Paper Cranes for Japan

As part of our acknowledgement of Lent and Earth Day combined, we spent two Sundays learning how to fold origami paper cranes for a project to benefit Japan. StudentsRebuild.org and DoSomething.org teamed up and called for 100,000 paper cranes to be made by students across the U.S. and the world. For every 1 paper crane made, $2 are being donated by the Bezos Family Foundation to Architecture for Humanity for the rebuilding efforts in Japan after the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. The 100,000 cranes collected will be permanently used in an art installation for Japan, as a gift from students around the globe, so they will not be discarded. In a call to action, our youth folded and collected 206 paper cranes. That is $412 collected for Japan! This includes efforts by Christina Choh, who had asked to do a demonstration for art class at school and as a result brought in a large bag of folded cranes from her classmates at Basis to add to our collection. Congratulations to all our youth for their patience in learning to fold these delicate creations and for being excited to participate in the project!

Movie Night!

Youth in Action celebrated with lots of fun activities this month! One of them was Movie and Pizza Night, held on Friday, April 1st. We used the comfy couches and the big-screen TV in the Wesley Room to relax and lounge while we devoured several pizzas, soda, and watched The Sandlot. What a great movie! Lucinda and Isaac also joined us for the evening and we all played games and laughed and had fun. It was a terrific night to release some of the stress from school and life, and we hope to do it again soon!