Here we go! Fencing in the Schools is going National! Join our movement to get kids fencing across America!!!
Help us fund another 2000 kids to fence in Chicago public schools for 2013-2014 school year! (1500 in Harlem + 2000 in Chicago = 3500 new fencers already by 2013-2014 school year!)
Big event Tues, May 7 in Chicago in conjunction with this ! Donate or purchase tickets which will go to fund the school programs!
Exciting news! Fencing in the Schools is coming to CHICAGO! We will be serving close to 2000 students in the 2013-2014 school year.
We will be holding a fundraising event on Tuesday, May 7 in Chicago with our local partners to help fund the programs. More info to come!
Please share and help us spread the word on the benefits of fencing and that if you want fencing…YOU CAN HAVE IT!
Last night marked the unveiling of the FENCING MASTERS ROADSHOW!
Held at the Baryshnikov Arts Center before a crowd of 200 people the event featured fencing matches between Olympians Nicole Ross and Nzhingha Prescod and Daryl Homer versus Tim Morehouse. The choir from Democracy Prep sang the national anthem, we premiered the Fencing in the Schools promo video we made with the prestigious Sunshine Sachs company and also had our “How to Watch Fencing” demonstration.
The event was part of the Fencing in the Schools Kick-Off and helped to generate $37,000 dollars to help fund 1500+ kids at 6 schools in Harlem to have fencing! Thank you to everyone who donated and there is still time if you’d like to contribute: http://www.crowdrise.com/fencingintheschools2013
Here is what we accomplished last night with your help:
Always good to have an endorsement by the leader of the free world!
The video is from the Chicago 2016 Olympic event at the White House in 2010.
Fencing in the Schools is launching programs with 1500+ students in 6 Harlem schools and we want to help make fencing a regular part of Physical Education in America to help kids lead healthier lives, to instill Olympic ideals and improve educational opportunities.
If you’d like to support us: http://www.crowdrise.com/fencingintheschools2013
This should be a fun one to watch!! Airs tonight at 7pm and 11:30pm on E! News!
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Our US Men’s Foil Team is putting up some HISTORIC results.
I don’t know why this isn’t a bigger story but 2012 US Olympic team member Alex Massialas is leading the way with strong fencing in both the individual and team events. He finished SECOND in the individual event at this past weekend’s world cup in St. Petersburg as the team also captured the silver medal!!!
He’s won back-to-back medals at world cups (a bronze last tournament!) and I think the last person to do that was Cliff Bayer back in 1990s!!!
He’s clearly becoming our best men’s fencer across all weapons!
Not far behind, Gerek Meinhardt who also took Bronze at the past world cup made the top-8 in St. Petersburg.
Overall, our men’s foil team including Race Imboden and Miles Chamley-Watson has now won back to back medals in the team world cup events including the first ever gold medal in US history in the the team event.
They are looking like strong medal contenders for RIO 2016 if they can keep it up. Might we be looking at 2-3 Olympic medals out of our men’s foil team at the Rio Games? It certainly looks like they are capable.
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