A special thank you to our Nichi Bei Day of Giving donors for helping us raise more than $105,000!
As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Nichi Bei Foundation and Nichi Bei Weekly, we are proud to report that as part of our third annual Nichi Bei Day of Giving, we have raised $105,077, including an extremely generous $2-for-$1 matching donation of $70,000 from The Craig Foundation.
We COULD NOT have done this without your generosity, and are deeply inspired by your support in this effort. Funds raised from this campaign have helped to pay off some expenses, increase staff wages and create a retirement plan, and will also be saved for reserve funds.
The Nichi Bei Foundation Board of Directors and Staff would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their generous contributions to our Nichi Bei Day of Giving:
$70,000: The Craig Foundation
$1,500: Anonymous donation
$1,000:
Robert Matsueda & Ranko Yamada (K.W. Lee Reporting Fund)
Janis K. Masaoka
Ted & Linda Harms Okazaki
Stan & Christine Umeda
Marge & John Tsukamoto
Twila Tomita & Andy Noguchi
Yukiyo Hayashi
Kiyomi and Ken Takeda
$750+:
Glenn Omatsu
Alice & Mark Taguma
$500+:
Eric Tamura
Peter & Ayako Yee
Michael Kurihara
Merv Kato
Kazumaro & Sachiyo Ishida
Himeo Tsumori
Mike M. Namba
Monterey Market
Anonymous in Memory of Jeff Adachi (K.W. Lee Reporting Fund)
Alan Matsui
Mariko Sharon Taguma (Internship Fund)
Keith & Priscilla Kojimoto
Madeline Kitagawa
Marian K. Uchida
Beth Abiko Gibson & Jim Gibson
Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California
Kumi Okamoto
$250+:
Eileen Masuda
Joshua Kaizuka
Ellen K. Uchida
Pat Shiono
Dale Nakahara
Anthony Brown
Machiko Irie
Susan Tanaka
Patricia Hirahara
Anonymous
Michael & Mary Innes
Lee & Donna Jacobs
Art & Debbie Hansen
$200:
Robert & Susan Yoshioka
Dale Minami & Ai Mori, Ellie Mori Minami & Lina Mori Minami
Takeo Shirasawa
Yoshihiro Oka (Wayne Maeda Educational Fund)
Joni Oliphant
Anonymous
Brent Kato
Cheryl Taguma
Emi Gusukuma
LaVerne & Helen Sasaki
Helen & Ken Sato
$101-$150:
Atsuko Diane Takeshita
Reiko True
Sterling & Sharon Sakai
Douglas & Betty Yamamoto
Anonymous
Anonymous
Kiyoshi & Akemi Ina
John & Geri Handa
The MacDonald Charitable Fund
Jiro Yamamoto (In Memory of Thomas Yamamoto)
Kentaro Takeda
Gary & Carolyn Soto
Shigeko M. Tanaka
Ken & Susan Kawaichi
Rick H. Taguma
$100:
Cahy & Eric Crystal
Lonny Ishihara
Miyo (Minnie) Uratsu
Lawrence Kitagawa (In memory of David Yoshiro Kitagawa, June Kiyomoto Kitagawa and David Jeffrey Kitagawa)
Koichi Fukuda
George & Masako Fukuhara
Hiroshi Kashiwagi
Judy Inaba
Sharon Kotabe
Mike & Vickie Ina
Ron Nakayama
Margaret Saito
Alaric Akashi & Pauline Tomita
Catherine Okamoto
Ken & Yoshiko Ho
C.K. Saika
Michiko Sugiyama
Harumi Serata
Patricia M. Fong
Satoru Taniguchi
Henry & Alice Hirata
N. Naito
Kent Matsuda
J. Takahashi & T. Kim
Kirsten Fletcher
Noboru Hashimoto
Bruce Hatakeyama
Takako Day
David & Ann Mikami
Sylvia Kihara & Rodger Neill
George Sasaki
Joyce H. Oishi & Wilmoth G. Lewis
Mary Tsukushi
Sam & Helen Mori
Alice Nakanishi & PJ Hirabayashi
Kahn Yamada
J. Yuri Oyama
Robert & Norma Ito
Lucy Minamishin
William Wong
Nobusuke & Fumi Fukuda
Anonymous
Scott Nakamura
Kana Enomoto
Norio Uyematsu
Fusae Miyamoto
Stanley Shig Furuta
Jeff Asai
Ralph Pearce
Amy Wu
Edward Silva
Reiko Iwanaga
Steve Nagano
Richard & Mary Ann Yamaguchi
David Ueunten
Jon Funabiki
Helen F. Sakaishi
Joanne Tolosa
Yone Shintaku
$1-$99:
Tats & Rose Tsunekawa
