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Au Pairs receive self-defense instruction

group shotOn Sunday, January 11th au pairs from the Annapolis cluster of Au Pair in America received hands on instruction from Jing Ying Institute on practical easy to recall self-defense moves should they ever find themselves in a dangerous situation.  DSC_0369DSC_0370DSC_0358DSC_0354DSC_0364Billy and Nancy Greer, the owners, demonstrated several areas of personal protection to include (1) awareness and avoidance techniques; (2) escaping mechanisms and (3) quick easy to use fighting back tools enabling an au pair to escape if someone larger and stronger attacks.  The au pairs left feeling empowered and better prepared!  For more information on this workshop please visit www.JingYing.org.  They are located in Arnold and offer many wonderful classes for your entire family.

Healthy Kids Day April 26th ~ FREE event sponsored by the YMCA of Central Maryland

The YMCA of Central Maryland is sponsoring a FREE Healthy Kids Day event for all families and their children on April 26th from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM in Arnold, Maryland off of Route 2.  The community is encouraged to come out and put a little healthy fun and activity in their day.  There will be moon bounces, healthy snacks, face painting, games and prizes, crafts and much more!  This event is to help families and their children to establish healthy habits, play, have fun and just get moving!  For more information click on their website at:  http://ymaryland.org/y-healthy-kids-day-2014-0.