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Donate for Tohoku from March 10 & 11 to DOUBLE your contribution!

JETAA USA is supporting the Taylor Anderson Memorial Foundation for another donation drive that starts when the clock strikes midnight in Japan on March 11. GlobalGiving has once again offered to match these donations! Last year, the JET Community helped … Continue reading

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JETs Carry on Taylor’s Legacy in Miyagi

Donated Books from Ambassador Kennedy Translated into Japanese Following Ambassador Kennedy’s donation last November of 110 books to the Taylor Anderson Reading Corner at Mangokuura Elementary School in Ishinomaki, the volunteer group that reads to the students there, Soyokaze no … Continue reading

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Why the JETAA USA Fund is important.

It’s been over a week now. The damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake stretches, almost inconceivably, across the entire Tohoku region. Over the past week, JETs and JET Alumni from around the world have watched the images beamed … Continue reading

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How the recipient of the JETAA USA Relief Fund will be chosen

There has been a lot of concern over how we will use the JETAA USA Relief Fund, which seems to be the main hesitation for support among all chapters. So to assuage those fears, yesterday we sent a timeline to all … Continue reading

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National fundraising campaign

The CRs have been working behind the scenes to dot every “i” and cross every “t” before the official announcement of a national fund. In the time being, we are taking a quick survey on potential national funding campaigns. A … Continue reading

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Sometimes more time translates into a better plan

As the days go by, it’s becoming more apparent that this is going to be a marathon, not a race. I know that there has been an outpour of support from the JETAA community, which has been extremely encouraging, but … Continue reading

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What can JETAA USA do?

I know some people were a little bit disappointed in the amount of time it took us to come up with a plan of action. During these types of situations, I think we need to take a step back and … Continue reading

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The dust has settled – kind of…

I know everyone was awestruck by the images, video and written accounts of the multiple earthquakes in Japan. I was surprised when I returned home from work at 6 p.m. PT and saw that the live coverage was no different … Continue reading

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Google Person Finder

If you have any information on anyone in Japan, please use Google Person Finder as the central place to find and update information about friends and family. It’s available both in English and Japanese. width=400 height=300 frameborder=0<br /> style=”border: dashed … Continue reading

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Current efforts on the earthquake in Japan

https://jetaausa.com/jetaa-resources/current-efforts-on-the-earthquake-in-japan/I’m sure that everyone heard about the earthquake in Japan. For those of you that aren’t familiar with the Richter scale, the 1989 earthquake in San Francisco was a 6.9 earthquake; today’s earthquake in Japan was 8.9. Thankfully, Japan’s strict … Continue reading

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