Wow, Edna families, thank you for diving right in to support the Thousand Cranes Project and for contributing $1526.81 to our March 23 Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fundraiser! Thanks to Salesforce.com Foundation, your donations will be matched for a total of $3053.62.This amount will be divided among the following Japan relief organizations:
1) Japan Platform: delivers humanitarian aid
2) Kids Earth Fund: offers mental/psychological support for children
3) ETIC: provides human resources development
4) Second Harvest Japan: gives food aid
To make additional contributions, or for more information, please go to Salesforce.com.
Through April 30, Edna students will continue to work with friends from Mill Valley and across the U.S. to fold origami cranes. A HUGE thank you to third-grader Lara Akmehmet for donating 1,000 cranes from family and friends who are busy folding an extra 2,000! And thanks also to second-grader Simon Dauth for donating 100 cranes! Edna Maguire is on track to donate a total of 4,000 cranes for the children of Japan.
In addition to being a symbolic gesture, the cranes project will also help rebuild schools destroyed by the quake and tsunami. For every paper crane mailed to Students Rebuild, a national initiative helping youth take action on global issues, the Bezos Family Foundation will donate $2 to Architecture for Humanity. Once 100,000 cranes are received, a Japanese artist will weave the cranes into a piece of art. The piece will be displayed on the property of a Japanese school that Architecture for Humanity will rebuild. For more information, visit facebook.com/papercranesforjapan.
Edna's Rainbow of Cranes will Soon Fly to the Children of Japan
Bingo Night Fundraiser
In addition to the crane project, Edna's Family Bingo Night raised an extra $1000 for our earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. We sent this money to the Brookstone Company, which matched our donation. Edna students should be especially proud to know that $2,000 will go to Save the Children, an organization that is helping Japanese children in the regions affected by the earthquake and tsunami.
Posted by Dorothy Odonnell on April 4
