Shizugawa HS Supply Deliveries

In addition to the previously mentioned deliveries of school supplies to hard-hit elementary schools in Tagajo and Shiogama, we were also able recently to deliver 900 notebooks and other school supplies to Shizugawa High School in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi.  Along with the stationary, we also delivered hand-written messages of encouragement contributed by Jane Lightburn and her students in the Liberal Arts Division of Aichi Gakuin University in Aichi-ken.  Many thanks to Ms. Lightburn and company for their contribution - psychological support is as important as material aid in helping people recover.

Although we don't have photos of the Tagajo and Shiogama deliveries, you can check out photos from this delivery here.

School Supplies Project Update

Members of MEESA have been hard at work putting the money we have collected so far to use, and their efforts are bearing fruit on this project.  They have made an arrangement to buy some notebooks, pencils, and other supplies at cost and in bulk and are going to have them shipped up here to Sendai, where they will then be distributed to children currently living in shelters in Natori.  School will begin by the end of the month in Miyagi, even for children who lost their homes, so the supplies will be needed soon, and this way families that lost everything they own will not have to worry about paying for them.

We hope to have more specific information on how many supplies we deliver and which schools/students we deliver them too shortly.  Thanks for helping us (and these kids) out!