Hawaii Okinawa Plaza fund raising approaches 100 million yen goal

Hawaii Okinawa Plaza fund raising approaches 100 million yen goal

On May 9, Executive Committee Chairman Sumiko Matayoshi of Hanakotoba Kayo Tomo no Kai (fourth from left) hands a donation to Executive Secretary Asami Ginoza of the Hawaii Okinawa Plaza Fund Raising Committee (third from left) at the Fund Raising Committee Office in Naha.


 

May 10, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

The money raised by the Hawaii Okinawa Plaza Fund Raising Committee for the construction cost of “Hawaii Okinawa Plaza” in Waipahu, Hawaii has reached 91 million yen, which means as of May 9 it has surpassed 90 percent of its 100 million yen goal.

The fund raising started in 2013. Approximately 1,500 municipalities, companies, organizations, and individuals have donated.

The committee is calling for cooperation to collect remaining 9 million yen by the time of the completion ceremony in September, in order to achieve its target amount of 100 million yen.

On November 9 Hanakotoba Kayo Tomo no Kai Executive Committee Chairman Sumiko Matayoshi and Executive Director Taeko Teruya visited Executive Secretary Asami Ginoza of the Fund Raising Committee, donating 400,000 yen of the profits from its charity show held in April in Naha.

 

Hanakotoba Kayo Tomo no Kai praised the postwar donation by Okinawans in Hawaii when they sent 550 pigs to support the postwar reconstruction of Okinawa.

It has held six charity shows in Okinawa and donated a total of 840 million yen as a way of repaying this past kindness.

Matayoshi and Teruya said, “We would like to give back from Okinawa.”

Ginoza thanked Matayoshi and Teruya for the donation and called for support from residents, saying, “Running the last corner of a track is hard, but at the completion ceremony in September we would like to report a 100 million yen donation from Okinawa.”

 

(English translation by T&CT and Megumi Chibana)

 

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