Scholarships to Live Dreams and Move Forward

The six Taylor Scholarship students at Sendai YMCA Hotel College started their new school year in April.  Four of the students are second year and two are in their first year. 

Thanks to your kind donations Sendai YMCA College President Yuichi Kato has been able to extend his high school recruiting area info Fukushima while also continuing to recruit in Miyai and Iwate prefectures.  He reports: 

"I am in Aizu visiting schools for recruiting new students next year.

First year students are now on the job training at hotels for two months.  Second year students are working very hard to get job. 

They can write their report in September. 

Thank you for your continued support."

We will provide you with an update from the students in September.  We have just finished a successful Richmond student to Ishinomaki exchange with the Tokyo YMCA which you can find out more about at www.facebook.com/taylorandersonmemorialfund.

Links:

• Message from Yayoi
• Message from Mao
• Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund Facebook Page

Today, May 7th, 2014, is BONUS DAY when 30% of donations are matched by Global Giving.  Please consider this opportunity and tell your friends and family to consider one of the Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund's three projects at www.globalgiving.org/taylorfund/.

President Kato of Sendai YMCA Hotel College writes that The entrance ceremony of the YMCA Hotel School was on April 5th.  35 new students started their study at the YMCA to be hotel staff and bakery staff in the near future.  The Taylor scholarship students this year include the four second year students who had Taylor sholarships last year (see messages from three of them at the links below).

We have two new first year Taylor Scholarship students whose family's were affected by the tsunami.  One of the new students is from Kesennuma which was severely damaged by the tsunami.  Because of the earthquake and tsunami, his father lost his job and his family's income became very low.  He has become a Taylor scholarship student to study to be a door man at a hotel.  Another lives in a temporary house in Shichigahama which was severely damaged as well.  Her house in Shichigahama was completely destroyed by the wave.    She is interested in studying English and taking part in volunteer activities.

We also wanted to let you know that your donation helped make this a very successful campaign which the Richmond newspaper recently noted www.timesdispatch.com/business/local/notable-gifts-taylor-anderson-s-legacy-lives-on-after-tsunami/article_90773f12-c2dd-535f-b232-2bf07e63652f.html. 

Until our project is fully funded, we will be sending you regular reports about our work. You'll know what your donation has helped fund, what accomplishments we have achieved and what our current needs are.  Another good way to follow the fund's activities is to "Like" our Facebook page where we regularly post the latest news about the fund.  Please visit us there at www.facebook.com/taylorandersonmemorialfund.

Thank you again for your donation and consideration!

Links:

• Message for Taylor Scholarship from Hiroki Rokugo
• Message for Taylor Scholarship from Mami Suzuki
• Message for Taylor Scholarship by Natsumi Maruko