Welcome to Vancouver Japan Relief Website !!
Metro Vancouver Photography Workshops is partnering with the Canadian Red Cross to assist the victims of the Japan Earthquake – Asia Pacific Tsunami. On behalf of Metro Vancouver Photography Workshops we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for your contribution to this on going cause.
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Prayers and thoughts are with the people in Japan who recently have lost their homes, family members, friends and lives from the devastating earthquake and tsunami. We would like to invite everyone in Vancouver to walk with us on Sunday, April 3rd 2011 to support our family and our friends who have been impacted.
Vancouver Japan Relief Walk of Hope is being organized by Vancouver based Photographer, Christopher Pike; organizer of Metro Vancouver Photography Workshops and Vancouver Smug.
“I have a friend in Sendai Japan, they are in such a need for help.”, says Christopher. “My heart goes out whenever I think about my friend and his family over there.”
When considering how he could join the relief effort, Christopher took into account what he knows best: photography. Within days of the earthquake, he had mobilized professional photographers and a network of friends to put expression to the Vancouver-Japan Relief Walk of Hope.
We invite the community to gather friends, family and coworkers to join in the walk by registering at here and making a tax-deductible donation through the Red Cross link on the site. It is important for the Walk of Hope participants to register as we will be taking over some streets in Downtown Vancouver. Registering provides us with an accurate number of participants.
“We have everything,” Mr. Pike stresses, “and so many in Japan have lost all that they have.”
Download this PDF file of the flyer to print and share
Congratulations to 5 winners of the Walk of Hope raffle. Here are the winning numbers: 4514386, 4514146, 4514241, 4514005, 4514037.
At 3:00 PM on Sunday, April 3, 2011, participants in the Walk of Hope are encouraged to wear red and white to symbolize the Canadian and Japanese cultures, and walk the 5.5 km from Science World to the Vancouver Library. During the walk, professional photographers will capture the spirit of the people and the event, later posting pictures on the flickr group. Don’t forget to bring your camera phones, your point and shoots, your film cameras, your video cameras or your DLSR cameras.