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!