Fund Raising for the Tsunami relief

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blackcat
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Fund Raising for the Tsunami relief

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This email below was circulated a few days ago and already many clubs have responded and are arranging their own events:

By now, you will have seen the news of the events in Japan and will be aware of the dangers still very present, real and indeed, worsening. Here is a slide show from Reuters press agency that captures the scale of the devastation wrought by the Tsunami:

http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/sl ... R2JYM1#a=1 <http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/sl ... R2JYM1#a=1>

As karate-ka, we can show our support for the people displaced by the Tsunami. Simply organise a sponsored event in your own dojo and donate to the Red Cross appeal directly.

Here is the link for the British Red Cross who have an arrangement in place with the Japan Red Cross:

http://www.redcross.org.uk/Donate-Now/M ... ami-Appeal <http://www.redcross.org.uk/Donate-Now/M ... ami-Appeal>

This email is also circulated to Wado karate-ka in Europe, America and Australia, where similar arrangements may exist between the respective Red Cross organisations.

Why not give it a go and see if we can help make a difference?


Of course, the Red Cross are just one organisation, there are several others who are fund raising to help. The website 'Just Giving' has a few other listed. The only reason why I chose Red Cross was because they have an agreement to pass their funds to the Japan Red Cross.

My club are holding an event on 3 April where we are going to do 1000 punch and kicks (in total - not of each!). The sports centre have donated the use of the dojo for free so all funds go direct to the cause.

I have received emails back from several clubs telling me they are already planning events, and I know that groups in the USA are now also taking up the batten.

I hope other clubs can do something and perhaps post back here to say how things went.

Ben
dangars
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Will be doing a wip round with sensei permission also the old man has got collection boxes in in the taxi's as he's a jujitsu man!
blackcat
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I received this email today from a furniture company called Made.com:

The people of Japan are facing their worst crisis in a generation and despite being on the other side of the world, many of us are feeling concerned and wondering how we can help. Some of us may even have family or friends that have been affected and we at MADE.COM work closely with people in the region.

It is for this reason that we at MADE.COM have pledged to donate 100% of our profits for the next 7 days, directly to the Red Cross.(we will guarantee a minimum donation of $5000)

There are many other ways to help but this is the route we have chosen, amazing work is being carried out there right now. Should you wish to help them then you can donate directly to the Red Cross by clicking the logo below.

http://www.redcross.org.uk/japantsunami ... 4QodTFPJ9A


Kindest regards,

Ning Li
Co-founder & CEO, MADE.COM
blackcat
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I received some emails emails informing me of events people are arranging in their dojo:

19 March - North Yorkshire Karate-do Wadokai are hosting a seminar with Sakagami Sensei. A donation from the proceeds will be made.

3 April - Manchester - we are doing 1000 punch and kicks (if my knee holds out!)

10 April - Hamburg - special seminar is being arranged presented by Imai sensei, with proceeds going to the Japan-German association which has direct links to its partner organisation in Sendai.

Hogarth Dojo (WKU) have told me they are arranging a training event - details are being discussed this weekend.

I hope everyone else can do something too, however small, it all counts.

thanks

Ben
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And now Charlie Sheen is helping...

http://www.thefilmdb.co.uk/latest-film- ... 96153.html

Ben
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From the Independent website:
Over the past fortnight, remarkable stories of individual bravery have emerged from Japan's tragedy. Here are some of the people who have become heroes, often posthumously.


* Miki Ando, 25, was a clerk in the crisis management department of the local government office in the ruined town of Minamsanriku, Miyagi Prefecture. In the minutes between the quake and the arrival of the 10-metre wave of water, she repeatedly told people over the town's PA system to flee, reportedly saving hundreds, perhaps thousands of lives, before her building was engulfed by the tsunami. All that remains of the city office is the metal red framework. Ms Ando was washed out to sea.


* Shigeru Yokosuka, 60, was a manager at a hospital in Rikuzen-Takata, Iwate Prefecture. Hundreds of people sought shelter in the four-storey building after the quake. When the tsunami hit they rushed to the rooftop, but Mr Yokosuka ran down to get the satellite phone – the only means of communication with the outside world. He managed to hand it to a colleague on the third floor before being taken by the water. The phone saved the surviving patients.


* Motoko Onodera, 29, was a high school teacher in Rikuzen-Takata on 11 March. After checking to make sure her students were safe, she sped to the shore in her car to look for dozens of swimming club members practising near the sea. She and the swimmers are still missing. She had got married only a year ago with Hiroshi, who teaches at another school and had told the school principal that they might soon have a baby.


* Michi Kon, 32, was a housewife expecting her first child in Hachinone, Aomori, on 11 March. A few hours after the quake, she went into labour. Her husband, Hirohito, drove her to a local clinic. With no power, the hospital was cold and dark, while aftershocks shook the building. The delivery began with one flashlight and a pillow to support her back. 90 minutes later, the boy was safely born.


* Mitsuru Sato was managing director of a processed seafood company in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. When he saw the tsunami approaching, he led his 20 Chinese trainees up to a shrine on high ground. The trainees had no knowledge of Japan's evacuation policy. Mr Sato was swept into the sea. The story was picked up by the Chinese media, giving two nations often at loggerheads a much-needed joint hero.
The full article is here:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 54775.html
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