Northern Karate Kids help fight Cancer
December 3, 2009 by City Life Staff
Filed under People & Places
Since black belt student Brooke-Lynn Brunette passed away from leukemia in 2006, the students of the Northern Karate School in Richmond Hill have held an annual Brooke Brunette Kids Friendship Charity Tournament. On Oct. 24th, 2009, students fought to kick cancer to the curb by taking part in the tournament, which raised $8,280 for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. www.starlightcanada.org, www.northernkarate.com
ABOVE LEFT: Tammy Dean of the Starlight Children’s Foundation, Brooke’s parents: Steve Brunette and Lynda Brunette, Brooke’s brother, Eric Brunette, and Tony LaSelva, director of NKS Richmond Hill, present a check for $8,280 to go towards the Starlight Children’s Foundation. ABOVE RIGHT: Northern Karate student partakes in the tournament to kick cancer to the curb.
Karate is known for it’s simplicity & Effectiveness… One also learns to apply patience, discipline, co-ordination and balance in balance with the delivery of correct and effective karate techniques.
These techniques can produce very effective results….