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Students: Helping Japan
| USF News
Photo by Amanda Gilmer | USF World
USF students and student organizations have been stepping up to the plate raising money to help people in Japan who remain homeless, displaced and hungry following the recent earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear plant catastrophe.
Their efforts include:
- USF alumna Francis Maraj (2010, International Studies) started a Web site called "Save Japan Now" with a student group including Japanese exchange students studying at USF. Selling t-shirts that say "I Love Japan," the initiative, sponsored by USF World, raised more than $2,300 for Japan relief.
- The Japanese Club, working with several USF student organizations and sponsors, hosted a "Hope for Japan" charity dinner and candlelight vigil in April. The event raised more than $500.
- Students in Barbara Pinters's Academic English Level 4 + Advanced Business Topics class held a fundraiser for Japan at locations around campus. Students provided fun services or gifts, such as chair massages or henna tattoos, in exchange for donations to the Japanese Red Cross. In just two hours, Pinter's students raised $770. INTO USF contributed to the effort for a total donation of $1,000.
- USF students Enaam Alnaggar and Kimberly Karalius hosted "Tomodachi! USF Writers Unite for Japan" in the Marshall Center in April. The event included raffles for signed books and merchandise, as well as t-shirts and pins. Proceeds from the event were donated to Second Harvest Japan.