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7677 Origami Peace Cranes for Japan!!!

Here's our Do something page for the project:
http://www.dosomething.org/project/origami-cranes-japan

Pictures!!!

This project was incredible!  Not only did we participate in a worldwide effort to help the children of Japan, but we also had a ridiculously fun time doing it too.  A huge thanks to the Bezos Family Foundation and Osh Kosh B'Gosh for bringing this opportunity to us and other students all over the world.

When we delivered the 5389 cranes to OshKosh, the staff was really surprised.  We told them how many cranes we collected over the phone, but when they saw all the bags they were like: O.O

It was the single largest delivery they had received so far.  :)

Some of the cranes were on the most beautiful paper. And made out of FABRIC too! Others were bundled into neat stacks.  Others were so tiny they would fit on the tip of your pinky.  And STILL perfect :) 

Thank you to everyone who participated in helping us make this possible!  You guys are amazing and have big hearts.  :)

Background: When a massive earthquake and devastating tsuname struck Sendai, Japan in March of 2011, two organizations decided to find a way to have kids from all over the world participate in helping those suffering in Japan.

1)  Each crane was worth $2 - Students Rebuild partnered with DoSomething.org to help raise money for the rebuilding 
      efforts in Japan by making paper cranes.  By doing this, students could trigger a $200,000 donation from the Bezos Family 
      Foundation - $2 for each crane received - to Architecture for Humanity's reconstruction efforts in Japan.  

           So the Uni Care Project asked University High School students to participate in this opportunity and dozens
             of students responded by making 
2288 beautiful peace cranes.  These cranes were sent out on
             
April 1st and 8th, 2011.

            UPDATE :  Now the Paper Cranes Donation Has Doubled!   With over a half-million cranes, the incredible, 
            worldwide response to Paper Cranes for Japan has exceeded everyone's wildest hopes. It has also inspired 
            the Bezos Family Foundation to
double its initial donation of $200,000 to $400,000.  (April 18, 2011)  Another           
            anonymous donor contributed $100,000 to the effort.
 Now it's $500,000 for Japan!

                                                                                                                   from  http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/node/10633

2)  1 crane = 1 article of children's clothing - Osh Kosh B'Gosh, a children's clothing store, also stepped in to help the 
     children of Japan by pledging to give one article of children's clothing for every one origami peace crane received up to 
     50,000.  Dozens of more Uni students participated again in making 5389 beautiful peace cranes.  We delivered them to 
     OshKosh on April 16th. 
            UPDATE:  Osh Kosh B'Gosh set their initial goal at up to 50,000 pieces for every crane they received.  They
            thought that the 50,000 mark might be hard to hit...    Little did they know....   They received
2 MILLION 

            origami cranes!  
            Inspired by the incredible response from children, young and old, who came together to aid Japan, 
            Osh Kosh B'Gosh increased the amount they would contribute from the original 50,000 garments to 
80,000 
            pieces.  That is $1.5 million dollars worth of clothing.

                                                                                (source:  http://www.oshkoshbgosh.com/Cranes-For-Kids/cranes-for-kids,default,pg.html?id=oshkosh )

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Pictures and Video from Students Rebuild
on the Origami Crane Sculpture in Japan!!!

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Above:  Students from Tohoku University of Art & Design are busy putting the
final touches on the Sendai Paper Crane Sculpture.  

Below:  Paper Crane Elements  - The atrium of the Sendai train station will 

also be filled with a number of other paper crane elements, like these flowing 
streamers. 
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Above:   The Paper Crane World Map 
One key element of the sculpture is a paper crane world map. Dozens of cranes compose a series of vertical streams -- together, they represent the world of support received through the crane making project.  

Below:   This is a five minute film that chronicles the creation of the renowned artist Vik Muniz's sculpture Large Paper Crane. It is the story of the collaboration of the artist and the students he invited to his Brooklyn studio to create a work of art celebrating Paper Cranes for Japan. 

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Right:
  Pictures from Osh Kosh Bgosh's Cranes for Kids program to provide new clothes to the children of Sendai, Japan. 
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To see a video about the Osh Kosh BGosh project, click here








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