Disaster Response Japan Project #16410

Help Students, Families and Schools Recover

by The Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund

Help Students, Families and Schools Recover

Project Report | Jul 6, 2021
Two New Taylor Bunkos Dedicated, Ten Year Commemorative TAMF Book and Airbnb grant

By Andy Anderson | Co-Chair

Onagawa ES and MS Taylor Bunko Dedication

Dedication of Onagawa ES and MS Taylor Bunko -

TAMF Board Members Ambassador and Mrs. Fujisaki and Mr. and Mrs. Takanarita dedicated the 21st Taylor Anderson Reading Corner at Onagawa Elementary and Middle Schools which was reported by NHK Sendai. You can hear Endo-san, Fujisaki-san and a student in this story. Thank you to the Fujiskai's and Takanarita's for going to Ishinomaki for this dedication and to Endo-san for crafting another beautiful Taylor Bunko! Arigato Gozaimasu! In addition to the bookshelves, book coupons were given so the school may choose books for the Bunko. If you’d like to see the NHK Sendai story it can be downloaded from Icloud at https://share.icloud.com/photos/0DZYwNbbP8uKk6rkdpyDV1rSQ.

Dedication of Ohara ES Taylor Bunko -

TAMF Board Members Mr. and Mrs. Fujisaki and Mr. and Mrs. Takanarita dedicated the 22nd Taylor Anderson Reading Corner built by Mr. Endo at Ohara Elementary School in Ishinomaki. Endo-san once again used his creativity to build a unique set of bookshelves tailored to Ohara Elementary School's needs. Two new books were included in the bunko which will be given to the other 21 bunkos as well. "Live Your Dream" contains essays from those involved in TAMF activities over the last ten years. The "Taylor Anderson Story" is a Japanese-English picture book written by Taylor’s mother and translated by a Taylor’s friend, Chiba-san telling the story of Taylor's life so students will learn about why they have a Taylor Bunko in their school. Arigato Gozaimasu to all involved! The school blog documented the new Taylor Bunko in the link below. As always, book coupons were part of the donation so that Ohara ES may choose books for the Bunko.

Thank you to Ishinomaki Mayor Kameyama

Mayor Kameyama has been the mayor of Ishinomaki these many years since the disaster. The Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun on March 25th printed the article that Ambassador and Mrs. Fujisaki of TAMF visited Mayor Kameyama and gifted two books "Live Your Dream" written by TAMF and "The Taylor Anderson Story" by Jeanne Anderson. They met the mayor on March 8th after the presentation ceremony of Taylor Bunko to Ohara Elementary School in Ishinomaki.

Ten Year TAMF Commemorative Book “Live Your Dream” Published

Japan Forward wrote about the activities of TAMF and our newly published ten year commemorative book, "Live Your Dream".

Thank you to NHK World for remembering Taylor and fellow Jet Monty Dickson in the link below. It includes the story of Taylor's student and TAMF 2019 high school exchange chaperone Takahashi-san and one of the high school students from the 2019 exchange, Hirayama-san. It's part of their ten years ten stories series which is so well done.

TAMF support of Ishinomaki Young Student Journalists

An article about TAMF support of Ishinomaki kid journalists in Japan Forward. Thank you Arielle Busetto for traveling to Ishinomaki and reporting about their newspaper.

Japan Forward Ishinomaki Children Journalists

Also, Congratulations to the young journalists for winning the Yoshikawa Prize!

https://www.kodansha.co.jp/.../20210302_YoshikawaPrize.pdf

Kokoro Smile Recognized for Helping Children affected by the Disaster

Japan Forward also wrote about Kokoro Smile, an organization that TAMF has supported that helps children regain their smile!

https://japan-forward.com/how-one-npo-brings-back-smiles-for-kids-who-survived-the-3-11-earthquake-and-tsunami/

GlobalGiving AirBNB Community Fund Grant

We were honored to hear from GlobalGiving that TAMF is receiving a grant from the GlobalGiving #AirbnbCommunityFund. Thank you to Airbnb and the Airbnb Host community for supporting important community-led organizations.

Thank you for your support which helps us continue programs like these to help Ishinomaki families, schools and students affected by the disaster to continue to recover, learn and expand their horizons! Please follow us on Facebook/Tamfjp

Ohara ES Taylor Bunko Dedication

Ishinomaki Shinbun Live Your Dream Book Article

Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun Article

Onagawa ES and MS Taylor Bunko bookshelves

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Mar 8, 2021
3.11 Ten Year Events and Donations Matched by GlobalGiving

By Andy Anderson | Co-Chair

Footprints and Footsteps

As we mark the 10^th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami it is a time to reflect and thanks to GlobalGiving, a time to continue our mission with the help of matching donations.

