H.O.N.K. (Helping Our Neighborhood Kids) is
a non-profit Boxing/Club/Youth Center that is located in the Sheepshead
Bay section of Brooklyn, New York. This is a safe and great place where
Kids/Teens/Pre-Adults can go to engage in special activities, train and
have a supervised boxing workout.
The main reason I started this project was simple…
“It simply gives these neighborhood kids a safe and productive second home!”
I
started training some of these awesome kids around twelve years ago,
for the sole reason to create a SAFE and POSITIVE environment for kids
and teens to grow up in. to give these kids a fighting chance and lead
them far away from peer pressure, drugs and the possibility of joining
some street gangs. To encourage kids of all ages to take up the hobby
of boxing, which is great to help them stay active, train, exercise and
discipline. I have noticed a huge difference it has made on my shy
students; giving them the confidence and skills they need to advance in
life, as well as the self-defense tactics to help them through the
struggles of everyday life.
I
wish I had this type of center to have gone to when I was younger
growing up in Flatbush Brooklyn. While me and my sister grew up in a
lower-class poor family, that spent most days and nights living in our
roach and rat infested apartment building, living on spam and
rice-a-roni four to five night s a week. This at least put a roof over
my head till a bad fire destroyed our home when I was ten years old,
putting our family out in the streets, leaving me with nothing but the
clothes on my back. This caused me problems with my classmates, making
fun of me because I had to wear the same clothes sometimes multiple
days in a row. This created a problem constantly getting into fights
and making awkward trips to the dean’s office, and on some occasions
the police station. This when I found a local boxing club that had
changed my life forever. It kept me off the streets and in a positive
environment, till this day I thank God and boxing for saving my life, I
have had numerous friends die from drugs, homicide and even suicide. I
have been to too many wakes of friends who had no where to go to and
have not had the chance I did. This is why I am Trying’ to keep some
kids off that Dead End Path of Destruction!
The type of club I have created is a boxing training facility as well as a youth activities center.
for More Information and Enrollment……718 627 3841
