On Saturday December 1st, Austen Morris Assoicates sponsored the sixth installment of the annual Brawl on the Bund at the Kerry Parkside Hotel. With hundreds of Shanghai’s premiere guests in attendance to watch the seven, exciting matches, the event was able to raise over 83,885 RMB for Charity! Over the last six years Brawl on the Bund has helped to raise 1.15 million rmb for charities in China.
Austen Morris’s Senior Partner Wade Dawson participated in the event on the Red Team winning his match and inspiring many other’s to join the cause which encourages training, health and friendly competition.
A huge thank you to all the boxers, volunteers, sponsors, coaches, friends, organizers, and guests whom have supported the event and made it such a huge success. The beneficary for the evening was the The Foundation for Newborns with Respiratory Failure, which was established in 2008 in memory of Leo Spirit. Leo and his twin brother Tomas were born 3 months prematurely and were cared for by the staff at Fudan Children’s Hospital. Despite the best care and attention of the doctors and nurses, Leo passed away in November 2007 due to respiratory failure. Impressed by the dedication and efforts of the hospital staff, Leo’s parents, Scott and Cecile Spirit, decided to launch the foundation in his memory. Their goal is to provide access to the facilities of Fudan Children’s Hospital for families who can not afford to pay for the treatment.
