By Andy Anderson | Project Leader
Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund Music/Art for Fukushima Project
The Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund Music/Art for Fukushima Project was held in late January for Arai, Tsuchiyu, Sakura and Sawara elementary school children in Fukushima. This gave the students the opportunity to come together for a special and entertaining event that they enjoyed very much. Performances by students from each school were followed by a Rambling Steve Gardner concert held at Sakura Elementary School.
TAMF Board Member Barbara Hancock reports: "The trip started on Friday with a concert at the Sakura Elementary school attended by 170 children. Steve not only played for them but the children had wonderful performances for us and the whole community joined in with rice pounding and sharing of Ozoni made by members of a local agricultural group. It was a heartwarming event. This concert was followed up by an evening concert at a local live house where parents and members of the BOE and local community could enjoy a stellar performance from this great group of musicians. On Saturday morning we all went to Yoshida Community Center to conduct a workshop, creating some wonderful thunder drum instruments that the children could talk about and then perform with the band. Another great experience as parents and children participated together in the project."
Special thanks to Rambling Steve Gardner and his band, board member Barbara Hancock and the Staff and the Board of Education Fukushima Prefecture.
IshinomaKimono Gift Cards
We are pleased to be able to offer an Ishinomaki made gift card for sale at the National Art Gallery in Washington DC during the 2017 Cherry Blossom Festival! Ms. Ryoko Endo and Team Watahoi are producing beautiful IshinomaKimono greeting cards with in Ishinomaki. Board member Yoriko Fujisaki gathered lovely kimonos from friends that are being used to create the cards. TAMF board member Hiroko Kuniya wrote an article for Nikkei Newspaper about Taylor and Ms. Endo's new project with women in the devastated area, IshinomaKimono! Randolph-Macon College's (RMC) Robert Lindgren president, faculty and students visited the "Team Watahoi station" in Watanoha, Ishinomaki. Students helped Mr. Ryoko Endo's IshinomaKimono card project. RMC Student Bailey Holland says "the idea of combining cards and Kimono is very interesting. I am so impressed and glad to know that people in this area bravely move forward after the disaster."
Kokoro Smile Project held a Christmas party at Kama Elementary School, site of the latest Taylor Anderson Reading Corner or Taylor Bunko. Mr. and Mrs. Endo of Team Watahoi helped in Santa Claus costumes!. Kokoro Smile also held a mock shopping day in the Oshika area which is a small and less populated peninsula closest to the epicenter.
Big Up Ishinomaki Kids Cafe continues to hold their monthly Kids cafe including a Christmas party! This gives an opportunity to kids who are frequently alone for dinner to gather together and enjoy a good meal with other kids.
Thank You! - Six Years from the disaster we can't thank you enough for the donations you have made and will continue to report progress on these projects which could not happen without your generous support.
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By Andy Anderson | Project Leader
By Andy Anderson | Project Leader
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