Hans Goto / Bay Marin Aikido
Donald Hayashi
E. Yamaichi
Betty Tsugawa
Okita Family
Harumi Kishida
Lorraine Suzuki
Miwako Yamashiro
Don Uyeda
Maru Hiratzka
Sandi Matoba
Denise Teraoka
Will Tsukamoto
Anonymous
Ed & Ayako Nishimoto
Lynn Nihei
Hanna Miyamoto
Aileen Nishio
Noreen Kudo
Dan & Chris Kubo
Karen Chong
Joy Iwasa
Anonymous
Amy Y. Tanabe
Kenji G. Taguma
Anonymous
Thomas and Greer Nishikawa
Tom Nakashima, Jr.
Kristine Mizutani
Christeen Oniki
Chitose Yasumoto
Donald Munakata
Digger & Agnes Sasaki
Akira Kosaka
Patricia Hirota-Cohen
Anonymous
George Hinoki
Rubi Kawamura
Paul Sakuma
Rosalind Uno
Elena Nielsen
Holli Castelli
Rachel Watson
Joyce S. Wong
Eiko Aoki
Kerry Kumabe
Akko Cacaji
Frances Marubashi
With your generous contributions, we can:
• Increase staff capacity for our nonprofit organization, currently at only five full-time staff
• Help fund a retirement program for our dedicated and hard-working staff
• Create reserve funding for unexpected needs
• Raise funding for special projects / funds
• Help build a legacy for the future
Did you miss our Nichi Bei Day of Giving and still want to contribute in celebration of the Nichi Bei Foundation’s 10th Anniversary?
Anyone who donates $250 or more will receive a copy of the “GO FOR BROKE!” CD from the Grammy-nominated Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra, featuring former San Francisco Poet Laureate Janice Mirikitani!
Help us raise critically-needed funds, and support our dedicated team!
In addition to publishing 28 bi-weekly community news publications a year — including the Japanese Culture and Cherry Blossom Festivals Guide and the Obon and Summer Festivals Guide — we also produce a number of meaningful annual educational programs such as:
• Films of Remembrance, a showcase of films dedicated to educating the public about the wartime forced relocation and incarceration of the Japanese American community;
• Nikkei Angel Island Pilgrimage, a community pilgrimage to the former Immigration Station designed to honor our immigrant pioneers, reconnect to this forgotten history and conduct family history research.
• Wakamatsu Pilgrimage, a community pilgrimage to the site of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony site in Placerville, Calif., the first sizeable settlement of Japanese in America.
But in order for us to continue these meaningful community publications and programs, we need your help in helping to raise some critical funding to build the capacity of our small but might staff of only five full-time equivalents.
With your contribution, you will not only help to provide critical funding, but you can also help us support, retain and expand our staff by contributing to increased salary and healthcare expenses, and help to create a Reserve Fund for future unexpected expenses and financial challenges. After all, the health of our nonprofit organization is only as good as the health of our dedicated and hard-working team.
Please join us in this effort to support the health of our organization, and our staff, by making a tax-exempt contribution today!
Thank you for your support!
About the Nichi Bei Foundation
Mission
The Nichi Bei Foundation is an educational and charitable nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping the Japanese American community connected, informed and empowered – primarily through a community newspaper (Nichi Bei Weekly) and Website (www.nichibei.org), as well as education programs.
