Kickboxing for a Cause: Donate What You Can
Sun, Aug 14
|Brooklyn
A donation-based outdoor all-levels workout class in McCarren Park, BK on Sunday, August 14th at 11am, benefitting a charity of your choosing.
Time & Location
Aug 14, 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Brooklyn, 776 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA
About the Event
Join Hit House for a cardio kickboxing & HIIT workout led by Tobias at McCarren Park in Williamsburg, BK on Sunday, August 14th at 11am. This donation-based class is for all levels and requires no equipment. Wear sneakers and bring water. Use the entrance at Lorimer & Driggs.
This is a donation-based workout: donate what you can to the organization of your choice (see below). You will receive an e-mail with an exact location and check in contact information. In case of inclement weather, you will be notified via e-mail at least two hours prior.Â
We asked the Hit House community what charities mean the most to them - and we received a ton of awesome suggestions! Check out these organizations below and donate what you can!
After class: pay-per-round pad work! $5 for 3 minutes of pad work with Tobias. Bring gloves and wraps! Can pay directly by cash, Venmo or Zelle. (No sign up needed, just hang around.)
Rain date August 21st.
THE ORGANIZATIONSÂ
We polled the Hit House community for local organizations that they love & support. We selected 4 interesting, inspiring & diverse organizations to highlight during this charity workout. Donate what you can to one of the four charities below in lieu of class payment.
- Black Guns RUN! Foundation: Black Girls RUN! provides a community to inspire women to be active & supplies fitness resources to runners. The Black Girls RUN! Foundation supports the national community footprint, programming & the expansion of the organization. Learn more about the NYC chapter here. Donate here.
- Fast Feet NYC: Fast Feet offers programs to assist individuals of all abilities & running clubs that create inclusive & supportive team environments within a school community.Your donation ensures that all children living with a disability have access to health equity programs that are empowering, inclusive & supportive. Check out our past event with them here. Donate here.
- Send Chinatown Love: This volunteer run team uses donations for two programs. GIFT-A-MEAL distributes meals to feed our vulnerable & under-represented communities in need. Donated funds support logistics, such as buying meals & transportation costs. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT offers a dozen services to Asian-owned small businesses to develop, build out & strengthen these businesses. Donated funds help merchants print new menus, host website domains & more. Donate here.
- Social Tees NYC: Remember our Puppies & Fitness events? (We do. We think about them a lot.) Â This foster-based, no-kill rescue finds forever homes for abandoned dogs & cats. Donations ensure that Social Tees can provide those animals with essential care, veterinary expenses & support the foster & volunteer programs with supplies like pet food & training courses. Donate here.