Japan: Let Erin Learn and Share World Culture
Fundraising campaign by
SilverRain104
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US$270.00raised of $3,500.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
Campaign Story
My name is Erin, and I'm 13.
When I first got the letter from People to People, it was like a dream come true- me, going to Japan! People to People is a program that allows students with little money to go to foreign countries through fundraising. However, as I learned more about this amazing program, I realized that it was more than just my exciting trip. People to People was started by a war general, but that war general believed in peace. He thought the only way to have peace was to meet other people, share ideas, understand cultures, become connected and join hands as a human race, not different countries. That general was President Eisenhower, and wow, it has taken off from there. It isn't about me, it's about all the people I'll teach my culture to, and all the people who will teach me their culture in return. During my trip I'll be going all over Japan, including climbing Mt. Fuji, going to Tokyo, learning traditional arts like calligraphy and a tea ceremony, and creating anime. More important, though, is the two-day homestay. All the other ambassadors and I will have our own Japanese family for this time, will go to school with their children, and completely live with them. What better blending of culture is there than that? Going to Hiroshima, that's what. All of us will go to pay respects to lives lost, hand-folding paper cranes to extend our biggest hands in peace. I would love it if you donated to me, but it's really donating for world peace by re-integrating cultural awareness into every new generation.
I have matching dollars- meaning someone will give me half the money as long as the I raise the other- so every dollar you give is worth two dollars to me.
Rewards
If you send me your email, I'll send you a picture of me in Japan (if I raise enough).
I will hand sew you an anime inspired cat (in the shape of a cube), and, If you send me your email, I'll send you a picture of me in Japan (if I raise enough).
Organizer
- SilverRain104
For Rewards
Update posted by SilverRain104 at 08:29 pmI'd be more than happy to sew you/ send you the reward, but you need to enter your shipping information! I hate to not be able to, but already someone has requested a reward and I can't send it to them, because they didn't enter any information. If you are
Donors & Comments
- Karmen
- Donated on Mar 27, 2015
Good luck Erin!
- Guest
- Donated on Mar 14, 2015
- Guest
- Donated on Mar 03, 2015
- Inferno
- Donated on Feb 27, 2015
Good luck in raising the full amount :)
- Jane Elliot
- Donated on Feb 27, 2015
- Guest
- Donated on Feb 10, 2015
Have a blast!
- Donna Fuhrman
- Donated on Feb 02, 2015
I am so excited for you, Erin! Traveling internationally is one of the BEST opportunities you will ever have! Can't wait to hear the stories and see all the pix!
Good luck Erin!