☆ Donate to the organization you trust. See the information of trusted organization below.
☆信用できる機関へ募金して下さい。詳細は下記をご覧下さい。
☆Participate in fundraising events. See the information of fundraising events around Boston area below.
☆ Send your message to actionforjapanwestwood@gmail.com. Japanese translation will be added and posted on this blog.
☆メッセージをactionforjapanwestwood@gmail.comへ送って下さい。日本語翻訳／英語翻訳をお付けします。
☆ Send the photo of your arts/project with your message to actionforjapanwestwood@gmail.com.
☆メッセージ入りの写真をactionforjapanwestwood@gmail.comへ送って下さい。
☆ Send the link of youtube video with your message to actionforjapanwestwood@gmail.com.
☆あなたのメッセージが入ったユーチューブのリンクをactionforjapanwestwood@gmail.comへ送って下さい。
When you send your message/photo/link, please let us know....
メッセージ、写真、リンクをこちらへ送る際に...
✐how you want your name to be announced. ex. full name (Drew Barrymore), First name and initial of your last name (Drew B.), Initials of your first and last name (D.B.), your nick name (D), or anonymous.
どのようなお名前で投稿するかをお知らせ下さい。例：名字と名前（山田花子）、イニシャル（H.Y.)、ニックネーム（はなちゃん）、または、匿名希望。
✐if you want, add your age or your grade. ex. 10 years old, 5th grade
ご希望の方は、お年や学年等をお書き下さい。
✐Add your town/city, state/prefecture, country if you are not from Westwood, MA. Anybody is welcome.
町／市、県、州、国名などをお書き下さい。
Thank you very much for your generosity and kind messages.
寛大な援助と心温まるメッセージを有り難うございます。
[Information of fundraising events]
Buy Songs for Japan on itune.
www.itunes.com/songsforjapan
There are 38 songs by world's top musicians in the album. All proceeds go to the Japanese Red Cross.
March 25, 2011
Concert by the Harvard Bach Society Orchestra 50% of the profits from this concert will be donated by the Harvard Bach Society to the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Fund Mendelssohn Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 21 Tchaikovsky Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. 35 Ryu Goto '11, violin Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 Tickets and Information online at |
Tory Burch Japan Relief T-shirt
ttp://www.toryburch.com/japan-relief/13112196,default,pd.html
Brookline Music School Event
Brookline Music School will sponsor the fundraising event, "Aid for Japan Marathon Concert" on Saturday, April 2 from 9:00am - 8:00pm to show support for the victims of the disaster. The concert is open to all students and faculty members to perform, and we hope to have many of you participate, or you can choose to be an audience member. This might also be an excellent time to once again perform the piece you prepared for the Dynamic Duos concert a couple of weeks ago.
Lesley University Fund Raising Event
April 1, 2011 17:30 - 19:30
Prospect Hall (White Church) in Porter Square, next building to Lesley University Hall
1801 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
Lesley University Japanese students, International Student Office, and Campus Club, and other Lesley offices will do the Fundraising Concert for Japan Relief. This earthquake has caused many people's death, Tsunami, and issued of nuclear plant. Victims are living in shelter. They do not have enough warm place to sleep, gas, lights, and water. Employees of nuclear plants are taking care of nuclear power melting to protect Japan even though they have high risk of becoming serious sick in the future. We will bring you awareness of issues of this earthquake and pray for recovery.
Please save your date! Please pass around this information to your friends and family in Greater Boston! Thanks for your support!!!
Please save your date! Please pass around this information to your friends and family in Greater Boston! Thanks for your support!!!
The link below will take you to the calendar page of Action for Japan:Boston.
http://actionforjapan-boston.net/?page_id=13
Dear Friends, March 18, 2011
Thank you very much for your thoughts and prayers for the people who were affected by the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan. As of March 17, 12:00am, the official death toll of the earthquake and tsunami had risen to 5,178, and approximately 8,913 people are still missing. 315,513 people have lost their homes or needed to be evacuated from their homes. There are 25,460 who were rescued by the Japanese government team of 80,000 members and rescue teams from all over the world. Survivors are trying hard to stay calm and to help each other while showing respect to others in the face of disaster. Your messages and kind donations in support of their efforts and are of the utmost help to the survivors and rescue teams.
Options to send messages to Japan:
1. Send your message to Action For Japan Westwood
actionforjapanwestwood@gmail.com
Your message will be posted on the blog and appreciated by the survivors and rescue teams. Translation will be added to your message.
Photos/images, Youtube links are welcome.
actionforjapanwestwood@gmail.com
2. Tweet with a hashtag #prayforjapan or #action4japan
Options to donate:
[The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is linking to InterAction.org's list of "appropriate disaster relief" organizations now working in Japan. There are 22 organizations on InterAction's list as of now and it has contact/donation information for each.] (Quoted from NPR.org March 14, 2011)***Please be careful with donation scams.
AID GROUPS
Other organizations:
Japanese Medical Association in America
http://www.jmsa.org
JMSA has created a disaster relief fund to help victims rebuild their hospitals and medical system in the areas that were hit the hardest. Your donations are tax-deductible and will be sent to the appropriate hospitals. The fund will direct 100% of your donation to disaster relief efforts and does not retain any administrative fees.
I would appreciate it very much if you would donate in the way you find most favorable and convenient.
Up-to-date information about the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami may be found on the following websites.
Google Crisis Responses: 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami
NHK World (English)
Again, thank you very much for your kind thoughtfulness. Knowing that there is such warm thoughtfulness from people so far away will encourage the people of Japan to survive and thrive in this most difficult time.
Sincerely,
Action for Japan Westwood
actionforjapanwestwood@gmail.com
http://action4forjapan-westwood.blogspot.com
