Category Archives: Socks for Japan

It’s been a while since I’ve provided a Socks for Japan update. I’ll write one soon. We’re still on our regular schedule, and with lots of new volunteers from overseas pitching in to help these days. I’ll report more soon. In the meantime, some photos:

On Wednesday, May 4, the Socks for Japan team distributed 5,422 pairs of socks with care letters to survivors in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. Four volunteers made the journey: Sachiyo, Takako, Toshiaki, and I. We arrived in familiar territory: where “badly damaged” homes are simply gone: and “damaged” homes look like this: On top of losing […]

Socks for Japan has completed 13 distributions of socks and care letters in Japan’s disaster zone, covering some 322 km (200 mi) of coastline rocked by the March 11 earthquake, slammed by the ensuing tsunami, and partly torched by fire. On our many excursions, I’ve noticed first-time reactions of volunteers. Most people think they’re prepared […]

Last Day to Ship Socks and Letters: Monday, May 16 Our team at Socks for Japan has carefully monitored the situation in the disaster zone to anticipate need. It’s important to maintain a supply of socks and care letters for as long as people need them, but we don’t want an enormous surplus when we’re […]

Most of my reports have focused on Socks for Japan’s distribution of socks and letters to survivors in the disaster zone. Not one trip would be possible without the dedication of our Sano-based volunteer staff, however. They’re the ones who tirelessly receive packages from overseas, open them, count and sort pairs of socks, check letters, […]