Smiles for Japan, Saturday 14 May 2011 at CUC Liverpool

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Day and Night of Music, Film, Art & Fun for all in aid of the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal

Come & enjoy and give your Smiles for Japan!

Day time activities (12 – 5pm) include:

• 1000 Origami Crane Challenge
• ‘J- Jumble Sale’ & Vintage Kimono + Kimono Craft Sale
• ‘Made for Japan’ UK Artists’ works, Books, Zines & Craft Sale
• ‘The Print Aid Project’
• Dance, Choir, Music performance & Martial arts demos
• Craft Creative ‘I heart Japan’ Craft Workshop
• ‘Ganbare Tohoku’ Photo Corner
• Creative Storytelling Workshop for families
• Japanese Film screenings: one for kids & one for grownups
• Home Made Food

Early evening acoustic set (5 – 7pm):

• Fabian Rothschilde, Jazamin Sinclair, Jo Bywater, Freya Jonas

Evening music & performance event (7.30 – 11pm):

• Music: Man Get Out, Tibi and Her Cello, Mashemon
• Performance: John Gorman (ex-Scaffold), Tomoko Suzuki (Roxoko) 

Venue: CUC Liverpool 41 - 51 Greenland Street, Liverpool L1 0BS Phone: 0151 708 3510
Website: www.cucliverpool.org

For British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal

Recent Fundraising activities 3 Apr - 2 May

Here is a listing of some further fundraising activities by members and friends since 3 April:

St Agnes Pre-school, West Kirby	£58.17
The Pilgrim, Yo! Sushi Liverpool One, Roxoko Theatre Company	£328.23
Wirral Tennis and Sports Centre	122.05
Japanese Mums & Tots Group, Chester	6,500.00
Markland Hill Primary School, Bolton	£2,054.46
Gaff’s Newsagent, Manchester	£85.00
Golborne All Saints RC Primary School, Hazel Grove	£130.00
St. Catherine's CE Primary School Nursery	£216.74
St Augustine Of Canterbury R C High School, Oldham	£100.00
Qudos, West Kirby	£23.24
The Moby Dick pub, West Kirby	£19.39
Japan Day, Lymm	£2,103.01

Well done to all involved!

Letter from British Red Cross (7 May 2011)

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We have received the following letter from Alexis Fairclough from the British Red Cross:

"On behalf of the British Red Cross I would like to thank you for your support in organising the Tesco collection in Bidston Moss which raised £3488.03 and for the collection tins placed in local businesses across Wirral to support our immediate response to the biggest earthquake in its history which struck Japan on 11 March, measuring a massive 9.0 on the Richter scale. The earthquake struck 250 miles northeast of Tokyo and triggered a devastating tsunami with up to 38 metre waves, which swept away everything in its path. More than 13,000 people have been confirmed dead so far and 14,000 are still missing or unaccounted for.

"The Japanese Red Cross has been working on the ground since the disaster began, mobilising some 4,000 doctors, nurses and support staff. It is providing first aid and health care through mobile clinics, and support to the most vulnerable communities in the worst affected areas of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima. So far, 34,430 patients have been treated. Counselling services have been provided to a further 1,600 people, who are experiencing trauma or have suffered the loss of a family member.

"Thanks to your amazing contribution to the appeal, the Japanese Red Cross is able to support victims of the tsunami with cash grants. These will be given to victims who have lost immediate family members; families whose homes were destroyed by the earthquake, tsunami or resulting fires; families whose homes were severely damaged; and households who have been required to evacuate. It will equip up to 70,000 transitional shelters with a package of essential home appliances, including a washing machine, rice cooker and refrigerator, benefiting some 280,000 people.

"The Japanese Red Cross has so far mobilised 14,000 volunteers who are providing mobile kitchens, distributing food and relief items, directing people to evacuation centres and helping people recover homes that have been buried in mud.

"We could not continue to support those affected by this disaster without your support. Thanks also
to your friends for helping to raise money for this appeal.

"Thank you again for helping us to be there when it matters most."

Alexis Fairclough
Senior Community Fundraiser - Merseyside

Lymm Japan Day - £2,103 Raised for Tsunami Relief

A great big thank you to the people of Lymm - and beyond - for making Saturday's Japan Day such a success. We hope you all had a good time. We're very pleased to announce that we made a total of £2,103, all of which will go to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.

Special thanks to the staff at the Lymm Youth & Community Centre for their magnificent support and to all our other sponsors. And of course none of it would have been possible without the fantastic support form all those of you who gave your time, effort and talent to organise and run the individual activities and stalls.

