Competitive eaters & Japan charities

March 16, 2011 at 1:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Charity Events, Kobayashi (小林尊)

Takeru Kobayashi has set up a page on FirstGiving to facilitate donations to the Red Cross for Japanese earthquake/tsunami relief (via email).

Major League Eating donated $5,000 to Save the Children and will match donations by competitive eaters up to $5,000.

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  1. Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)

    March 16, 2011 @ 1:57 pm

    I feel awful for these people. I taught for several years in the Tokyo area of Japan and I found Japanese to be some of the sweetest, most respectful people I ever met.

    I’m glad to see Koby’s page. Had I known of it over the weekend I would have made my donation via his FirstGiving link, versus going directly to their Web site: http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main&s_src=RSG000000000&s_subsrc=RCO_BigRedButton

    You have to be really careful about giving money these days. There are more illegitimate, deceptive scams, using disaster as a way to suck peoples’ money, than there are legitimate ones. I figured I couldn’t go wrong with the American Red Cross.

    It’s nice to see people stop and reflect on this monumental disaster, and I hope Japan’s people get all the financial and humanitarian aid they need. This really helps put things in perspective, in terms of priority and importance.

  2. Crazy Legs Mom said (Registered February 16, 2006)

    March 16, 2011 @ 9:05 pm

    Please give if you can, no matter the amount to wherever you wish. As someone who has lived off and on in Japan for the last ten years studying Japanese calligraphy, my heart is breaking for my adopted homeland. The link I am including gives an incisive perspective on the catastrophe, the people and the culture of Japan. It was written as it was unfolding and before the radiation challenges and shortages. For all in the competitive eating community, for competition and for life, there is much to learn from Japan. http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/sympathy-for-japan-and-admiration/?nl=1

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    July 27, 2024 @ 6:44 pm

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