Thank you for all of your support for Japan so far!

TOTAL DONATIONS: $6856.47
TOTAL CRANES FOLDED: 1512 cranes

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Updates on the Situation in Japan (as of yesterday, May 2nd):

--The National Police Agency (NPA) reported that the death toll has risen to 14,728  
and the number of people still missing is 10,808.
--The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that at the Daiichi nuclear  
plant, transfers of fresh water into reactors is being continued as well as the  
insertion of nitrogen gas to prevent additional hydrogen explosions. A couple  
reactors are still emitting white vapor, but the situation is being closely monitored.  

--The Diet approved the first $48 billion in funding for recovery and reconstruction.
--A little less than 400 temporary housing units have been built to house the  
displaced, but is hardly enough for the 130,000 plus who have applied for them.
--Prime Minister Kan announced his guarantee of 100,000 temporary housing units  
to be constructed before the mid-August holidays.
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Upcoming Events:

1) T-shirt Sales!
Our shirts sold out in two days, so we ordered more!
Look out for the blitz TOMORROW to order your shirt and pick it up in Collis on  
Friday
If you have previously reserved a shirt, you will be receiving a blitz to confirm  
pick up
Suggested donation $10, proceeds go to the Japanese Red Cross Society
Sizes Youth XS, S, M, and Regular S, M, L, XL

2) Crane earrings Sales!
Limited number of paper crane earrings for sale
Handmade by Rayna Levine '10
Date & Location TBA

3) Discussion on Radiation Exposure
Dartmouth Coalition for Global Health and Social Equity (DCGHSE) luncheon co-sponsored  
by the Nathan Smith Society
A discussion with Professor Harold Swartz from DMS, who specializes in Radiology  
and Medicine, on the challenges of dealing with radiation exposure in a population  
and on the radiation risk of the Daiichi plant
Date & Location TBA
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Stay updated: http://now.dartmouth.edu/japan/