Seattle Community Gathering for Japan 1/4

Seattle Japan Relief held a special community gathering and ceremony this Saturday at the Seattle Center's Kobe Bell for the local Seattle community to come together in response to the terrible earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan.

There were short remarks from several community leaders and elected officials, prayers for those who are struggling as a result of this crisis and for those whose loved ones have perished or are still missing, and many participants ringing the Kobe Bell in honor of our Japanese friends and families. It had information tables from YMCA, Red Cross, and Peace Winds America where people could make donations to the relief effort, as well as station where people could write messages to people in Japan that were digitally capture and sent to devastated areas.

The Kobe Bell is a gift from Seattle's sister city of Kobe, Japan, given in 1962 at the time of the World's Fair. The Kobe Bell has been a gathering place for Seattleites to remember the Kobe earthquake disaster of 1995.

SeattleJapanRelief is a collaboration of Japanese American and Japan related cultural, educational, and civic organizations standing together to promote relief and recovery following the devastating earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan.

Learn about all the organizations and donate at

www.seattlejapanrelief.org
peacewindsamerica.org
www.redcross.org

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