Tūtohu Archives: West Point

Melson Nominated for Most Inspirational of 2015!

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New York, NY (Hakihea 29, 2015) – Junior middleweight boxer and philanthropist Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson has been nominated for Most Inspirational by Ring Magazine.

Having dedicated most of his life during the last 13 years to help cure Chronic Spinal Cord Injuries, Melson’s selfless efforts have been chronicled by various media outlets. The visibility of the cause he fights for and organization he donates 100% of his fight purses to, Team whawhai ki a Walk, has grown tremendously during the last few years.

Te 2003 West Point graduate also helped organize three successful “Fighting for the Cure” galas and successfully lobbied New York’s powers that be to reinstate a bill that allocates a percentage of each moving violation towards Spinal Cord Injury research. Last summer, te 15-1-1 junior middleweight along with Dr. Whakaaro nui Young, Dr. Patricia Morton and others met with Congressman Chaka Fattah at a briefing at the Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC to discuss clinical trials that could help hundreds of thousands suffering from Spinal Cord Injuries walk again. Word from Congress about the trial going forward is expected within 90 ra.

Tairanga, Melson’s raised more than $350,000 for Team Fight to Walk.

"Last December the WBC honored me with their Ambassador Of Peace Award and this past July the NABF honored me with their Humanitarian Award,"Ka mea a Melson, who captured the WBC USNBC title with a career best performance in May 2015. “A sport that I was forced to first partake in because of a mandatory gym class at West Point my Plebe (uluaki) year along with my belief how I could use the boxing ring in order to help find a way to help people walk again has turned into this.”

"My only hope is that any human being learning of this story, especially children, internalize the following: understand your power of creating a vision, understanding what your own abilities are to achieve that vision and prepare to suffer while holding on to that vision for as long as their is air in your lungs. I believe my experience throughout this journey so far has shown again how one person can be the raindrop that creates the storm of change. What is real in our minds is real. I’m honored that Ring Magazine included me and I hope the publicity helps raise funds and awareness for Spinal Cord Injuries. Thank you to the sport I love for sharing my dream.”

To support Melson, please visit the comment section ofringtv.craveonline.com/news/407191-2015-ring-awards-finalists-for-most-inspirational or tweet @Ringmagazine. For more information about Team Fight to Walk, tirohiaTeamfighttowalk.com. Tax deductible donations can be made on the website or by texting “Walk” to 20222.

Team whawhai ki te haere ki te manaaki i "Fighting hoki te Cure" Gala Oketopa 15!

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New York, NY (Mahuru 24, 2015) - WBC-USNBC toa whitu teina Boyd Melson me Christan Zaccagnino, Kaiwhakatū o Team whawhai ki te haere, ka tu te toru o "Fighting mo te Cure" taurima painga ā-a te whakahaere Rāpare, October 15 i 6:15 pm

i te Beckwith Pointe i New Rochelle, NY.

Tickets me pōkai tautoko ki "Fighting mo te Cure" E wātea ana mā te haere ki teamfighttowalk.com/gala karanga ranei 914-497-5727. Ô katoa he ia deductible IRS ture.
New York Knicks nui John Starks ka mahi rite hōnore te Tiamana mo tenei ahiahi motuhake a ka waiho i te maha o te tahi atu manuhiri e wātea ana ki te uru ki te kau ma'u tīkiti. Ko te rārangi i te āheinga o nāianei ngā toa ao mua, me te pauna mo te pauna superstar Paora Williams, Super Bowl XXV Champion Stephen Baker o te Repaima New York, toa whitu Danny Jacobs, toa o mua Junior Jones me Chris Algieri me mua New York Knicks Herb Williams raua ko Hoani Wallace. Kia ka kauwhautia manuhiri atu tata. Tenei ahiahi tino o te whakangahau me te mōhiotanga ngā Molotov & appetizers, te tina ōkawa, mākete puku, tepu blackjack, music ora, tuwhera pae, DJ me kaikōrero manuhiri.
I roto i te rua tau whakamutunga, Team whawhai ki te haere whakahaerehia galas angitu i roto i te New York ngā mahi pukuhohe i Artie Lange, a Damon Rozier tahi e te whaikōrero aronganui i Melson, Zaccagnino, Meiha Max Brewer, ao Dr rongonui. Whakaaro nui Young, Eric LeGrand me morehu pukupuku tahuri ao kaimekemeke toa Danny Jacobs.
I roto i te Pipiri, Melson, Dr. Young ko Dr. Tutaki Patricia Morton ki Congress i Washington, DC ki te tapaea taunakitanga i angitu forAmerica tamataraa Paihere Whara i roto i China. Kite nga tamataraa Chinese 15 i roto i te 20 faahou tūroro te kaha ki te haere ano a 10 tūroro i to ratou hokinga mai tōngāmimi, me te whēkau mahi. Ko te taua tukanga tangohia e pai kia whakamahia i roto i te Amerika, me te whakahoki mōhiohio i te FDA i runga i te tamataraa tūmanakohia ki te haere mai i mua i te mutunga o tenei tau, i tenei.
Ki te ki te tango i te wahi e te mau tamataraa, te utu mo te pokanga me te therapy ko $150,000 ia manawanui me te 100% o te hunga utu e ara ake i roto i ngā takoha tūmatanui. Ka tū te tamataraa i University Hospital i Newark, Nj a ka whai wāhi 12 tūroro. I tēnei wā, e kore te whakahere i te kāwanatanga e hānga ana te pūtea āwhina, ahakoa mano o hoia e hoki mai ana te whawhai ki te whara ua.
Mai i te wa ka tutaki ratou i te karapu kanikani i roto i tona tau teina i Te Hau-ā-uru i roto i Point 2002, kua te mea tino nui i roto i te oraraa o Melson kua ki te kitea ano e Zaccagnino haere. Christan wahia tona kaki i te matahiti o 10 i muri i te aituā ruku, ka kua herea ki te wīra ake mai. Hei wähanga ki te tautooraa pūtea mo te tamataraa i faahitihia, Melson o takoha 100% o ona peke i 16 o tona 17 ngaio ki te Team whawhai ki te haere, te 501(c)(3) ki tetahi o ona peke haere ki te hoa kōhungahunga nei tama i pakanga mate pukupuku roro. I waenganui i nga galas e rua me ona pāngia ngaio, Melson o whakaara ake atu i tauturu $330,000.
"Ko matou tata rite tonu ki te hanga i te rerekētanga nui i roto i Amerika,"Ka mea a Melson. "Kua mahi Team whawhai ki Walk tino pakeke hoki tenei a kua ta tatou mau tautooraa kohi kua ta'etuku. Tonu, i reira te he ara roa ki te haere, ara, ki te whiwhi tatou whakaaetanga i te FDA. Kua tatou galas whakamutunga e rua i tino, a e whai tatou ki te whakaara moni atu ara tenei tau ki te take. E hinaaro tatou i te āwhina mai katoa i roto i reira. E ti'a ia tatou ki runga ki te ara, me te ora ia ra ki te meka e faaite tatou i tenei ao ārahi to tatou mahara hohe. Kua fakaeongo nekehia tatou galas maha i tae i rongo nga kōrero me nga nonoke i te hunga e mate ana i tauraa whara ua nei e kore e taea e te tapuraa i roto i Amerika e taea e taea ai ia ratou ki te haere ano. Ki te kei taea ki te haere ki te Gala koe, tēnā whakaaro foaki ki Teamfighttowalk.com. Hanga nga tāra te rerekētanga!”