The United States Karate Championships:

Guns & Hoses Foundation: It is the mission of the Guns & Hoses Foundation to raise funds to benefit the your of our community, to provide monetary support to families of fallen fire and police officers, and to donate designated funds to named charities of the participants.

Garland PAL (Police Athletic League): Founded by Lt Dave Swavey in 1998 the Garland Police Boxing Gym, aka the 9th Street Boxing Gym, began in cooperation with the G.R.E.A. T.  program to help at-risk kids.  In the beginning there we six kids and one coach.  The program now includes over 200 kids in the boxing program, 75 in the karate program,  tutoring program, and almost 30 coaches.

Garland PAL Karate Club: This program provides free martial arts training for low income families in the community.   Instruction is provide by instructors of the Beasley Karate Program. It has quickly become one of the top martial are teams in Texas.  Participants of Garland PAL karate club include many regional, state, national and and world champions.