International Festival 2011

             This past weekend was the International Festival 2011 at the Claremont Colleges!  Every year they have a mini-bazaar style festival with booths from all the different countries represented at the Claremont Colleges.  It reminded me a lot of the Seisen Bazaar back home!  (Although I must say Seisen's was more intense with many more countries, and a larger variety of foods.)  Still I had a great time.  I helped out with the Japanese booth (barely - but still a little!) All the money raised at the booth that day was sent to Sendai to a volunteer charity.  Also, at the corner of the booth we had painted a Japanese flag on which people could write a message.  (We encouraged them to write in their native language and we had a handful of interesting ones!!)  The flag will be sent to a middle-school in Sendai.  I hope they like it :)

            今週末は学校でINTERNATIONAL FESTIVALでした。それぞれの国から色々な食べ物や、飲み物、それから音楽やショーがありました！私は日本の屋台で働きました。今回日本のブースが集めたお金は全部仙台のボランティアに送ります！その上、日本の旗を作って、みんなにサインやメッセージを書いてもらいました。この旗は仙台の中学校に送ります。楽しみです〜

Making the Japanese "map" with faces of Japanese children.

サインやメッセージがたっぷりな日本の旗

The Booth!

Finished Japan "map" and information on the earthquake/tsunami.

 日本頑張れ！

One Day Without Shoes

 

 

                    TOMS was founded on a simple premise: For every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of shoes to a child in need. One for One.  One day without shoes on April 5th 2011.  Join me and thousands of people around the world representing the children who don't have the privileges to wear shoes!

                    TOMSはアメリカで靴を売る会社です。TOMSの約束：一足この会社の靴を買うと、靴一足をどこかの子供にあげる。この会社が考えた、一年に一度の日：ONE DAY WITHOUT SHOES.  一日だけ靴を履かず歩き回って過ごす事。世界中の靴がない子供たちの事を考えて決められた日です。私も参加します！小さい、安全な学校にいるからこそ出来るので嬉しいです。