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So as many of you know, back in March, Japan was hit by a HUGE earthquake.
Well, ever since then, I have been working together with the Japanese Club at our local high school (that I founded and was the president of until I graduated).
Our goal was to fold 1000 Cranes and to ship it to a high school in Japan. We had been trying to decide on which one to send it to, and we have finally decided (with the help of my friend Sayaka).
Here are some links to pics of the school after the quake-
mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/2…
english.kyodonews.jp/photos/20…
Please keep them in your prayers, and please pray that we are able to ship out the cranes soon!!!
We're almost done folding all of them, and hopefully, the post office will ship it to that area.
If not, I might have to ask our pastor if any of our church's alumni live in nearby prefectures...
Now, to the main point of this post-
The basic plan of the 1000 Cranes is this. The Japanese "belief" that if you make 1000 cranes and make a wish, that wish will come true.
Our original idea was for people to "buy" the cranes ($1 for the first crane and then .50 for any additional ones after that), and then they get to write their name on it to send "hope" to Japan.
Anyway, while this originally started as a fundraiser, we're almost done, and we have a lot of "blank" cranes leftover.
SO!!!! I'm extending the offer to my fellow deviants here on deviantArt!!!
Please leave a comment on this post if you want your name on a crane!!!
Either post your real name in a comment below, or if you don't want to make your real name public, feel free to note me, and I'll keep everything confidential ^^
However, I will ask though, that if you want your name on more than one crane, that you donate an equal number of points per crane (i.e. if you want your name on 3 cranes, you donate 2 points because I'm giving you one for free).
Thanks, and I hope many of you will participate!!!!!!!!!! ^^
Update of this journal as of 10:09 pm on May 16, 2011!!! -
I just realized that I hadn't posted a deadline for this. We're planning to ship off the cranes around May 27th.
Aka, the cut off date for this "1000 Cranes project is going to be May 26th, 5:00pm. Any crane requests that have not been made by that time, will unfortunately, not make it to Japan.
I'm going to make a list of people here that have made requests for cranes, and this list will (with God's grace) be updated once everyday (since I obviously can't be updating while I'm sleeping lol).
I can't guarantee that it will though, simply because I might not be able to get on the Internet everyday, but I will try my best!! The list will have the name, number of cranes, and possibly a side-note of whether or not the points have been transferred yet). Of course, this is also because I will include the link to this journal in the letter I send with the cranes, and I'm sure the Japanese deviants here on dA would be very happy to see who has contributed to helping Japan recover from this catastrophic event!!
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If you'd like to participate in this amazing effect/project do visit her journal entry-lythrine.deviantart.com/journa… and add in a comment stating the amount you'd like, and your name. (can be sent by note)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-
No points are needed if you ask for one crane. If you ask for two you will get one for free but the other for one point. Any further questions you may as Lythrine or if you are shy you may tell me your question and I will ask her. Thank you all for your time and I hope you'd take part in this wonderful event!