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| | | Faigie.com appreciates the success our customers have brought us. We also recognize that without our customers and the communities in which they live and work, the success we've experienced would be impossible. | | | | Since the founding of Faigie.com and its parent company WallFlower Designs, we have been involved in supporting the good works of Kids Kicking Cancer. We have committed to donating 5% of our companies' profits to support their incredible mission. | | | In today's complicated world there are still those who have made the difficult decision to dedicate their lives to alleviate the suffering of others. We applaud them and their efforts and wish them continued success.
| | Many of our customers have taken an active and direct role in supporting KKC. If you have an interest in participating, financially or otherwise, in their efforts, please feel free to email mailto:kkc@faigie.comand we'll make the appropriate introductions. | | | | About Kids Kicking Cancer- www.kidskickingcancer.net | | Kids Kicking Cancer is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that provides weekly classes for children, both inpatient and outpatient, in the mind-body techniques found in the martial arts. We emphasize relaxation and mental imagery, and skill each student according to his or her capabilities to engage in breathing, meditation, and active karate exercises. We also instruct both the parents and the medical personnel in these methods. Our instructors are invited to accompany their students and further assist them in the hospital rooms and clinics as they undergo painful procedures such as spinal taps and bone marrow aspirations. Our theme: "Pain is a message one does not have to accept." | | | | Impact of a Cancer Diagnosis | | Children with cancer typically feel a tremendous loss of autonomy, control and personal identity. They are required to endure treatments that cause them to feel sick in order to heal. They are confronted with multiple fears, including mortality, hair loss, falling behind academically and socially, as well as many other issues that affect how they view their bodies, their lives and their destinies. Rather than allowing children to view themselves as victims of disease, KKC trains pediatric cancer patients to see themselves as capable and important participants in their own healing. The impact of this change in perception on the psychological and emotional outlook of the children is dramatic. | | | | Our Philosophy | | By focusing its program around the healing themes of martial arts training, KKC not only strengthens children physically, but also teaches them to tap into the inner light of their spiritual self - a focus that generates incredible power, energy and internal strength. The inner spirit or soul of each child is viewed as the defining element of the child, rather than the body or the tumor that has invaded the child's body. Instead of emphasizing all the things that pediatric cancer patients cannot do, KKC focuses on all the things they can do. The goal of KKC is to help children with serious disease to heal, while empowering them physically, spiritually and emotionally. | | | | Our Founders | | Kids Kicking Cancer was founded by Rabbi/Professor Eli Goldberg, who is both a black belt in the martial arts and a father who lost his first child to cancer in 1983. He is also a Clinical Asst. Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Wayne State University Medical School . Rabbi G (as he is fondly called by his students) created the Kids Kicking Cancer program after serving for 12 years as the Director of a New York based summer camp for children with cancer. His experience in the martial arts, as a spiritual leader and as a parent who can identify with other parents facing serious disease, has provided him with remarkable insight into issues facing children and families with a diagnosis of cancer. Rabbi Goldberg was joined in 2001 by Dr. Susan Gardin, a public health specialist with clinical degrees in psychology, physical therapy, and health education from Stanford University , U.S.C. and U.C.L.A. As the National Program Director, Dr. Gardin is intimately involved with program management and development. | | | | | | |
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