Footprints and Footsteps 3.11 and the Future of Tohoku

This is an online event to look back at the events of March 11, 2011, and efforts to recover and rebuild in the 10 years since. Featuring a number of documentaries focusing on those affected by the disasters arising out of the events of that day, both Japanese and non-Japanese, especially JET Program participants and alumni, we will look back from this ten-year mark to remember what happened, and look at today and tomorrow to get a sense of what has been accomplished and what the future holds.

We are also collecting messages and memories on our Facebook page. We will keep you updated with the latest information about the film screening event.

Host : Japan Local Government Center, NY (CLAIR, NY) /

Producer : Regge Life, Director of LIVE YOUR DREAM

Organizer: “Footprints and Footsteps 3.11 and the future of Tohoku” Organizing Committee

Regge Life, Director of LIVE YOUR DREAM
Japan Local Government Center, NY
Etsuko Yashiro, President of Japan Festival Boston
Rose Tanasugarn, JETAA International (Japan Country Representative)

GlobalGiving Little by Little Campaign

The March 2021 Little by Little Campaign is a five-day crowdfunding campaign taking place from March 8-12. All eligible donations up to $50 per unique donor per organization will be matched at 50% during the campaign, and funds will not run out!

GlobalGiving’s March 2021 Little by Little campaign will last 5 days, from March 8, 2021 at 00:00:00 EST to March 12, 2021 at 23:59:59 EST.

Your donation will help our “Helping Students, Families and Schools Recover” project to continue our programs with Ishinomaki schools and exchange programs.

Monthly Giving Match

GlobalGiving’s 100% Monthly Match is also available for all of 2021. New monthly donations set up during the March 2021 Little by Little campaign will be eligible for both the immediate match, and the one-time 100% match (up to $200) to be received after four monthly payments.

To give from March 8, 2021 at 00:00:00 EST to March 12, 2021 at 23:59:59 EST please go to www.globalgiving.org/projects/help-students-families-and-schools-recover.

Schedule

Little by Little Matching Campaign

Monthly Match Graphic

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Nov 30, 2020
Giving Tuesday Donation Match and Taylor Reading Corner Visits

By Andy Anderson | Co-Chair

ISU Faculty and Staff Visit to Higashihama ES

Higashihama ES Cooking Workshop with TAMF Advisor and Chef

Chiba-san, who is an advisor to TAMF and librarian at Ishinomaki Senshu University, visited Higashihama Elementary School on November 5th, 2020.

They had a cooking workshop with oysters from the sea near the school.

They used recipes from books in their Taylor Bunko. One is Oyster burger and the one is grilled oysters in the shells. They invited a chef in French cuisine, Mr. Fumihiko Sasaki, from Zao town which is in the northeastern part of Miyagi, to have this cooking lesson. Students removed oysters from the shells yesterday.

Please see the photos below of how well the students cooked and enjoyed the time.

They used cooking books recommended by Chiba-san to purchase. She also in a previous visit gave brief English lessons with the cook books. Suzuki-san, the vice principal, tries to expand the students' possibilities in the future by using oysters such as in food processing, food industry, restaurants business and so on in the area where most residents are involved in oyster farming. This encourages the long term recovery of this area that was devastated by the tsunami causing many residents to leave the area because of loss of their jobs and housing.

The film "Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story" is integrated in Higashihana ES education through Taylor Bunko.

Higashihama ES Taylor Bunko Reading Exchange

Chiba-san and Professor Terui of Ishinomaki visited Higashihama elementary school in September to talk about the new oyster cookbooks the school had purchased at Chiba-san’s direction.

It was their fourth time to have an exchange program through Taylor reading corner.

Children sat on the Taylor Bunko bookshelves during the presentation by Professor Terui.

#GivingTuesday Donations Match!

#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving that takes place December 1 this year. And this year GlobalGiving has $1 million in incentive funds (up from $542,000 last year)! Eligible donations up to $2,500 per donor will count towards earning Incentive Funds. Funds will be distributed proportionally based on final fundraising totals; every project that activates donors will earn something!

Your donation will help our “Helping Students, Families and Schools Recover” project to continue our programs with Ishinomaki schools and exchange programs.

To give on December 1st (from 00:00:00 ET to 23:59:59 ET) please go to www.globalgiving.org/projects/help-students-families-and-schools-recover.

You can follow the results on December 1st at www.globalgiving.org/leaderboards/giving-tuesday-2020/.

Students Learning from Chef

Students Cooking Oysters with Chef

Oysters and Oysters Cook Books

Students Preparing Oyster Burgers

Oyster Burgers!

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