Bucks County Courier Times (Pennsylvania, USA)
It is hot and humid — the stench of Steung Meanchey's notorious garbage dump in Cambodia's capital of Phnom Penh is intolerable yet unavoidable. Many children have no choice but to forage through the waste for recyclables that earn them 25 cents to 75 cents a day — just enough for a bowl of rice.
The children's stories have tugged at the heartstrings of Brittany Policastro, a yoga teacher at the Center Club in Newtown. Now she's doing something to help them.
Policastro has committed to The Off the Mat into the World Cambodia Seva Challenge by creating the “One World Many Hearts Yoga Tour.” The tour will give Philadelphia area yoga studios the chance to put their good energy to use Oct. 4 and 5. That's when each participating yoga studio will offer a 75-minute class for a minimum $10 donation with all of the funds going to the Cambodia Children's Fund. There also will be goodie bags for each participant as well as raffles in several of the studios.
But more than the goodies and exercise, participants will be helping the exploited and downtrodden.
“The Seva Challenge was created to inspire others to tap into their creativity and raise $20,000 for the Cambodia Children's Fund. This organization provides shelter, education, health care and nourishment to some of the most impoverished children that live in a place with one of the highest rates for child prostitution and domestic violence,” said Policastro.
“Initially, I felt so drawn to this cause and I didn't even know why,” she said. “But now, just from the passion I have put into creating this project and all of the amazing connections I have made, my life has already changed significantly. All of those participating in the challenge that raise $20,000 will travel to Cambodia for two weeks to work with these children. ... I can't wait to connect with these children.”
Yoga tour schedule in Bucks
OCT. 4
Prasad Yoga: 516 Second Street Pike, second floor, Southampton, www.prasadyoga.com, 1- 2:15 p.m.
Sun Dog Yoga: 17 W. State St., second floor, Doylestown, www.sundogyogastudio.com, 8-9:15 a.m. and 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Yogasphere: 18 Swamp Road, Newtown Township, www.yogasphere.net, 8-9:15 a.m.
The children's stories have tugged at the heartstrings of Brittany Policastro, a yoga teacher at the Center Club in Newtown. Now she's doing something to help them.
Policastro has committed to The Off the Mat into the World Cambodia Seva Challenge by creating the “One World Many Hearts Yoga Tour.” The tour will give Philadelphia area yoga studios the chance to put their good energy to use Oct. 4 and 5. That's when each participating yoga studio will offer a 75-minute class for a minimum $10 donation with all of the funds going to the Cambodia Children's Fund. There also will be goodie bags for each participant as well as raffles in several of the studios.
But more than the goodies and exercise, participants will be helping the exploited and downtrodden.
“The Seva Challenge was created to inspire others to tap into their creativity and raise $20,000 for the Cambodia Children's Fund. This organization provides shelter, education, health care and nourishment to some of the most impoverished children that live in a place with one of the highest rates for child prostitution and domestic violence,” said Policastro.
“Initially, I felt so drawn to this cause and I didn't even know why,” she said. “But now, just from the passion I have put into creating this project and all of the amazing connections I have made, my life has already changed significantly. All of those participating in the challenge that raise $20,000 will travel to Cambodia for two weeks to work with these children. ... I can't wait to connect with these children.”
Yoga tour schedule in Bucks
OCT. 4
Prasad Yoga: 516 Second Street Pike, second floor, Southampton, www.prasadyoga.com, 1- 2:15 p.m.
Sun Dog Yoga: 17 W. State St., second floor, Doylestown, www.sundogyogastudio.com, 8-9:15 a.m. and 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Yogasphere: 18 Swamp Road, Newtown Township, www.yogasphere.net, 8-9:15 a.m.
2 comments:
uuuu know what....yeay and ta ta...go to help at least thousands of those children already...but uuu the news never say any goog thing about them...why...only foreigner...do a little thing...uuu make big...like sky.....should be fair news....and another thing...since they love yuon...and hun...gov...let it be...they never want to change...if they do...they will stand up...stand up and vote for it.......live with it...since uuu love to have that kind of shit..gov that think only power and $$$$$$$$$$ it never end....until....cambodia has no interest from foreigner....to give 10millions but reap from cambodia 200mmmmmmmmmmm.....who really love cambodia than yourself???????usa...kore....china....or yuon...wake up.....
uuuu know what....yeay and ta ta...go to help at least thousands of those children already...but uuu the news never say any goog thing about them...why...only foreigner...do a little thing...uuu make big...like sky.....should be fair news....and another thing...since they love yuon...and hun...gov...let it be...they never want to change...if they do...they will stand up...stand up and vote for it.......live with it...since uuu love to have that kind of shit..gov that think only power and $$$$$$$$$$ it never end....until....cambodia has no interest from foreigner....to give 10millions but reap from cambodia 200mmmmmmmmmmm.....who really love cambodia than yourself???????usa...kore....china....or yuon...wake up.....
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