JSA Free Speech Area Fundraising: Day 4

Hi everyone! This is Madoka!
We got $663.68 from nice people today
The total amount is $2820.45 for 4 days!! Congratulation everyone!
I really appreciate your kindness who join volunteer work.
thank you very much!
We also got other volunteer fundraising event days next week!!
We will do the same event at near business building from 10-3pm on Monday and Friday!!

Let's work and help each other!!

JSA Free Speech Area Fundraising: Day 3

Third day of this fundraising event was unfortunately a rainy day,
but because of help of JSA volunteers, many people donated for Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief although it was the third day.

We really appreciate the volunteers.

Before announcing the amount of donations we got today, please let me write some announcements.

• If it rains tomorrow and we put the table in front of the USU, all volunteers, please stay near the table, so we will not collect donations at the Free Speech Area.
• Please have professional manners when you ask people for donations, especially, please be careful what you say.
• If you make the ribbons, please tie the ribbons really strongly and glue the glass balls and the ribbons really sticky because many ribbons were untied and the glass balls fell off.

Thank you for your understanding.



Now let me announce the amount!!

It is.....

$474.00!!

And the total is....

$2,156.77!!!!


So yes, we have collected more than $2,000!!

I know today's amount is less than yesterday's, but many people had already donated, so this amount is very good in the third day!!

Again, than you all for your help!!
We only have one more day for this fundraising, so let's work one more day hard!!
And please do not forget JSA has a general meeting tomorrow (3/25 Fri) at Science II 109 at 5:00 p.m.!!

Upcoming Events

• Free Speech Area Fundraising
• Date and Time: March 22 (Tue) - 25 (Fri), 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, Free Speech Area (might be changed due to weather)
• JSA 8th Meeting
• Date and Time: March 25 (Fri), 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, Science II 109
• JSA Game Night
• Date and Time: April 1 (Fri), 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Location: Parkwood Apartment Recreation Room
• Charity Yoga
• Day 1
• Date and Time: April 1 (Fri), 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, IT 290
• Day 2
• Date and Time: April 3 (Sun), 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, Lab School 134

JSA Free Speech Area Fundraising: Day 2

The second day of JSA Free Speech Area Fundraising was held in rain.
We moved our table to in front of the University Student Union, but some members help to to collect donations in rain at the Free Speech Area.

Today, we got $634.32.

I think this is a good amount of donation in a rainy day.
In my opinion, if we ask to people to donate, especially, to people who look they have some interest to what we are doing, we have more chance to get donations.
So from tomorrow, let's be more active, especially, those who stay by the table.

Yesterday, our count of donations were 10 cent off, so the total amount of donations is....




$1,682.77!!


Good job all!!
Let's keep working hard.

Thank you for all who helped the event today and who donated today.

Fresno State News had an article about our activity!!
http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2011/03/fresno-state-launches-relieffor-japan/

Rock soran we dance during the kick-off even was uploaded!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vWW29JFlpE&feature=channel_video_title

Todays pictures

Upcoming Events

• Free Speech Area Fundraising
• Date and Time: March 22 (Tue) - 25 (Fri), 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, Free Speech Area (might be changed due to weather)
• JSA 8th Meeting
• Date and Time: March 25 (Fri), 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, Science II 109
• JSA Game Night
• Date and Time: April 1 (Fri), 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Location: Parkwood Apartment Recreation Room
• Charity Yoga
• Day 1
• Date and Time: April 1 (Fri), 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, IT 290
• Day 2
• Date and Time: April 3 (Sun), 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, Lab School 134

JSA Free Speech Area Fundraising: Day 1

Finally, one of our biggest fundraising event, "JSA Free Speech Area Fundraising," had started under the sun!!

Today, with audience and four cameras, our kick-off event was held at the Free Speech Area at Fresno State.
Before this event, Toshiro Hutchens, JSA President, had an intervew.
The event began with the statement by Dr. Yoshiko Takahashi, our faculty advisor, and Dr. Katsuyo Howard, the coordinator of this event and our former faculty advisor, spoke to the audience followed by her.
To conclude this event, we danced "Rock Soran," and the kick-off event ended with "san-san-nana byoushi."
I heard this event was broadcasted on TV (KSEE24 and ABC 30's ?).

Then we continued our fundraising, and hundreds people donated for Japan.
I am happy that many people (including our JSA members, of course!!) care about Japan.


