Past JASDFW related events
 

RECEPTION FOR NCAJ, HOSTED BY CAMP FIRE USA AND JASDFW

Four representatives from the National Camping Association of Japan (NCAJ), including the Executive Director of NCAJ, Tatsuya Kanayama, participated in Camp Fire USA First Texas Council’s grief camp, El Tesoro de la Vida, July 30 through August. 6.  KERA's Shelley Kofler featured their visit, click here to hear the podcast.

NCAJ's goal is to develop grief camps in Japan for children who have experienced grief and loss. NCAJ’s Grief Camp Project is a response to the Touhoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake of March 11, 2011.  To read more about this project, click here.

For a brief information on NCAJ's activities, click here.  For more information on their organization, click here.  For more information, go to their website at CampFireFW.org

KERA RADIO PROGRAM, LETTERS FROM SENDAI

Starting July 11, 2011, four months after the disaster in the Tohoku area, a short radio show on 90.1FM KERA, featuring letters from Sendai, was broadcast on Mondays for a duration of 4 weeks.  The broadcast took place during Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

Anna McFarland, our Executive Director, was interviewed by Shelley Kofler, KERA News Director, and featured on July 11.  Click here to listen to the podcasts and read some more.  The letters were written by Sendai residents, Noriko Memezawa, Toshiaki Takaya and Gen Shoji.  To listen to their podcasts, click here.

A very special thanks to our volunteers who helped make this happen !  Chie Morizuka, Tim Jones, Kazuko Scott, Atsuko McCullen, Howard Jackson, Risa Foster, Kioto Kawakami and Isao Takamatsu.  During a period of 3 months and for a total of more than 50 hours of their own time, they helped collect letters, translated them into English and went to the KERA recording studio to read them.

PEKOPEKO-KAI AT TEPPO

On July 19, we enjoyed a succulent dinner, Yakitori in high-style !  Dinner featured authentic Japanese-style barbeque with summer ingredients.  Menu will included assorted Kushiyaki, Kobachi dishes and ice cream made in-house.

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THE GRASSROOT SUMMIT IN KOCHI
Our Executive Director, Anna McFarland, along with other participants from Dallas, went to Kochi and spent a week there.

Click here for the whole story.

OPERATION TOMODACHI

We had a very successful speaker event on June 7.  Capitan Jim Vitton, Chief of Staff, and Capitan Mike Vengrow, Deputy Fleet Surgeon, from the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet, told us all about their experience on board USS Blue Ridge through Operation Tomodachi.  We are so proud to know that there were men and women right here from Fort Worth helping the people of Japan only one day after the mega-earthquake and tsunami hit the area.  Thank you !

Click here to watch the presentation.

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