Help Japan

Hi everyone!  Great news -- I heard from my friend in Japan and she is safe and sound.  Her brother and his family in Tokyo are OK as well but she said they were not able to have eggs and milk in the days following the earthquake and tsunami.  I have been wondering how to help and which organization to use, and I read a blog posting by one of my favorite authors, Cara Lockwood, who said:

Help Japan!

Hi guys,
Anyone who's been watching the coverage of the earthquake and nuclear troubles in Japan know how devastating it's been for that country. I still have ties to Japan - my dad's grandparents immigrated from the land of the rising sun. I still have distant cousins living there.

I've donated to the Red Cross already, but anybody who emails (cara@caralockwood.com) or tweets me a receipt of their own donation (of absolutely any amount) at www.redcross.org, I'll enter you to win one of five signed copies of Dixieland Sushi.

I don't yet know the odds, but last time I held a contest, they were really good (meaning you enter, you had a one in three chance of winning!).

Good luck - and remember, it's for a good cause.
Cara 

 

Her website is:  www.caralockwood.com

My favorite book by Cara is "Pink Slip Party," which is a hilarious, must-read for anyone who has been laid off from their job.  It helped me through a sad time in 2004 when I was laid off!   

I've just sent my donation in to the American Red Cross.