 RUN FOR JAPAN FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN (as part of the 'Melbourne Marathon) Day: 9th October, Sunday Time: 7am onwards Marathon version: Bank Of Melbourne Marathon (42.195 km) Starting location: Batman Avenue (150m north of Rod Laver Arena entrance); Melway Ref 2G A7 Helpful Links: Donation Page: http://www.fundraiseonline.com.au/runforjapan_BMM2011/ Hands On Tokyo: http://www.handsontokyo.org/about_us/our_story Melbourne Marathon Details: http://www.melbournemarathon.com.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=CustomItem&ItemID=32881 Nearly half a year since the Japanese Tohoku Earthquake Disaster, Japan is still in need of donations to help support the many affected victims of the community. Run For Japan is a Melbourne based fundraising project founded by Miki Greene & Keiko Millar, in efforts to provide continual support to the disaster affected Japanese community. RFJ through the participation of the popular "Melbourne Marathon" managed to raise $16,000 in July 2011 for disaster relief in Japan. However, many major donation organizations outside of Japan, such as the Australian Red Cross, have closed their support window for Japan around July due to many other projects requiring their support as well. After struggling for a period trying to find a means of sending donations to Japan, Miki & Keiko managed to partner up with HANDS ON TOKYO who has been providing tremendous monetary and physical support to Tohoku disaster victims. Subsequently, due to this partnership, RFJ has recently received official approval from Fundraise Online (Australian Fundraising site) to utilise their donation services, giving the Run For Japancampaign solid credibility and ensuring safe and easy online donation transactions. On the 9th of October (Sunday), RUN FOR JAPAN will yet again be participating alongside other Melbourne Marathon participants and they want YOU to join them! RFJ has approached our club, as they are looking for active students who are passionate about supporting Japan's recovery and who are also interested with working together with them to achieve some goals. If you would like to help out/support RFJ, here's what you can do:
Apart obviously from the benefit of being able to support the fundraising effort, many Japanese companies based locally are involved and so there would also potentially be opportunities to interact with Japanese expats, professionals and families in Melbourne. We hope that you may consider joining in this fun and motivating campaign :) CommentsLeave a Reply |  ArchivesFebruary 2012 CategoriesAll |
