APRIL UPDATE!

All of us at volunteerAKITA would like to thank all the supporters who helped us reach our goal for the Scholarship Fund!  It was truly amazing seeing support coming in from all over the world, and we really couldn’t have done it without you all.  I realize this update is long overdue, but a few weeks ago we heard some unfortunate news about Masaya, regarding his mental health.  While meeting with the orphanage director to share the news that we had reached our goal for Masaya, she explained to Minami and I that he had been battling with some personal issues and was not doing so well at the time.  Although we were excited to share the news with him about the Scholarship Fund, we were more concerned about his health.  Since then, we have heard directly from the orphanage director that Masaya is doing much better, and has decided to defer for a year and attend university at the start of the next school year.  Fortunately, the university has been extremely supportive of Masaya, and look forward to him attending.  In the meantime, Masaya will continue to reside at the orphanage, and will also start searching for jobs so he can gain some work experience.  He has since learned about the scholarship fund we set up for him and is extremely grateful for everyone’s support.  Through further discussion with the orphanage director, we have decided it is best to continue with the plans of supporting Masaya, but ALSO including the other high school orphans at their facility who plan to attend university as well.  From this point forward, we would like to continue raising money for this scholarship fund, so we can help future orphans who want to attend university like Masaya at this particular orphanage.  In the bigger picture, it would be amazing for other groups to set up scholarship funds like this with other orphanages throughout Japan, so we can make sure every orphan who wants to attend university has some financial support.

!!!GREAT NEWS!!! We are happy to announce that the volunteerAKITA Scholarship Fund has reached its GOAL!!! This past week has been amazing, with donations coming in from all over Japan and the world! We want to thank everyone for the support because without your help, this wouldn’t have been possible. Minami and I will meet with the orphanage director and Masaya this coming weekend, and are excited to share the news with them. A BIG THANK YOU to everyone! and a very special thank you to the Anderson family and The Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund for their never ending love and support.

St.Paddys Charity Event held in Akita City on 3/16!!! A BIG OTSUKARE to Wil Lentze for organizing another AMAZING/EPIC EVENT!!!

From TODAY, the Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund will MATCH any donation we receive until we reach our GOAL!!! A BIG THANKS to the Anderson Family for all the support!

Scholarship Fund Update! A BIG past few days for us! ￥581,476 left to go! THANKS EVERYONE!

Our deadline is quickly approaching (March 20) Please help us continue to spread the word!

volunteerAKITA is NOW accepting online donations for our scholarship fund thanks to Andy Anderson and The Taylor Anderson Memorial Gift Fund!

Just write in “volunteerAKITA Scholarship Fund” in the comments section of the giving page

Donate now!

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Below is our volunteerAKITA bank account information for those living in Japan who wish to donate through a furikomi bank transfer.

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【口座名義/name】volunteerAKITA
【店名/store name】八六八(ハチロクハチ/hachirokuhachi)
【店番/store number】８６８
【貯金種目/type】普通預金 (futsuuyokin)
【口座番号/account number】1930873

※この口座はvolunteerAKITA専用の口座です。

If you have any questions regarding this please feel free to contact us at any time at 080-3337-5436 (English) and 080-5563-3547 (日本語)

Scholarship Fund UPDATE!

Hey everyone! A BIG THANKS for all the support! With all the donations that came in this week we have ￥695,461 left to raise for our scholarship fund. Please help us continue to spread the word and for more information regarding the scholarship fund please check out the proposal in the sidebar under “volunteerAKITA Scholarship Fund” or feel free to contact us anytime!

Much love,

The vA crew