FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Changing Lives ATA Martial Arts- Master Instructor -Senior Master T. L. Thomas

Phone #: 757-471-9002 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

CHANGING LIVES ATA MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY INVITES ALL OF THE ATA STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND EVERYONE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR HOME DEPOT'S SAFETY COMMUNITY EVENT ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2009.

CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA – Changing Lives ATA Martial Arts has announced plans for joining the Edinburgh Home Depot community safety event. Senior Master Thomas and his team of Instructors will be utilizing the Safety Awareness Tips from Srgt Safety and the Kidznpower program. This event is scheduled for October 10, 2009. This safety event is part of ATA Martial Arts’ worldwide (www.ATAONLINE.com) initiative to help minimize the risk of child abduction through education. With active membership exceeding 350,000 worldwide and 1,200 schools in the U.S. and abroad, ATA is positively positioned to reach children and adults with the message of abduction prevention. As part of the safety campaign, ATA has partnered with AMBER Alert.com to increase AMBER Alert notification via e-mail and personal communication devices. Once an AMBER Alert is issued, AMBER Alert.com uses state-of-the-art technology to notify its subscribers of a missing child in a specific area. According to local ATA Senior Master Instructor Tracy Lee Thomas, education is the key to child safety. “Children of all age, gender and race are vulnerable to child abduction". Through age appropriate instruction, awareness of warning signs and ID activities such as fingerprinting, collectively ATA schools around the world hope to have a significant impact on reducing the risk of child abduction and victimization, we don't want our kids to be a target”, says Senior Master Thomas.   Kidz-N-Power is another tool utilized by ATA Martial Arts to teach safety awareness, safe defense tips for parents, and self defense measures that all children will learn to increase their ability to defend themselves. For more information pertaining to the KidznPower safety event at the Edinburgh Home Depot please contact Changing Lives Martial Arts at www.ATAKICK.com or 757-471-9002.