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Welcome to KICKSTART

Our mission is to change and save children’s lives. Resiliency in children is enhanced through the values and philosophies taught through the Martial Arts.

Specific goals of the program are to encourage students to resolve conflict productively, avoid participating in gangs, choose drug-free lifestyles, and remain in high school until they graduate.

Martial Arts training serves simply as the vehicle to instill the values and skills necessary to combat the drug and gang-related peer pressures. The core philosophy of Martial Arts stresses the vital importance of a healthy mind and body necessary to lead a productive life.

The KICKSTART Karate Program replaces many missing elements of our students' lives including offering a role model, a figure of authority, a chance to set and reach goals, physical and mental conditioning and very importantly, a feeling of hope for the future and belief in themselves.

Houston and Galveston Independent School District studies show that drug and gang related peer pressure is the worst on the sixth grade level. The goal is to instill protective factors in these children, so that they will have the resiliency to combat these pressures. From Chuck Norris’ vast experience working with children through the Martial Arts, he is confident this program provides the necessary tools for these children.

Our Commitment to Privacy

Since our establishment in 1990, the Kick Drugs Out of America Foundation dba KICKSTART, has been committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of personal information about our current and potential donors.  We review our privacy policy annually. Our online notice is then updated to reflect any material changes.

How We Protect Your Information

KICKSTART has always considered the strong protection of sensitive information to be a foundation of our donors' trust and a standard practice. We employ extensive physical, electronic, and procedural protection mechanisms and we regularly adapt these controls to respond to changes in requirements and advances in technology.   We restrict access to your personal information to those who require it to provide our services to you.  We do not sell or rent donor names or information to any firm or non-profit organization. You do not have to contact us to benefit from these protections; they apply automatically to all of our donors.

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