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Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Donations on Friday – CANCELLED

March 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

*** UPDATE: The military isn’t allowing the transport of the donated items so ORLS will no longer be able to accept donations on Friday. ***

Our Redeemer Lutheran Schools will be taking in donations on Friday from 8 am to 12pm at their cafeteria for the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami relief efforts. Rather than accepting money, the focus is on non-perishable items. We’ll be donating socks, blankets, and canned foods. An ORLS student’s father is part of a military search and rescue team leaving for Japan and he graciously offered to take our donations with him to Japan. This is a great way to make a direct impact to those in need right now. Let’s all pitch in and do our part to help. I am positive we all have warm clothes or blankets, socks, or food that we simply do not need. Contact at school: Michele Zane (First Grade Teacher) or Karen Dote (Office Manager)

The school is located at: 2428 Wilder Ave., Honolulu, HI 96822

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Some folks may not have the time to swing by on Friday, if that’s the case I’d gladly meet you somewhere in town between now and Friday morning to take your donations down for you. Email me at brian@skipalunch.com …. Let’s do what we can. Thank you!

The Skip-A-Lunch team.

Filed Under: Earthquake Relief

Japan Earthquake – Socks for Japan

March 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

From: http://jasonkelly.com/helpjapan/

Socks for Japan
Here’s a way you can help Japan, directly and meaningfully.

Hundreds of my readers in the United States and other parts of the world have asked me how they can help the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Japan on March 11. There are many places to donate money, and that’s a wonderful thing to do, but direct aid is also cherished by victims.

My office location is perfect for managing a direct-aid operation because it’s close enough to the primary damage zone that we can physically get there to help, but far enough away that mail delivery is working. So we quickly set ourselves up to run this operation, called Socks for Japan.

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Japan Quake Relief Efforts

March 11, 2011 By 1 Comment

Hi readers, I’m sure you all know the devastation happening in Japan. I’d like to compile a list of donation options for relief efforts so please comment on this post with any info or suggestions.

Our hearts and thoughts go out to all affected.

Edit:
Here’s a local one for us:
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – First Hawaiian Bank has established Japan-Hawaii Relief Fund to assist the survivors of the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 11. 

First Hawaiian Bank has donated $100,000 to the fund. 

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=14236269

Filed Under: Earthquake Relief

What would you miss most if you could not read or write? #WorldReadAloudDay

January 12, 2011 By 1 Comment

The LitWorld team is ramping up for this years World Read Aloud Day on March 9th, 2011. They’ll be posting tips and resources on their blog and you can read more on their website. You can check out the Facebook Event here. Last year was the first World Read Aloud Day with 35 countries and 40,000 participants. This year let’s reach more countries and more people.

Across the globe nearly 171 million children could be lifted out of poverty if they left school with basic reading and writing skills. Quality literacy education is the difference between life and death, prosperity and despair. This is literacy for survival.

Filed Under: Literacy

Sears Helps Heroes Fulfill Wishes This Holiday

December 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Sears Heroes at Home Wish Registry offers America the chance to say ‘thank you’ and helps military families have the holidays they deserve

With thousands of active-duty military fathers and mothers away from their homes fighting for our country, Sears’ Heroes at Home Wish Registry helps to bring the holidays home for many deserving families. Many families that were helped by last year’s efforts shared their stories – this video is inspired by real letters from soldiers and their families:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDzkjl-66I

You can help Sears as they fulfill military heroes’ wishes this holiday season by making a contribution to the Wish Registry either in-store or online at http://www.sears.com/heroesathome (donations are accepted until Dec 31). This is a great way to give back this holiday season and say “thanks” to the nation’s troops.

Sears’ Heroes at Home Wish Registry has helped more than 51,000 military families and has raised more than $12.2 million. For many, the wishes fulfilled in years past have been simple and practical, including everything from warm clothes to new toys for their children to a Christmas tree and other holiday decorations for their homes.

Please note that donations made to the Wish Registry are not tax deductible and will be used to purchase Sears gift cards that will be equally distributed to all registered families.

Filed Under: Military Families
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