I just wanted to take a few moments to recognise the sentiments of support we have received from all over the world. We have received donations not only from individuals from within the UK, but also Ireland, Spain, Canada, America, and more! If you keep them coming in, then we'll keep on making origami cranes... help us reach that goal of £1000!
We have also had a great response in the form of positive messages, via e-mail, telephone, tweets, comments, wall posts, etc. There are individuals across our city, the country, and even other countries who are offering their help by spreading the word, folding origami cranes, and collecting donations. We have even 'inspired' some others to begin similar fundraising efforts in their areas for their local Red Cross organisations. I will post links to their sites, once they are up and running!
I wanted, also, to take a moment to especially thank the local stationary stores that have helped us out with contributions of, or discounts on, origami paper: WH Smith (Fargate and Meadowhall branches), Hobbycraft (Sheffield branch), and Carsons Stationary & Print. We also had a great donation of absolutely beautiful paper from a friend. We, literally, wouldn't have been able to do this without their support - so if you have some time please send them your thanks too!
There are a lot of great fundraising efforts happening all over the world and a few that have stood out for me are the impromptu concerts in London by violinist Taro Hakase and efforts to start raising money for the rebuiling of the most affected areas in Japan after the immediate rescue and recovery has ended by Play for Japan. If you have a few moments to spare, take some time to check out their websites and what they have to say.
I am unsure if I will be posting our running totals over the weekend as I am away, and while I will have internet and mobile access through my phone, I am not sure that I will be able to get it all done. But either way, I will be keeping track and it will all be updated for sure on Monday! We will all be making more cranes during our spare time and hopefully that deficit will turn into a surplus by Sunday night.
Oh, and are you enjoying our new style blog, with full social networking accounts integration? I am learning fast!
Thursday 17 March 2011
Running Total - March 17th, 2011
Total Amount: £386.35
Raised Today: £47.10
Total Origami Cranes: 241 (+ 1 Turtle)
Made Today: 69
[Origami Crane Deficit: 145 and 7/20]
Number of 'Origami Machine' Hours: 3.5
Unless otherwise stated 'today' for funds raised ended at 17:30 on the date indicated and 'today' for paper cranes made ended when we gave in and went to sleep on the date indicated.
Raised Today: £47.10
Total Origami Cranes: 241 (+ 1 Turtle)
Made Today: 69
[Origami Crane Deficit: 145 and 7/20]
Number of 'Origami Machine' Hours: 3.5
Unless otherwise stated 'today' for funds raised ended at 17:30 on the date indicated and 'today' for paper cranes made ended when we gave in and went to sleep on the date indicated.
Wednesday 16 March 2011
Good Friends and Good Food
This evening the three of us (myself, Yuko, and Fionnuala) met up to have a meal and to work on our origami cranes. Yuko made a wonderful Japanese meal for us, fried tofu, aubergine, green beans with sesame seeds, and udon (I will have to get her to remind me how you say it all in Japanese again)! Oh and we had some beautiful green tea, that she had sent to her from home. Yum!
We then set to making some more origami cranes and stringing the ones that were made yesterday so they could be displayed with the others in our window. After making a (small) amount (by our new standards) we went off to St. Thomas' Church in Crookes, Sheffield where some friends of ours from the University were meeting up with a lot of other people for a get together. They kindly welcomed us in to hear about our initiative for the British Red Cross.
In total they donated £57.25, but all told only asked for 30 cranes (some people took pre-made ones, others learned to make their own, and some people just took some origami paper to try at home)! We really must bring some instruction sheets with us to our next outing, as everyone was really keen to learn about how they are made. :)
Given our time out of the house we have fallen a bit behind on our crane numbers (I am calling this a 'crane deficit'.) but I think that you will all understand our position - it is only because you are all so good to us and have donated so much so quickly! We will all work very hard during the rest of the week and over the weekend (I have a lot of long car journeys, so I have a feeling I can get quite a few done) in order to bring our numbers up (When we get to this stage, I shall be calling it a 'crane surplus').
