Happy New Year!
2009 was a great year for the members of Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara thanks to you!
Your generous donation helped us reach our goals. By the end of the year, monetary donations totalled nearly $11,000 and volunteers had donated hundreds of hours.
We’re counting on you to help us realise our dreams in 2010, too!
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Fighting Back Mentor Program and Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
“It was wonderful to see the demonstrations as performed by youth who are so focused and dedicated.”
~ Juliana Lee - Mentor Program Coordinator
Testimonial:
Past collaboration between Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara and the Counsel on Drug and Alcohol Abuse
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On Saturday, [...]
(Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse)
This week, our Executive Director and Head Instructor Lia Suzuki Sensei, will be meeting with Juliana Lee, the Mentor Program Coordinator from Fighting Back Mentor Program, part of the Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse. Fighting Back Mentor Program is a school-based mentoring program that matches adult volunteers with 4th-8th grade students in South Santa [...]
Two Sponsored Openings Created for Low-Income/At-Risk Youth
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
(Santa Barbara, CA)
On September 30th at midnight, the nonprofit organization Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara ended its month-long Facebook Fan Drive to sponsor underprivileged and at-risk youth. During the course of the drive, people from the community came together and became fans of the group’s page [...]
The nonprofit will sponsor one child for every 20 new online fans it receives during September.
By Joni Kelly | Published on 08.31.2009
In an effort to raise awareness of its mission, Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara will begin a monthlong “fan drive” on Facebook.
For the month of September, AKSB is challenging Facebook members to become a [...]
AKSB on TV!
Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara got some air time on the Spanish-speaking channel, KPMR TV (cable channel 16; direct TV 38) for the launch of our sponsorship programs to provide Aikido training and mentoring to low-income and at-risk youth. Appearing in the video are Lia Sensei and the father and son team of [...]
Check out this video to see what Youth Services Specialists Program Director Selena Rockwell of the Counsel on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse had to say when she visited our aikido class.
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With demonstrations by:
Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara and others
March 3rd, 2007
The Santa Barbara School District currently funds zero physical education, music, or other arts instruction at the city’s two neediest schools, Franklin and McKinley elementary schools. At the invitation of McKinley School and Century 21 A-Hart Realty, Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara volunteered to give an aikido [...]
Aikido Kenkyukai Pennsylvania
Ambler, Pennsylvania
“…your Self was just forgotten and all you must do is remember it again. And it is larger and much more beautiful than you have imagined it to be…”
October 11, 2006
The following letter is an act of bravery. When asked to write something describing his experiences as a schizophrenic training aikido, Justin [...]
AiKi Conflict Transformation Workshop
Sponsored by:
Santa Barbara County Alcohol, Drug & Mental Health Services
Hosted by:
Santa Barbara Community College
October 26, 2002
On Saturday, October 26, the Santa Barbara County Drug and Alcohol Program held its annual “Sober Women, Healthy Families” conference at the Santa Barbara Community College. The event, designed to help women who have been involved in [...]
