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TextSACC Art to Aid Japan
Children in almost 30 School Age Child Care
centers are participating in the Students Rebuild project, which is
collecting paper cranes to aid relief efforts for Japan. The Oak Hill
SACC center in Herndon, where the idea for SACC participation originated,
mailed their origami cranes to Students Rebuild on April 8, 2011.
The goal of the international project is to collect 100,000 paper cranes
from young people around the world. The Bezos Family Foundation has
pledged to send $2 to Architecture for Humanity for each crane received.
The funds will help reconstruction efforts in Japan, which was hit by a
7.4-magnitude earthquake on April 7, following a devastating March 11
quake and tsunami.
The idea to participate in the paper cranes project started with the
mother of a child enrolled in Oak Hill SACC. The child brought the idea
to SACC staff.
“As children, they’re often not able to do anything to help out in a
situation like this,” explained Oak Hill SACC Center Supervisor Kristi
Redwine. The children were excited about participating in the project
because they saw that raising money by making origami cranes “was
something they could do to make a difference and be part of something
bigger,” Redwine said.
According to a Japanese legend, anyone who folds 1,000 paper cranes will
be granted a wish. Students Rebuild will weave the cranes
they receive into a large art installation that will be sent as a
gift to children in Japan.
The children of Oak Hill SACC wanted to contribute 1,000 cranes to the
cause. “They will make their goal,” Redwine said. The combined total
number of cranes that will be sent from the 28 participating SACC centers
is approximately 7,500.
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