Once we were at home, I hung up the strings with the cranes from yesterday. I will post some pictures up tomorrow for everyone to see. Thank you everyone for your support so far. We have had a great response and tomorrow I will take some time to mention the things people have said and the gestures of support we have received from other people.
Goodnight!
We then set to making some more origami cranes and stringing the ones that were made yesterday so they could be displayed with the others in our window. After making a (small) amount (by our new standards) we went off to St. Thomas' Church in Crookes, Sheffield where some friends of ours from the University were meeting up with a lot of other people for a get together. They kindly welcomed us in to hear about our initiative for the British Red Cross.
In total they donated £57.25, but all told only asked for 30 cranes (some people took pre-made ones, others learned to make their own, and some people just took some origami paper to try at home)! We really must bring some instruction sheets with us to our next outing, as everyone was really keen to learn about how they are made. :)
Given our time out of the house we have fallen a bit behind on our crane numbers (I am calling this a 'crane deficit'.) but I think that you will all understand our position - it is only because you are all so good to us and have donated so much so quickly! We will all work very hard during the rest of the week and over the weekend (I have a lot of long car journeys, so I have a feeling I can get quite a few done) in order to bring our numbers up (When we get to this stage, I shall be calling it a 'crane surplus').
Once we were at home, I hung up the strings with the cranes from yesterday. I will post some pictures up tomorrow for everyone to see. Thank you everyone for your support so far. We have had a great response and tomorrow I will take some time to mention the things people have said and the gestures of support we have received from other people.
Goodnight!
Running Total - March 16th, 2011
Total Amount: £339.25
Raised Today: £208.25*
Total Origami Cranes: 172 (+ 1 Turtle)
Made Today: 41 (+ 1 Turtle)
[Origami Crane Deficit: 167 and 1/4]
Number of 'Origami Machine' Hours: 6
Unless otherwise stated 'today' for funds raised ended at 17:30 on the date indicated and 'today' for paper cranes made ended when we gave in and went to sleep on the date indicated.
*Explanation of amounts in next post!
Raised Today: £208.25*
Total Origami Cranes: 172 (+ 1 Turtle)
Made Today: 41 (+ 1 Turtle)
[Origami Crane Deficit: 167 and 1/4]
Number of 'Origami Machine' Hours: 6
Unless otherwise stated 'today' for funds raised ended at 17:30 on the date indicated and 'today' for paper cranes made ended when we gave in and went to sleep on the date indicated.
*Explanation of amounts in next post!
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Unfolded Wings
The 80 origami cranes we made today will sit with their wings unfolded until tomorrow, when we will hang them up to fly with the others. And hopefully along with any others we make tomorrow (a quick check shows that we will be making at least 20 tomorrow).
We may be starting the next stage in our 'campaign' (What is the correct word here?) tomorrow, where we teach others to make an origami crane for a small donation to our cause (suggested donation will be £1) - you would then be able to either take your origami crane home with you or send it home with us to display with the others. You could even write you name on it, if you wanted! We will let you know future locations for this expanded effort, that will be open to the public so you can come and try your hand at origami.
We are also thinking about giving people origami cranes in exchange for a small donation to our cause (again suggested donation will be £1), once we begin to create a surplus! We will update you on details on where you can find us, likely after the weekend (when we will hopefully have the time to go origami-mad).
It takes quite a bit of time to make these large quantities of origami cranes in a day, but once you get into routine it gets easier and easier. However, I think I am developing 'origami thumb'! Only two days in and I think there is a callous developing...
We may be starting the next stage in our 'campaign' (What is the correct word here?) tomorrow, where we teach others to make an origami crane for a small donation to our cause (suggested donation will be £1) - you would then be able to either take your origami crane home with you or send it home with us to display with the others. You could even write you name on it, if you wanted! We will let you know future locations for this expanded effort, that will be open to the public so you can come and try your hand at origami.
We are also thinking about giving people origami cranes in exchange for a small donation to our cause (again suggested donation will be £1), once we begin to create a surplus! We will update you on details on where you can find us, likely after the weekend (when we will hopefully have the time to go origami-mad).
