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Making a Difference: The Ogden Foundation & LA Boxing
Providing sports programs and nutritional education to at-risk youth is one of the best ways to help the fight against childhood obesity. That’s the mission of The Ogden Foundation, who recently teamed up with LA Boxing to help raise money and awareness for this worthy cause.
On June 30th, LA Boxing Anthem hosted “A Fighting Chance,” a boxing charity event with a fight card of 20 contenders fighting to represent their sponsors. Proceeds from the event went to support The Ogden Foundation’s Summer Fitness Camp for children in the Family Promise Program for homeless and low income families. The six-week program offers mentoring by professional athletes and trainers to help children engage in exercise and understand the importance of nutrition and healthy eating. To help provide additional support for the Fitness Camp, The Ogden Foundation and LA Boxing also combined forces to open a fundraising fireworks stand from June 28th to July 4th at LA Boxing Anthem and held a summer sports equipment drive to accept donations of sporting goods to help encourage childhood exercise.
At-risk children don’t have the same opportunities as everyone else and can be more prone to setbacks such as obesity and poor health. Thanks to the efforts of The Ogden Foundation and LA Boxing, there looks to be a brighter and healthier future ahead for local underprivileged kids.
For more information on The Ogden Foundation, visit www.caampogden.com.
