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Friday, 25 March 2011
All 2,400 children from across the Bolton School Foundation -
the Nursery, the Infant School, Junior Girls, Junior Boys, Senior
Girls, Senior Boys, Sixth Form Girls and Sixth Form Boys - have
come together in a fundraising effort for the
British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.
The call for help came from the Makino family who have a boy and
girl, Kei and Ai, in the Infant School and two boys, Eichi and Jei,
in the Junior Boys' School. Mrs Makino used to live in the
Sendai province, which is one of the worst hit areas and where she
still has friends. Mrs Makino said: "I feel as if my memories
have been washed away." Over half the population of Onagawa,
a picturesque seaside village where Mrs Makino worked for several
years, is still "missing". Mr Makino said: "We have been together
for 13 years in the UK now but still have very strong ties
with Japan and it is heartbreaking to see the pain and devastation
that has hit the country. We are delighted that the whole of
Bolton School has been able to help out with this disaster
appeal. We are amazed at how incredibly helpful people in the
UK have been."
Pupils were all asked to wear something red to show they were
supporting the campaign and there was also a raffle with some very
unique prizes including a Manchester United football shirt signed
by Ryan Giggs, some football boots signed by Phil Neville, a
t-shirt and photo signed by Amir Khan and photographs signed by
Kevin Davies. Funds from today will be bolstered by a fun run
in May and it is hoped up to £10,000 will be raised for
the disaster appeal.
Last weekend the Makino family collected money for the Red
Cross's appeal outside Asda at Middlebrook and raised a staggering
£2,615. This weekend they will be collecting money outside
M&S in central Manchester. They are part of a
network of Japanese collecting money tomorrow across cities in the
North-West.
Read
the thank you letter to Bolton School from the Makino
family.
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