Minggu, 06 November 2016

Breaking boards to battle breast melanoma - Lewiston sun Journal

LEWISTON — Sosai Donna Harris, proprietor and teacher at Phoenix Academy of Martial Arts, is the area checklist-holder for many boards broken with one hand in a single minute. 

With just 60 seconds to complete the assignment, Harris tried to beat her personal list Sunday on the Lewiston Armory's "Breaking for Breast melanoma cognizance" fundraiser. 

The number to beat: 156

The quantity executed: 150

although she failed to quite attain her goal or 157 or extra, she still holds the record that she set remaining year on Oct. 10.

"I installation 216 as a result of a lady from Australia broke 215 boards with two arms in one minute," Harris stated. 

Harris and her husband, Harry, placed on the adventure to carry focus and funds for breast cancer. 

there have been other events held earlier than the massive finale, together with live tune and a toddlers's demo team from Phoenix Karate. 

"The reason we're here is not only to spoil boards," Harris referred to before her attempt. "We're here to guide breast cancer ninjas." 

Harris was raising money and fighting for Kathy Lebel, her cousin and co-proprietor of Schemengees.

Over $2,200 changed into raised and what didn't go to Lebel went to the native nonprofit brief folks For Hope, a melanoma help neighborhood in Norway.

according to breastcancer.org greater than 2.eight million girls have a historical past of breast melanoma within the U.S. This contains women currently being handled and women who've entire medication. 

About 1 in eight U.S. girls will strengthen invasive breast melanoma over the direction of their lives.

"The boards are damaged, however these girls will hold fighting," Harris stated. 

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