE A SIX CHILD --
SIX CHILD.
TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE
PROGRAM, YOU SHOULD VISIT OUR
WEBSITE.
ENCOURAGEKIDS.ORG.
YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT ALL THE
PROGRAMS IN THE HOSPITAL AND
OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR THE
KIDS.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP US BY
DONATING, YOU CAN TEXT THE WORD
BREAK TO 50
50555.
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
READY TO HAVE SOME FUN.
ALWAYS READY TO BREAK
BOARDS.
YOU SAID YOU WILL SHOW US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO.
YES.
TELL ME WHAT WE HAVE.
THIS IS MAYBE ONE OF THE
AREAS THAT WE WOULD DO AT TIMES
SQUARE AT RIPLEY'S.
IT IS BREAKING THROUGH BOARDS.
IT IS PICKING A TECHNIQUE.
I WILL DEMONSTRATE THE PROCESS.
THIS WILL OFFER YOU THE FULL 24
HOURS THURSDAY.
SHOULD I STEP AWAY?
MAY BE ONE SMALL STEP.
MAKE A FIST JUST LIKE THAT.
WOW.
I SAVED THIS ONE
ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.
JUST AS I SAID, WE WILL
MAKE A FIST.
RIGHT FRONT -- OF THE BOARD.
THIS PART RIGHT HERE.
TAKE A BREATH BEFORE YOU DO.
THERE IT IS.
THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I
HAVE EVER DONE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

'EnCourage Kids Foundation' Challenges Kids To Overcome Obstacles

Latest Posts