Origami cranes have become a symbol of peace through the story of WWII survivor Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who folded a thousand paper cranes in order to be granted one wish - to live. Her hope and determination has inspired people all over the world to fold and display origami cranes as a symbol of peace. We are bringing that spirit of peace to Austin’s Asian community by creating a thousand origami cranes to raise funds for and awareness of SAHELI programs.
We hope you will help to make our wish come true by participating in the campaign! For every $10 raised, we will fold an origami crane and honor the donor or crane family’s name on it. At the end of our campaign, we will display all of these colorful origami cranes as part of our 1000 Cranes of Peace art installation at various public venues.
The 1000 Cranes campaign will be at various community events and festivals. Come out and help us raise awareness! You can find us at the following community events:
- April 10th, 2010 at the Fiesta Gardens Park at SafePlace’s Field Day and Festival Event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is $5 to get in, or with three cans of food.
- April 10th, 2010 at the South Asian Festival by the Texas Bengali Cultural Alliance from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Zilker Park.
- April 24th, 2010 at the 12th Annual Austin Dragon Boat Festival on Lady Bird Lake from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. - we’ll also have face painting at this event for the kids!
If you need more information, feel free to contact us at saheli@saheli-austin.org.
For more information about 1000 Cranes, please visit www.thousandcranesofpeace.com.
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