Comments | jiro_no_jojo17: Perhaps humanity isn't so bad

jiro_no_jojo17

Perhaps humanity isn't so bad

Mar 15, 2011 20:51

Just wanted to briefly post after this emotionally exhausting several days.

Fortunately, all of my friends are fine after the initial quake and tsunami. However, every day I get updates on energy and food/water shortages from them, which have made it hard to relax.

On top of all of this, it's midterm week, and I have three exams.

However, most of us ( Read more... )

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amae_ichigo March 16 2011, 14:42:11 UTC

I'm so glad you guys were able to raise so much in one day! That's a huge accomplishment :D

I'm also glad to hear your friends are safe from the earthquake. Let's hope all the victims can recover quickly.

jiro_no_jojo17 March 25 2011, 20:31:12 UTC

I thought I replied to this already! Ah!

Yeah I am still really surprised that we raised that much in such a short amount of time. We have a couple more events that we will donate the proceeds from as well.

I'm so glad that all of your loved ones over there are safe as well. I feel so fortunate. I hope that they will recover quickly too. Japan is a very resilient nation and culture, and it seems that they are already on the road to recovery.

doku_rock17 March 17 2011, 01:56:15 UTC

the amount of money you guys have raised so far is amazing ♥ good work! do you plan to donate it to the American Red Cross or directly to the Japanese Red Cross? I made my donation directly to the Japanese Red Cross since the American one apparently withholds some of the funds it raises :\

jiro_no_jojo17 March 25 2011, 20:33:41 UTC

Hey! I thought I replied to this a long time ago. Oops.

Yeah we discussed which Red Cross branch to go with. It seems that to donate to the Japanese Red Cross we have to convert our donation to yen first. Did you have to do that? The American Red Cross doesn't withhold that much compared to other organizations like Save the Children. So in the end with our charity account at school, I think the RSO told us we have to go through the American branch. I'm not the treasurer of J-Net so I really don't know the details. I'm the secretary- I just make sure everything is organized lol.

doku_rock17 March 26 2011, 20:18:19 UTC

it's all good~ sometimes I think I reply to things only to find out I didn't, and by then it's too late to comment without it being awkward lol

I see~ I did mine online so I just had to enter the amount of yen I wanted to donate and that was it. I guess it would be a hassle to have to convert everything. Let's just hope our money gets to where it has to go X3