Archive for April, 2011

We are so grateful to everyone that spreads the news of our happenings here at Louie’s Kids. Thank you to the kind folks in the Park West neck of the woods for sharing our latest information.

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Join Louie’s Kids for its third annual Piggly Wiggly Big Chef/Little Chef Competition presented by IKON Financial Group. Charleston’s top chefs will come together for a one-of-a-kind gastronomic evening. Guests at this event taste delicious culinary creations courtesy of the big chefs and their little counterparts, all of whom are Louie’s Kids participants. You also will enjoy tastes of Perception Wines and other hors d’oeuvres courtesy of Square Onion. All proceeds benefit Louie’s Kids programs to fight childhood obesity.

2011 Participating Chefs: Nico Romo of FISH, Marc Collins of Circa 1886, Cary Zapatka of Square Onion, Craig Deihl of Cypress, John Zucker of Cru Cafe, Ben Berryhill of Red Drum, Michelle Weaver of Charleston Grill, Sean Brock of Husk, Ken Vedrinski of Lucca and John Ondo of Cafe Lana.

Enjoy music by Sons of Summer and Doug Jones while watching the most amazing river view and sunset in town!

$50; $45 advance. Call (843)724-9267 or go to https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/LouiesKids/OnlineRegistration.html to register. Buy your tickets early. This event sells out!

Just discovered this and had to share! Thank you again for the support of the folks at Adventure Radio and to Jen and Scott of The Wake-Up Call for sharing the day and heat with us. we are so thankful for your presence. This video made my night.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have decided to postpone this event until later in the year. Thank you for your support. We will post new information on this event as we make new plans!

CHARLOTTE, NC. – Want to join hundreds of other devoted yogis for an afternoon of down dogs, headstands and mountain poses to raise money for a children’s charity? Louie’s Kids organizers are readying for the first Yoga Marathon in Freedom Park in Charlotte, NC. This will be the 10^th yoga marathon for Louie’s Kids, the 2^nd in a city away from home.

On Saturday, June 4, 2011, participants will fill the park from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. as a group of Charlotte’s most popular yoga instructors lead the way in Freedom Park, rain or shine.

The Louie’s Kids’ Yoga Marathon in Charlotte will benefit a Louie’s Kids’ Run Buddies program in Charlotte this fall. The latest initiative of Louie’s Kids, Run Buddies is an athletic mentorship program matching adults with young kid seeking a healthy lifestyle. Run Buddies works with kids who need an adult to join them and adults that want to share in their love of being active, to get outside and get fit.

“We have received such enormous response from the Charlotte Community after a recent article in the April 2011 issue of Runners World that we felt the need to bring this Yoga Marathon and Run Buddies Program to Charlotte,” explains Louis Yuhasz, founder of The Yoga Marathon and Louie’s Kids. “I am certain this inaugural marathon will be an extraordinary event for the Charlotte community as it has been in Charleston for the past eight years.”

Recently, Louie’s Kids hosted an inaugural Yoga Marathon in historic Forsyth Park in Savannah, GA. 100 people participated in the Savannah Yoga Marathon and the event raised $16,000, which will benefit Savannah-based COPE (Childhood Obesity Prevention and Education). COPE will be utilizing the donations raised from the Savannah Yoga Marathon to fund a Louie’s Kids’ Fit Club for 25 kids through a Title 1 school in Savannah this fall. To date, Louie’s Kids has raised over $100,000.00 for programs that benefit overweight and obese children in Charleston, SC, their home base. Donations were recorded from 37 states in the 8^th annual Yoga Marathon this past October in Charleston, SC.

Participants interested in partaking in the June 4^th Charlotte Yoga Marathon can register by creating a personal fundraising page by visiting www.louieskids.org/charlotte. Friends and family can support their individual efforts to complete 108 Sun Salutations, a yoga sequence combining 12 postures. Sponsors also can donate money for each Sun Salutation or minute of yoga completed.

To find out more about participating or becoming a sponsor of the Charlotte Yoga Marathon visit www.louieskids.org/charlotte or contact Ashley Gunnin at 843-724-9267.

Listen to Louie’s Kid Founder/CEO Louis Yuhasz on CBS Radio in New York City as he shares the story of Run Buddies to all of the world.

Louis on CBS part 1

Louis on CBS part 2