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PNWPA's Project Spruce Street Print E-mail
Saturday, 30 May 2009
 

Project Spruce Street kicked off this week in Seattle, bringing parkour classes to at-risk youth in the heart of downtown!

Janine Cundy, Tyson Cecka, and Brandee Laird from the Pacific Northwest Parkour Association headed downtown on Thursday (May 28th) to kick start an initiative that will bring parkour classes to halfway houses every week, free of charge.  Lessons focus on much more than just technique, delving into the importance and joy of pride in achievement, respect for training grounds and community, personal growth, and how to face fear responsibly. "It's incredibly rewarding to head this initiative," Cundy said "these kids deserve to have some fun.  Everybody should have something that they are proud they can do, and this gives that feeling to new kids every week.  We hope that the people we get to know through these classes will look to the Washington Parkour and American Parkour communities as paths to furthering their knowledge of self, and
parkour."

The first class went better than expected, with lots of enthusiasm from the students and a surprising amount of natural talent.  There was an immediate recognition of the need for this kind of program in the facility, and so we anticipate this to be a project that will be growing and changing for a while to come.   For more information, please check out Spruce Street's website, and that of the PNWPA.

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1. 05-30-2009 04:27

This is so cool! 
 
I wish we had this near D.C. and the surronidng towns. That seriously awesome. :)

2. 05-30-2009 12:15

This is just the kind of thing that needs to be going on especially if we want to make a bigger impact with what parkour can do as a discipline of movement with young kids. 
 
Francesco

3. 05-30-2009 19:33

That is so great. Thank you guys for doing this!!

4. 06-01-2009 02:18

setting a GREAT example. awesome idea!!  
 
-Nikkie

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