We have all seen photos and video of the recent destruction experienced in Japan. The damage done by the recent earthquake and resulting tsunami was devastating. The photos of the children whose lives have been torn apart are especially touching. Our children at Woodland will be helping to provide assistance to those affected by this act of nature by working with a well-known children’s clothing store to provide clothing and paper cranes.After seeing an advertisement by Oshkosh B’Gosh offering to send one article of clothing to the children of Japan for every origami crane sent in, the sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at Woodland joined the push to send one thousand paper cranes. Working in cooperation with art Teacher Darlene Wetzel, our students are well on their way to achieving this goal. You will find cranes all over our art room as we prepare to send them off to eventually reach Japan.
In the Japanese Culture, cranes are a powerful symbol of health and well-wishes. In fact, the Japanese people believe that anyone who makes one thousand origami cranes will have a wish granted. We hope that the cranes we send, along with our wishes of healing for the people of Japan, will help to make a difference.
