{"id":18704,"date":"2011-04-13T01:28:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T05:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=18704"},"modified":"2011-05-13T01:29:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T05:29:37","slug":"jet-prefecture-round-up-04-11-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/13\/jet-prefecture-round-up-04-11-11\/","title":{"rendered":"JET Prefecture Round-Up 04.11.11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Emily Lemmon, (Hyogo-ken, Shiso-shi, 2009-present)<\/strong>, PSG volunteer, organizer of Hyogo-ken&#8217;s <strong>PEPY Ride<\/strong>, and editor of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hyogo Times<\/a><\/strong>, gives a little taste of what JETs are doing around Japan.\u00a0 To submit items for future <a href=\"..\/category\/jet-prefecture-round-up\/\"><strong>JET Prefecture Round-up<\/strong><\/a> posts, e-mail Emily at <strong>jetinfogather [at] gmail.com<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">National Relief Efforts<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AJET has set up a <a href=\"http:\/\/ajet.net\/lang\/en\/2011\/04\/07\/ajet-cares\/\" target=\"_blank\">care package program<\/a> for JETs to help their fellows affected by the disaster.<\/li>\n<li>JETs are now being encouraged to <a href=\"http:\/\/ajet.net\/lang\/en\/2011\/03\/28\/can-up-for-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Can Up for Japan<\/a> as the next step: anytime JETs attend a JET event, they are to bring a food item or other materials.<\/li>\n<li>This month&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/ajet.net\/lang\/en\/2011\/04\/01\/april-2011-jet-effect-special\/#more-1753\" target=\"_blank\">JET Effect<\/a> focuses on a few different JETs&#8217; responses to the disaster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Events by Region<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Shikoku Region<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ehime<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Silly Sports Hanami was April 9th, in which JETs enjoyed the blossoms and collected blankets for Tohoku.<\/li>\n<li>Ehime&#8217;s PEPY Ride will now be for Tohoku! Ehime JETs cycle the <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.jp\/maps?q=Shimanamikaido+Bridges&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Shiminami Kaido<\/a> to raise funds for tsunami and earthquake victims.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Kochi<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=154332227955768\" target=\"_blank\">Beer\/Sake Baseball Opening Day<\/a> was April 2nd, and a great time was had by all.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=131591930245251\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Traffic Light&#8221; Mixer<\/a> for JETs and locals was April 9th!<\/li>\n<li>Tosa Salsa Lesson from 2 to 4 was on April 9th as well.<\/li>\n<li>Kavita Peterson will be giving a presentation on Culture Shock for JETs on April 15th.<\/li>\n<li>The Tosa-ben musical will be performed by Kochi ALTs in the local dialect on April 16th, 17th, 23rd, and 24th in different places around the prefecture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Kansai Region<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyoto<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=215350805146610\" target=\"_blank\">5 to Survive Kyoto<\/a> run was April 10th!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hyogo<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=154116514650815#!\/event.php?eid=209399419071774\" target=\"_blank\">Hanami at Akashi<\/a> Castle Park on April 9th called for donations of towels for the Tohoku efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Tohoku Region<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aomori<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some Aormori JETs are helping with a free lunch offered at the Aomori City Shimin Center on Saturday, April 16th to gather water, apples, rice, toilet paper and others to take to Fukushima prefecture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Multi-Regional<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/altsoccertournament\/index\" target=\"_blank\">ALT Soccer Tournament<\/a> &#8211; West Japan Tournament to be held in Awaji, May 22-23rd. 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