A Call for Donations for Devastated Sumatra Aikido Dojo

Posted 2009-10-15 13:15:53 by Jun Akiyama
News URL: http://www.aikiweb.com/sumatra/

As discussed in this AikiWeb Forums thread, the recent earthquake in Sumatra has devastated an aikido dojo in the city of Padang when the earthquake struck during their practice, completely flattening the building in which they were training.

The Aikido Kobayashi Dojo, of which the Padang dojo is a member, is collecting donations to send to the Padang dojo. AikiWeb wishes to assist in this donation effort by collecting donations to send to the Kobayashi Dojo. Donations will be collected through October 31st, 2009 on this webpage: http://www.aikiweb.com/sumatra/.

Please help if you can. Thank you.

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Hi folks,

We are up to $210 in donations so far in less than 24 hours, thanks to those who have donated so far for the Panang aikido dojo in Sumatra.

Once again, the donation page (which will be active until October 31st) is located here:

http://www.aikiweb.com/sumatra/

Thank you to everyone who has donated and for spreading the word about this donation drive.

Best,

-- Jun

Hi folks,

The total for the Padang aikido dojo donation drive is now up to $280.

Once again, the donation page (which will be active until October 31st) is located here:

http://www.aikiweb.com/sumatra/

Thank you to everyone who has donated and for spreading the word about this donation drive.

Best,

-- Jun

Hi folks,

I just received another $20 donation for the Padang aikido dojo donation drive. I also received a $100 donation for AikiWeb itself from the Aikido World Alliance (thank you, Sato sensei) which I am rerouting to this donation drive, bringing the current total to $400!

Once again, the donation page (which will be active until October 31st) is located here:

http://www.aikiweb.com/sumatra/

Thank you to everyone who has donated and for spreading the word about this donation drive.

Best,

-- Jun

Hi everyone,

We're now up to $510 total with a little over one week left for this donation drive for the Padang aikido dojo which was devasted in the recent earthquake in Sumatra.

Once again, the donation page (which will be active until October 31st) is located here:

http://www.aikiweb.com/sumatra/

Thank you to everyone who has donated and for spreading the word about this donation drive.

Best,

-- Jun

Hi folks,

The total donation amount as of today is $760 in this the donation drive for the Padang aikido dojo which was devasted in the recent earthquake in Sumatra.

Once again, the donation page (which will be active until October 31st) is located here:

http://www.aikiweb.com/sumatra/

Thank you to everyone who has donated and for spreading the word about this donation drive.

Best,

-- Jun

Hi everyone,

We're now up to $1080 for the total amount of donations collected so far for the Padang aikido dojo which was devasted in the recent earthquake in Sumatra.

Once again, the donation page (which will be active until October 31st) is located here:

http://www.aikiweb.com/sumatra/

Thank you to everyone who has donated and for spreading the word about this donation drive. Every little bit counts.

Best,

-- Jun

Hi folks,

The total amount of donations is now up to $1,395!

This donation drive for the Padang aikido dojo will be ending tomorrow, October 31st, 2009.
The donation page is located at:

http://www.aikiweb.com/sumatra/

Thank you to everyone who has donated and for spreading the word about this donation drive. Every little bit counts.

Best,

-- Jun

Hi folks,

Final day for the donation drive today (10/31)!

We're up to $1,805! Can we break $2,000 by the end of the day?

The donation page is located at:

http://www.aikiweb.com/sumatra/

Thank you to everyone who has donated and for spreading the word about this donation drive. Every little bit counts.

Best,

-- Jun

Hi everyone,

I am happy to report that the donation drive was a great success, owing to the generosity of folks in the US, Norway, Singapore, Germany, Russia, and beyond! We managed to raise $1,855 total and was able to send out 165,000 yen (about $1,824 after PayPal fees, etc) to the Kobayashi Aikido Dojo in Japan to send over to the devastated Padang, Sumatra dojo in Indonesia.

I received a wonderful e-mail from Hiroaiki Kobayashi sensei with his appreciations for everyone's donations. He will be heading over to Indonesia later this month with the collections.

Special thanks go out to Ms Hiroko Tojo who facilitated the transfer to Kobayashi dojo's bank account.

Thank you, everyone, for your support for this donation drive!

Best regards,

-- Jun