The Million Cranes For Japan Project

10,000 Cranes for Relief & Hope

millioncranes — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:22:35 +0000

The annual Cherry Blossom Festival of Southern California is certainly one of the big spring events, which means it is well-attended. Which means that if most attendees made or purchased an origami crane, and made a donation, a good deal of money could be raised for the Japan Earthquake Relief Project.

Which is exactly what will be happening at the 2011 festival, which is taking place on Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3 in Little Tokyo. What had first started as a push to create a tree of a thousand cranes is now up to 10,000. The festival, in fact, is looking for volunteers to help out with the crane area, since creating or supervising the creation of thousands of paper artworks is a major undertaking. If you’re interested, give the festival a ring.

In addition to the cranes, favorite festival traditions will be returning, including the Hawaiian Village, the martial arts demos, and the Most Photogenic Dog contest.

Whether you volunteer or not, definitely make this the year you visit the fest, and definitely make a crane, lending help and hope.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/events/10000-Cranes-for-Relief–Hope-118509834.html

Cranes for $$

millioncranes — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:04:37 +0000

I am very happy to tell you there is now a similar project called “Cranes for Japan”, which has been sponsored by the Bezos Family Foundation, which will donate $2 per crane up to 100,000 cranes.

At the end, the cranes will be turned into an art installation.

http://studentsrebuild.org/japan/

They will even pay for shipping for boxes of 50 cranes or more!

I think this is the best opportunity to have the cranes help raise money for Japan, and would recommend that we begin pushing our efforts to this project.

Students Rebuild

1700 7th Avenue

STE 116 # 145

Seattle, WA 98101

How to fold an origami paper crane

millioncranes — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:15:51 +0000

Instructions on how to fold a paper crane.