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Sponsors List for the forthcoming Japan Day in Lymm

The organisers of the Japan Day in Lymm would like to publicly acknowledge and thank the following organisations for their generous support for the event:

• AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd.
• Ben Harrison (see Ben's Jujitsu brick break on YouTube)
• Brother International Europe Ltd
• Hitachi Automotive Systems Europe Ltd.
• Hopkinson Family Butchers, Lymm
• Infinity Technology Europe
• Jiriki Musubi Dōjō Aikidō, Warrington
• Lymm Youth & Community Centre
• Manchester Japanese School & PTA
• Sanko Gosei UK Ltd.
• Sushi Craft
• TK Trading
• Warrington Samurai Judo Club

Japan Tsunami Relief wristbands

We have made some special wristbands to support the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal. Available in blue or red, the text reads:

"JAPAN 津波 OUR WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN"

The wristbands are available from eBay for £2.00 each plus postage & packing.

Click on the images to get yours now.

Japanese Mums and Tots Group, Chester raise £6,500

Well done to the Japanese Mums & Tots Group in Chester, who have collected £6,500 so far, a really amazing effort!

They will be forwarding their donations to the Japan Society Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund and wish to thank all who have so generously contributed.

Japanese Mums & Tots Group have now done several supermarket 'bag & pack' collections, made a Japanese Giant (see video from the Chester Chronicle here) which they used to collect donations outside Chester Town Hall, and engaged in and received donations from other events in and around Chester. The members are deeply touched and grateful to those who have so kindly donated funds for the relief work for victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

Japan Day in Lymm, Saturday 30 April (Update)

Lymm Youth & Community Centre

Bridgewater St, Lymm, Cheshire WA13 0AB (map)

Saturday 30th April 2011, 12 to 5pm

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So here's our provisional programme of events and activities for our Japan Day in Lymm on Saturday 30 April. You can download, print and display our poster from GoogleDocs. Do keep checking back though, as we hope to add more events between now and then.

— Food & Drink —

Handmade sushi & demonstration

Yakitori (grilled chicken skewers)

Curry & rice

Japanese tea, cakes & confectionary

— Try —

Shūji 習字

Have a go at your own Japanese brush writing

Face painting 化粧

Japanese style, such as geisha, kabuki character, ninja, etc.

Origami 折り紙

the classic paper folding technique

Kimono 着物

Try on a real Japanese kimono (ladies and kids)

Fūsen 風船

Balloon models

Tea ceremony 茶道

Demonstration of the art of tea preparation and tasting

Storytime & fan dance 物語と日本舞踊

Japanese stories (in English) & dance for younger children

Ikebana 生け花

The art of Japanese flower arranging

Food Challenge

Try some slimy, stinky, squishy, sticky, slippery, salty and sour dishes from Japan. Be brave!

— Buy —

Japanese groceries & ingredients

Homemade cards

in an oriental style

Café

Japanese tea and cake

Jewellery

by a professional designer from Japan

Shodō Japanese calligraphy

have your name written in Japanese characters by an expert

Bric-a-brac & Tombola

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All proceeds to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.

Appeal tops £30,000

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Since launching our appeal in the days following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11 March, we have been overwhelmed by the generosity and support of the people of NW England. We have organised a number of fundraising activities for the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal over the past couple of weeks, including:

Silver Blades Ice Arena, Altrincham • Poulton Lancelyn Ballet School • Wirral Grammar School for Girls • Tesco Extra, Bidston Moss, Wirral • Marks & Spencer Food Hall, Manchester • Knowsley PCT Podiatry Department • Christ Church, Ormskirk • West Kirby Grammar School • Tesco Bolton • Chester city centre • St Andrews CofE Primary School • Dean Oaks Primary School, Wilmslow • King’s School sixth form staff, Macclesfield • Champion Allwoods Chartered Accountants, Chester • Frodsham town centre • St Clement's Church Japan Fete, Urmston • Bolton School • Sea United Reform Church, St Anne's-on-the-Sea • St Luke's CE Primary School, Bury • JP Toddlers, Chester • Individual donations

Grand Total = £30,717

In addition to the wonderful generosity in terms of coins and notes, we have also been deeply touched by the personal messages of concern, support and solidarity shown by the people of our region.

Fundraising at Tesco Extra, Wirral nets £3,488

We are really pleased to announce that we managed to raise the fantastic total of £3,488 during our fundraising weekend at Tesco Extra, Bidston Moss in Wirral on the weekend of 26/27 March. The money is being sent to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal. A great big THANK YOU to the people of Wirral for their wonderful generosity and also for their personal messages of concern and support for the people in Japan affected by the tsunami. And thanks also to the management and staff at Tesco for supporting our appeal.

Japan Day in Lymm, Saturday 30 April

We have very kindly been offered the use of the Lymm Youth & Community Centre for a Japan Day event on Saturday 30 April from 12 to 5 pm (click here for map). Plans are still at a very early stage, but we will be bringing you some delicious food, together with other Japanese cultural activities, both traditional and modern.

Photo CC BY-NC-ND by Christopher Elison

Appeal Posters

We have made a poster for our appeal. There are high and low resolution versions of the poster in A4 size for you to print out. We ask for donations to be made via the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Fund. We have also included a blank box in the lower left so that a contact name and details can be added, for example for a person collecting at work or school.

Download posters as PDF:

• High-resolution poster (2 MB)
• Low-resolution poster (354 kB)