Pilsung a term used in Tae Kwon Do (Certain Victory).
The New Hampton and Nashua Jung's Tae Kwon Do Academy truly strive to do their very best and gain their own Victory. They really showed us they could win their own victory on August 23, 2008, the Jung's Tae Kwon Do Academy had a tournament and a break-a-thon to raise money for Chickasaw Community Action all in the same day!

New Hampton and Nashua Jung's Tae Kwon Do students competed at the 4th Annual Tae Kwon Do Tournament in New Hampton. Students competed according to age and belt ranking in the areas of Forms, Board Breaking, and Free Sparring. Sportsmanship and respect for officials, parents and opponents is required of all competitors.

New Hampton Dojang with trophies and medals.

Nashua Dojang with trophies and medals

Break-A-Thon

Kahm Say Hahm Nee Dah(THANK YOU!) Community Service and respect for others is a requirement of all Tae Kwon Do students. As part of this requirement, 4 years ago the New Hampton Branch

    Over 76 competitors attended the tournament and break-a-thon

 began a Break-a-thon fundraiser with the money going to Chickasaw County Community Action. Together we are able to assist our friends and neighbors in Chickasaw County who need some extra help. In 2006 we raised over $3000, in 2007 we raised $2500.00 and this year thanks to community support, Chickasaw County Community Action was presented cash gifts totaling over
$3600.00. With fuel continuing to rise, heating and transportation cost the additional funds this year were desperately needed, and deeply appreciated.

Presenting the check for over$3600.00 to
Community Action

Congratulations to ALL of the Tae Kwon Do students who worked so hard collecting donations by going door to door , working for their families, having lemonade stands or bake sales your totals for raising money were above and beyond! Congratulations to all the board holders and the board breakers, we broke 600 boards in 20 minutes!

Break-A-Thon Wood

The donations collected from all the community and businesses are so greatly appreciated!  Your donations will truly come in handy for those who need extra help this year! Without the help of the businesses and individuals that donated money, materials and time that made this project possible, the group would not have been as successful in their quest to raise money for Chickasaw County Community Action. Contributions given by: Ionia Meat Processing, Subway, L & S Supply of
Nashua, City of Nashua, UBC, Bond Industries, S & T Collision, Lou's LP, Townhouse, Custom Diesel
of Omaha, NE, County Cuts, Green Valley Resort, First State Bank of Nashua, Hawbaker Printing, B & K Tractor, MDK, INC., Zwanziger Daycare, Nashua Pharmacy, Scott McGregor Farm, River Ranch, B & D Foods, Crabtree Auto Body, Marks Auto, Dairy Treat, Beck's Curly Q, Harrington Sweetcorn, Fredericksburg Farmers Coop, Conway-Kolbet Funeral Home, Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, Super 8 of New Hampton, Croell Redi Mix, Cy Bowers Insurance, Trimark, Ruthies, G & G Produce,
Rapid Printers, Napa, Pinicon, RV Ranch, Red Power, Tom's Pharmacy, Klunder Kafe, H & R Block, Five Star Coop of New Hampton, Vern Laures Car Dealers, Holthaus Family Chiropratic, You're Special Realty, Kennedy & Kennedy, Ryan Insurance, Ameritec, Larry's Service & Repair, American Heartland, Insurance Associates of Lawler, State Bank of Lawler, Kahn Tile, Jung's Tae Kwon Do, and so many citizens that all helped with this project. I extend my apologies to any of those I may have forgotten!

Chickasaw County Community Action Fundraiser will start June 17th.  All member of the dojang will be asking friends, families, neighbors, and businesses for donations. The donations are presented to a Chickasaw County Community Action representative at the New Hampton TKD Tournament. This is the 4th year of our fundraising for Community Action.

2007 News Release

Last year 2007, Master Stacey Bendickson and the New Hampton branch of Jung's Tae Kwon Do raised over $2400 for the Chickasaw County Crisis Fund administered by the Chickasaw County Community Action Office.

The money pledged and donated for the Tae Kwon Do "Break-A-Thon" & Tournament was used in assisting many households in Chickasaw County.  Families were assisted that were in crisis with utility disconnections, emergenxy LP fills, gas to medical appointments, to prevent evictions, diapers, elder assistance, and other emergencies.

Because of your generous support and the hard work of Master Stacey Bendickson and the members of the Tae Kwon Do club many Chickasaw County families were able to make it past their crisis.

With your generous donations, Community Action will be able to help families in crisis again this year. 

Delores Grove & Lorna Bouska

Chickasaw County Family Service Specialists

Northeast Iowa Community Action Corporation

641-394-2007 

For the past 3 years, the New Hampton Dojang has collected items and money for Iowa's Bravest. 

A loaded van with donations for Iowa's Bravest.

Master Bendickson and Julie with the donations. 

IOWA'S BRAVEST

Iowa's Bravest mission is support military personnel who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Fellow Nashua Instructor and Black Belt Mr. Schmitt was one of many soldiers who received items from Iowa's Bravest.  Click here to read about the program and see how you can become an active part.