DFKDC Outdoor Tai Chi and Kickboxing

5001 Forbes Blvd,Lanham MD 20706

12 September, 2021

Description

Join DFKDC for an outdoor Tai Chi and Kickboxing Clinic! We are very excited to host a socially distanced and COVID-19 compliant event. Dreams For Kids DC Tai Chi and Kickboxing Clinic! Dreams For Kids DC will be partnering with the Delta Produce (DP) and Alexandria Boxing Club to create a Tai Chi and Kickboxing event that will be socially distanced. This will be a fun event to get our bodies stretched and active, while also adhering to social distancing and CDC compliant guidelines. Although this event will look and run differently from previous Dream For Kids DC events, we are excited to make the event enjoyable and safe for everyone. What: 2-hour Tai Chi and Kickboxing event hosted outdoors and complaint to CDC social distancing guidelines. The event will start with a 45- minute Tai Chi class led by our DFKDC intern, Sydney, and the second session will be a 45-minute follow-along Kickboxing class taught by Dara Shen from Alexandria Boxing Club. Participants are encouraged to join in both activities, however, please take rest breaks whenever necessary. Who: This event is open to youth and young adults from 10-30 with disabilities of any type. When: This event will be held on Sunday, September 12, 2021 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm EST (Parents: Registration will begin at 2:30 PM, please arrive no later than 3:15 PM or you will be asked to leave) Where: The parking lot at 5001 Forbes Blvd, Lanham, MD 20706 (Thank you to Delta Produce for giving us access to their parking lot) BY REGISTERING AS A GUARDIAN/PARTICIPANT, YOU ARE AGREEING TO OUR DFKDC WAIVER, OUR COVID-19 WAIVER, AND OUR CONDUCT AGREEMENT. We want to send a special thank you to Alexandria Boxing Club & Delta Produce for making this event possible. Dreams For Kids DC clinics are 100% FREE and enable children with disabilities to enjoy sports and other activities to realize their full potential to succeed in all walks of life. To get involved with this and future programs/events, please contact our executive director Glenda Fu Smith at [email protected] About Delta Produce: Based in the nation's capital of Washington D.C., Delta Produce has been proudly family owned & operated since 2009 with a mission to source products of only the finest and utmost quality. They operate 24 hours a day, 6 days a week, ready to serve food service customers from their headquarters in Lanham, MD. About Alexandria Boxing Club: Our adaptive Kickboxing session will be taught by National Champion Dara Shen from Alexandria Boxing Club. Dara is also the Director of Alexandria Boxing Club, which teaches youth how to incorporate important boxing skills into their daily lives. About Sydney: Hello, my name is Sydney, and I am a recent graduate from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in Health Education, concentration in Physical Activity and Fitness Management, and a minor in Adapted Physical Activity. While I was at college, I was very actively involved in Special Olympics, Fitness Buddy Programs, International Club, Club Goalball Team, and a variety of adaptive sports programs. When I am not volunteering, you can find me cooking, crafting, and exploring the great outdoors. I have been practicing Tai Chi for over two years and find the exercises helpful to relax/cope with stress. I slowly started teaching friends and family the different poses. I teach the poses separately and not in a full sequence so it is more relaxing and can be easily adjusted to fit all needs. Dreams For Kids DC provides free life-changing activities to empower children with physical and mental disabilities to unite with their peers and realize their potential. Dreams For Kids DC (DFKDC) provides adaptive sports clinics for children with disabilities between the ages of 4-24. Many of these children are bullied in schools and left out of activities with their able-bodied peers. DFKDC clinics empower this often isolated group to come off the sidelines and participate in activities such as waterskiing, dance, football and ice hockey, sometimes for the very first time. The self-confidence gained through these programs carries over from the field and rink to the home and classrom, allowing each participant to realize that theie disability will not prevent them from fulfilling their dreams.