Today, we got....












$1,048.55 donation to Japan!!!!!!!!!


We will keep counting and post right-up side of this blog, so please keep checking!!


We will continue this event until this Friday, so if you have not come to see us, please join us!!

Also, we are asking to write a message to Japan and taking pictures of them like below. So if you would like to do this, please come to the Free Speech Area!!
We will make a slide show of these pictures and upload to Youtube.


Thank you for your help and donations today!!

Upcoming Events

• Free Speech Area Fundraising
• Date and Time: March 22 (Tue) - 25 (Fri), 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, Free Speech Area (might be changed due to weather)
• JSA 8th Meeting
• Date and Time: March 25 (Fri), 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, Science II 109
• JSA Game Night
• Date and Time: April 1 (Fri), 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Location: Parkwood Apartment Recreation Room
• Charity Yoga
• Day 1
• Date and Time: April 1 (Fri), 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, IT 290
• Day 2
• Date and Time: April 3 (Sun), 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, Lab School 134

JSA 7th Meeting (March 18, 2011)

This post was supposed to be before "Ee-Tai" Help Japan, but...
JSA had the 7th meeting on Friday, March 18, 2011.

This became one of the most important meeting for us because Japan had huge disasters two weeks ago, and we decided to make action to collect donations for the relief.

Many people including Japanese faculties came to the meeting and listened to what JSA would do.

Actions we are planning for far are...

• Free Speech Area JSA Fundraising
• Date: March 22-25 (Tue - Fri)
• Time: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
• Location: Fresno State, Free Speech Area (between the library and the University Student Union)
• Donation Boxes/Jars
• We are looking for restaurants, grocery stores, and any other places to place our donation boxes.
• If you know any place we can put our donation boxes or know owners of any business, please let us know.
• Curry Party and Game Night
• This plan has not confirmed yet, so the date, time, and location might be changed.
• Date: March 25 (Friday)
• Time: 5:30 p.m.
• Location: Parkwood Apartment Recreation Room
• We will meet in Science II Room 109 (our usual meeting place) at 5 p.m. and move to the place
• Raffle Tickets
• More information coming soon
• Vintage Days
• Date: April 15-17 (Fri-Sun)
• Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Preparation starts at 8 a.m.)
• Location: Fresno State
• We will sell takoyaki (squid style), onigiri, iced tea
• Woodward Park Spring Blossom Festival (March 26, 27)
• More information coming soon
• Shinzen Garden Run (April 23)
• More information coming soon
• T-Shirts, Pens, Bracelets
• We will make them and sell for fundraising
• More information coming soon
• Charity Yoga
• Instructor: Masayo Kawai
• Date: TBA (probably April 1-3)
• Time: TBA
• Location: Fresno State (Exact room will be decided soon)
• Fee: $5- (all money will be donations to Japan earthquake relief)
• What you need: Yoga mat (or bench towel), a bottle of water, a towel
• Contact information: solayoga@hotmail.com

After the announcements, we made donation boxes we will use for our fundraising events and to put various places.

Thank you all for coming to the meeting and making the donation boxes!!!!

"Ee-Tai" Help Japan

Hi all.
This is Tomoki.

Today we made ribbons for our donation activities at "Green Soybean's" house.
Thank you, Green Soybean, for making this event and letting us use your house.

We started making ribbons around noon, and I believe we had fun to make them.

We set a goal which is 250 ribbons today and reached the goal!!
We will discuss from when we will use the ribbons, but it should be soon.
I think we will need more ribbons in the future, so we might have another ribbon making event.

Thank everyone who helped this event and again thank you, Green Soybean!!

JSA has a big fundraising event called "Free-Speech Area Fundraising."

From this coming Tuesday, we will set a booth at the Free Speech Area on campus between the library and the University Student Union.

So please come to see us!!

And we still need more volunteers, so if you can help, please contact me.

Thank you!!

"Free-Speech Area Fundraising"

3/22-25 (Mon-Fri)

10:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.

First Blog Post

Hello everone.
This is Tomoki, Vice President of JSA.

I created the official blog for our JSA, and we will continue to use this to update information with facebook. So please use this blog too to check our activities!!

On last Friday, big earthquakes hit Tohoku area (northeast part) of Japan, and they let to huge tsunami and problems of nuclear power plants. Japan needs a lot of helps in a long term, so this is the time we should show what JSA can do.
Let's do things as much as we can!!