Mary Foley's Fundraiser
Support Thousand Waves Dojo - a special place for healing, empowerment, and strong art.
Join me and help make a difference, please give today if you are able.
Charikleia Iakovidou
"Osu Mary!"
$50
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Jeff Buttram
""Capping" off your donation goal by **KICKing*~* this to your Donor Scroll!"
$50
Jerry and Karen Foley
"Thousand Waves Dojo provides a supportive community for physical and personal growth."
$200
Each year, the Thousand Waves community gets together to raise money and keep our dojo going. It is a very special place in Chicago where people of different ages and skill-levels work together daily to practice a beautiful martial art and also practice what it means to create and maintain a healthy community with liberatory values. I am grateful to my teachers and fellow students for giving time and resources year-round. And I am grateful to all the people in my life who support my ability to practice here.
The founder of Seido Karate, Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura says:
"... we must seek a strength that is a little beyond the strength that we have, and then strive to exceed that strength."
In that spirit, each year, I've tried to raise a bit more to contribute to Thousand Waves:
- 2023: $100
- 2024: $250
- 2025: $400
- 2026: $500!
Some more official stuff: Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self-Defense Center, NFP is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to foster fitness, healing, empowerment and peacemaking. Its not-for-profit work includes offering scholarships for all its programs, (karate training, empowerment self-defense, and camps for kids). Thousand Waves also runs an Adapted Seido Karate program for children with disabilities.