A New Floor for Fighting Chance!
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ABOUT FIGHTING CHANCE SEATTLE
Fighting Chance Seattle is a community dojo, dedicated to fostering personal empowerment through martial arts. Founded by Sensei Jordan Giarratano in 2011, the dojo has grown to support 50 students attending 12 classes per week (with a goal to empower up to 100 enrolled students). We also offer an after-school program for kids and teens; a highly-rated monthly seminar on women's self defense; as well as an ongoing series of volunteer outreach events aimed at combating rape culture and championing community-defense strategies.
It is more than a gym: it's a safe space for students to engage physically, mentally and emotionally, to be supported, and to take the risks they need to become their biggest, best self. We provide ourselves on offering an inclusive, unintimidating environment for people to discover their power.
Fighting Chance has grown from two classes per week to a full-time business over five years, and we are incredibly proud of what we have built together. But as the dojo and its student population have grown, so have the needs of out space. In order to sustain a safe training environment for students, it has become apparent that we need to tear out and replace the current floor. This renovation will both help prevent injury, ease instruction and participation in class, and expand our opportunities to empower more students - and while ultimately it will be a boon, the upfront costs are significant for a values-driven, locally-owned micro-business. We are reaching out to our community to help us offset the labor and material cost of this necessary investment.
GIVING BACK
As part of our commitment to giving back to the community we will offer one full-year scholarship, to a student in need, to our teen martial arts program for the 2017 - 2018 school year if we reach $4,000 and two if we meet our goal of $8,000.
We are also offering exclusive rewards for donors to this campaign - check them out! Should we raise any additional funds, we will be adding stretch goals (listed below), all aimed at giving back to our community and continuing to foster the relationships that make Fighting Chance possible.
LINKS/MORE
Fighting Chance Seattle Homepage
RSVP to the Dojo Open House
Facebook / Twitter / Instagram
Interview with Sensei Jordan
Outreach Program - Run Prepared
Fighting Chance Seattle is a community dojo, dedicated to fostering personal empowerment through martial arts. Founded by Sensei Jordan Giarratano in 2011, the dojo has grown to support 50 students attending 12 classes per week (with a goal to empower up to 100 enrolled students). We also offer an after-school program for kids and teens; a highly-rated monthly seminar on women's self defense; as well as an ongoing series of volunteer outreach events aimed at combating rape culture and championing community-defense strategies.
It is more than a gym: it's a safe space for students to engage physically, mentally and emotionally, to be supported, and to take the risks they need to become their biggest, best self. We provide ourselves on offering an inclusive, unintimidating environment for people to discover their power.
Fighting Chance has grown from two classes per week to a full-time business over five years, and we are incredibly proud of what we have built together. But as the dojo and its student population have grown, so have the needs of out space. In order to sustain a safe training environment for students, it has become apparent that we need to tear out and replace the current floor. This renovation will both help prevent injury, ease instruction and participation in class, and expand our opportunities to empower more students - and while ultimately it will be a boon, the upfront costs are significant for a values-driven, locally-owned micro-business. We are reaching out to our community to help us offset the labor and material cost of this necessary investment.
GIVING BACK
As part of our commitment to giving back to the community we will offer one full-year scholarship, to a student in need, to our teen martial arts program for the 2017 - 2018 school year if we reach $4,000 and two if we meet our goal of $8,000.
We are also offering exclusive rewards for donors to this campaign - check them out! Should we raise any additional funds, we will be adding stretch goals (listed below), all aimed at giving back to our community and continuing to foster the relationships that make Fighting Chance possible.
LINKS/MORE
Fighting Chance Seattle Homepage
RSVP to the Dojo Open House
Facebook / Twitter / Instagram
Interview with Sensei Jordan
Outreach Program - Run Prepared
Organizer
Jordan Giarratano
Organizer
Seattle, WA
