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PROFESSIONAL FIGHTING SPORTS, THE RECESSION, AND CHARITY!

 

This Sunday morning I watched my favorite TV minister, Joel Osteen of the Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas.  After Pastor Osteen went off the air, Pastor Larry Jones came on the air with his organization, “Feed the Children”.  Pastor Jones is the president of Feed the Children and his organization comes to the aid of starving individuals throughout the world, even in areas affected by war.

 

His focus this morning was the people of Wilmington, Ohio, who have been laid off work by the delivery giant “DHL”.

 

Mr. Jones reported that 10,000 workers from the company were out of work.  Many of them face losing their homes and one unemployed worker he interviewed suffered from type two diabetes and he had no way to pay for his medicine.  Many people in Wilmington and many cities large and small across the US are suffering from the same fate.

 

I often give to charities such as Feed the Children, but this time I wanted to make an appeal to the individuals in all the major fighting sports; amateur and professional as well.

 

When a recession or depression hits home often our industry thrives.  Boxing and wrestling became popular during the Great Depression and boxing is doing well at present, but mixed martial arts (mma) have soared.  This article can attest to it.

 

http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/mar/22/more-than-a-fighting-chance/

 

I am requesting that we open our hearts and talent to help our citizens cope through this recession.  We can help by:

 

  • Offering (donating) a portion of fight promotion proceeds to recession victims.
  • We can offer lessons to children whose families are seeking employment during the day. We can give them free afterschool training while the parents are pursuing services or work.
  • As the article noted, some of these families are going through a lot of stress. We can give at least one wage earner per family one or two days a week for a stress busting workout.  It will help him or her feel better.
  • Combine with your competitors and have a regional tournament, just for the sake of helping these victims.

 

I just gave a few examples of how we can help.  But feel free to donate your time or money by contacting:

 

FEED THE CHILDREN

1-800-889-8463

 

The economy is showing slight signs of improvement but we still have a big mountain to climb.

If anyone have ideas they would like to share, feel free to contact me at:  .

 

ballardboxing@lycos.com

 

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