Donations Update and Contest Winners

Contest Information is below this donation information...

I plan on donating to two charities -- to one before I leave to go back to Japan on the 27th, and to another when I return to Japan.

The first charity is a fund being set up by the Japanese Students Association at UCSD. I graduated from UCSD, so I heard about this fundraising effort through a fellow alumni. More information can be seen here: http://ucsdjsa.org/

They are trying to raise $10,000 to send directly to the affected prefecture of Miyagi through ties they have in Japan.

The 2nd charity is a fund being established by AJET -- the Association for Japan Exchange and Teaching.

http://ajet.net/lang/en/2011/03/15/ajet-relief-fund/

The money raised by AJET will help those English teachers who have lost everything in the quake and tsunami and their schools.

I will make a donation in Japanese yen through my bank account when I return.


I will accept any donation up until Friday, March 25th.

If you need to use a credit card or want a receipt, feel free to donate thru a PayPal account I set up on my website - http://japanjuku.com/

I also have many more links to worthwhile charities in the description box below the original fundraising video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zghh9kNnIRc

The contest winners again are:
Drhikarisan
RTFMtech
and
Stardrops

Please send me a PM here on YT and I will send you my email so I can get your address and you can choose your prize.

Thanks again to everyone who left comments on the donation video and the teaching video!
Special thanks to those who already sent cash donations to my Paypal acct thru the link at JapanJuku.com
They are:

Jennifer
Boyan
Kenny
Yemi
Spencer
Jen

See you,
Jason

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[goshuki]

It's cool my company is matching any donations we make to Japan dollar for dollar up to $1000.

[myargonauts]

@goshuki that's excellent!

[StarDr0ps]

Wow, Easter candy corn? lol I've actually never heard of it. Anyway, thanks so much! And congrats to the other winners too. :)

[myargonauts]

@StarDr0ps opened the bag and it tastes pretty much like normal candy corn you'd have at Halloween - which is delish IMO

[myargonauts]

just got a $500 direct donation from a very generous and kind Canadian viewer - excellent!

[Steelmoon17]

Unfortunately there has been a confirmed U.S. death due to the earthquake in Japan, and it is a Jet. Sad news this evening. 

[myargonauts]

@Steelmoon17 yeah - heard that today too - very sad; and did you see 60 minutes on Sunday - harrowing story by an ALT at an elementary school who had to watch his kids wash away in the tsunami

[rainydayuk]

Fantastic work raising money Jason! :-)

[runimina]

There was a contest for K-On figurines and I missed it!? noooo T_T;

Oh well...

That's really nice to hear that people are donating :) Thanks for your contribution.

I donated what I could to Japan, I hope it helps.

I think it's really cute that you bring those magazine and stuff for the students!! :)

[TasteForDisaster]

oh my goodness, i wish i lived in japan, i wish they put that kinda stuff in cereal boxes here it the states... i love k-on xD

i'm gonna move to japan for the cereal...

[p0pb0t]

Haha, my name is in the list :) I will be able to donate a bit more soon.

[Steelmoon17]

@myargonauts Yes I saw that. Thankfully he was able to save some of his students. The whole situation breaks my heart.