It takes quite a bit of time to make these large quantities of origami cranes in a day, but once you get into routine it gets easier and easier. However, I think I am developing 'origami thumb'! Only two days in and I think there is a callous developing...
Running Total - March 15th, 2011
Total Amount: £131.00
Raised Today: £80.00
Total Origami Cranes: 131
Made Today: 80
[Origami Crane Deficit: 0]
Number of 'Origami Machine' Hours: 6.5 (We're getting faster!)
Unless otherwise stated 'today' for funds raised ended at 17:30 on the date indicated and 'today' for paper cranes made ended when we gave in and went to sleep on the date indicated.
Raised Today: £80.00
Total Origami Cranes: 131
Made Today: 80
[Origami Crane Deficit: 0]
Number of 'Origami Machine' Hours: 6.5 (We're getting faster!)
Unless otherwise stated 'today' for funds raised ended at 17:30 on the date indicated and 'today' for paper cranes made ended when we gave in and went to sleep on the date indicated.
Running Totals - March 14, 2011
Total Amount: £51.00
Raised Today: £51.00
Total Origami Cranes: 51
Made Today: 51
[Origami Crane Deficit: 0]
Number of 'Origami Machine' Hours: 6
Unless otherwise stated 'today' for funds raised ended at 17:30 on the date indicated and 'today' for paper cranes made ended when we gave in and went to sleep on the date indicated.
Raised Today: £51.00
Total Origami Cranes: 51
Made Today: 51
[Origami Crane Deficit: 0]
Number of 'Origami Machine' Hours: 6
Unless otherwise stated 'today' for funds raised ended at 17:30 on the date indicated and 'today' for paper cranes made ended when we gave in and went to sleep on the date indicated.
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Hello,
We began our fundraising efforts yesterday; in an attempt to raise £1000 for the British Red Cross - Japan Tsunami Appeal we said that we would make one orgami paper crane for every £1 donated, either through our Just Giving page or in person.
We definitely hit the ground running and we made one paper crane for every £1 that was donated yesterday before we went home... for a total of 51 paper cranes! :)
These paper cranes are currently hung in our living room window, so that everyone who walks past our house can see them. I will post some pictures up later, for those of you who do not live in the area.
We are only part way through the second day and we have raised another £50. A massive thank you to everyone who has donated so far (and thank you again to WHSmith Sheffield Fargate store and Carlsons Stationary & Print in Sheffield for helping us out with enough origami paper for the first 300 cranes).
For the sake of our sanity, I think we will need to work on a working day/waking day basis. For example: If we raise £50 before 17:30 when we go home, then we will attempt to make 50 paper cranes before the end of that day. However, please forgive us if we fall a little behind, there are only three of us and we all have day jobs!
I will try to keep everyone updated on our progress, but for more information here are some useful links, in the meantime:
Just Giving: http://www.justgiving.com/origami4relief/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Origami-for-Relief/178416438871202
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Origami4Relief
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/people/60614548@N03/
We began our fundraising efforts yesterday; in an attempt to raise £1000 for the British Red Cross - Japan Tsunami Appeal we said that we would make one orgami paper crane for every £1 donated, either through our Just Giving page or in person.
We definitely hit the ground running and we made one paper crane for every £1 that was donated yesterday before we went home... for a total of 51 paper cranes! :)
These paper cranes are currently hung in our living room window, so that everyone who walks past our house can see them. I will post some pictures up later, for those of you who do not live in the area.
We are only part way through the second day and we have raised another £50. A massive thank you to everyone who has donated so far (and thank you again to WHSmith Sheffield Fargate store and Carlsons Stationary & Print in Sheffield for helping us out with enough origami paper for the first 300 cranes).
For the sake of our sanity, I think we will need to work on a working day/waking day basis. For example: If we raise £50 before 17:30 when we go home, then we will attempt to make 50 paper cranes before the end of that day. However, please forgive us if we fall a little behind, there are only three of us and we all have day jobs!
I will try to keep everyone updated on our progress, but for more information here are some useful links, in the meantime:
Just Giving: http://www.justgiving.com/origami4relief/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Origami-for-Relief/178416438871202
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Origami4Relief
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/people/60614548@N03/
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