Omachi Relief Fund: Don’t Let Up Yet 3/19/11

Isao Omachi before the tsunami swept everything away.

Don’t let up yet
Just a little reminder about the plight of Isao Omachi and his family. It’s not too late to do something to help. As you know, relief efforts commonly suffer from short half-lives. Something horrible happens, we get worked up about people suffering and, in a matter of days, we’ve forgotten and moved on the next thing.

Omachi Relief Fund
The following was written by Bill Valavanis: Award winning bonsai artist Isao Omachi is one of the rising starts of the Japanese bonsai world. He lives with his wife, two young daughters and parents near Sendai, Japan, in Iwate Prefecture. On March 11, 2011 the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan swept away Omachi’s home, bonsai garden and entire town. Fortunately, the Omachi family ran away and escaped the tsunami. They are fine, homeless and without anything.

Marco Invernizzi from Italy has established the Omachi Relief Fund to assist the Omachi family. Please join me along with others from around the world to give financial support to the Omachi family.

Contributions should be sent to:
The Omachi Relief Fund
P.O. Box 22
Yorklyn, DE 19736 USA

Contributions are not tax deductible. Donation accounts have been set up around the world to assist the Omachi family. Please contact Marco Invernizzi (marco@marcoinvernizzi.com) for details.

Countless other Japanese people are also suffering
Stone Lantern is sending 10% of all Japanese products sold (Koyo and Okatsune tools and numerous other items) to the Japanese Red Cross. It may not sound like much, but our margins are quite low these days, so 10% will pretty much wipe out profits from these items. Nevertheless, it’s the least we can do.