A way to help

Thanks to all of the friends, family, and strangers who have emailed me.  Some of you have already donated to help with disaster relief in the hardest hit areas of Japan.  For those of you who can spare (any amount is appreciated), Lisa Keyes and the Tuscaloosa Sister Cities Commission is organizing a way to donate.  This money will be wired to Narashino.  Then Narashino (the city office) will send this money to an area in need (or to an appropriate disaster relief organization).  There still isn't enough food for people in the hardest hit areas and they have had to endure freezing nights.  These are people with families (infants, elderly relatives).  These are people who had homes and lives a little over a week ago and then lost everything to the earthquakes and tsunami.  Whole cities were wiped out.  Some of these survivors are sadly now orphans and widows, but most still don't know whether or not their love ones are alive.  If everyone who reads this were to donate a dollar and then ask a friend to do the same, I believe that we could make a real impact.