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Oct 19 / 10:58am

Bonus Day! Our one-day fundraising challenge

Matched donations today up to 130%

Donate at this link

Today only our fundraising partner GlobalGiving is matching donations made to us at 30% and putting up two $1,000 prizes to those organizations raising the most and having the most donors. 

An anonymous donor is also challenging our community to spread the word about today by matching your donation 100% more if you share it on Facebook or by email afterwards. Just let us know you shared it by posting or commenting on our Facebook Page and your donation turns 130% more effective :) (230% if you work at a corporation that matches donations like Microsoft or Starbucks). There is $1,000 in the pool for this challenge and you don't need to share how much you donated if you don't want to as GlobalGiving will tell us the total.

The details

As we're now through our initial budget for buildout on the new gym space we thought this would be the perfect opportunity for you to spur the growth of the gym and tell us what we should build next! All of our operating costs are being covered by membership dues now so these donations will be going towards improvements of the gym space, our outreach programs, and ofsetting the costs of sponsorships to disadvantaged students (which we tend to always need to seek additional funding for apart from memberships)

On our priority list is the rock climbing wall, remodeling the bathrooms, and building out the community area / kitchen - what do you want to see next?

 

Filed under  //  fundraising   gym   gym evolution  
Jun 6 / 2:46pm

Box Handling

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Filed under  //  construction   gym evolution   volunteers  
May 29 / 10:25pm

What do we name our Roomba?

WARNING - this post is about vacuuming...the parkour will return next week ;)

Alright, the experiment was a success - I now really dig Roombas :) I've had to babysit the anthropomorphic little guy the last two nights but he - or she - is almost ready for its own run. It picked up a disturbing amount of fuzz and dust that we were missing - even with sweeping every night - on it's first run (I emptied it a few times due to some errors) and does a pretty good job at covering the gym, at least one room at a time. I'm not so sure though that he'll be able to handle the lounge without tumbling to his death...I had to disable his cliff sensors with some paper since apparently our black flooring absorbs the IR light they use to not run down stairs.

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It's a 530 model that I picked up refurbished on Woot for really cheap, unfortunately it doesn't work with lighthouses which is what it sounds like we need for the three rooms. I did order an Aerovac for it to boost the power and capacity a bit. I find it funny that I've had it for two days and have already hacked it a bit and sent in for upgrades...

Filed under  //  gym   gym evolution   photos  
May 22 / 6:45pm

New boxes, more bars! Building Day

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Sunday May 22nd 1-5pm

The new boxes are almost finished! We'll need to finish sheeting a few more, put handles on, then sand down and stain them.

And I don't want to jinx it but I got a new plan for floor railings that I may be able to put in effect :)

Volunteers welcome! Bring sanding tools of you got em - 206.923.8864

Filed under  //  construction   gym evolution   volunteers  
May 8 / 1:35pm

Build day and parkour park planning

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We'll be at the gym or down the street in the new workshop tomorrow from 12-5 working on the 10 or so new boxes that are partially constructed. Hopefully it's nice out and we can assemble outside! If you are available to help out please bring a cordless drill/driver or a table saw ;) Can't wait to get these done! Call 206.923.8864 if you don't see us

Around 5pm we'll order some pizza and gather to discuss plans for the new parkour park project! All are welcome
Filed under  //  PKV workshop   construction   gym evolution