Thousand Cranes
This is on the home page, but it's the same story, so we're going to repeat it again. Thousand origami cranes is a group of one thousand origami paper cranes held together by strings. A reference to the Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury. The crane in Japan is one of the mystical or holy creatures (others include the dragon and the tortoise), and is said to live for a thousand years. In Japan, it is commonly said that folding 1000 paper origami cranes makes a person's wish come true. This makes them popular gifts for special friends and family.
'Sadako Sasaki' is the girl that started making 1000 paper cranes and making them stand for 'peace'.
Sadako was at home when the nuclear bomb hit Hiroshima. In November 1954, Sadako developed swellings on her neck and behind her ears. In January 1955, purple spots had formed on her legs. Subsequently, she was diagnosed with leukemia. She was hospitalized in February 1955, and given, at the most, a year to live.
In August 1955, Sadako's best friend Chizuko Hamamoto came to the hospital to visit and cut a golden piece of paper into a square to fold it into a paper crane, in reference to the ancient Japanese story that promises anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by the crane. Sadako decided she would try to do this though she fell short of her goal of folding 1000 cranes, having folded only 644 before her death, and her friends completed the rest and buried them with her.
We believe that this so called legend is true, though instead of granting the maker a wish, the people that have lost many things should be granted one. We want to try and get this up and going, to help those innocent children and elders to find peace in their lives and have many paper cranes looking down at them and realize just how special they are. Sadako passed away in October 1955, at the age of 12, but many people believed it was right to help her finish what she had started.
Here is the story of 'Thousand Cranes' if you want to know more. Some of the information is mentioned here but, there is SO MUCH that we have left out. Feel free to look at the link below.
http://thehollytree.blogspot.com/2007/07/story-of-sadako-and-one-thousand-cranes.html (Sorry you have to copy and paste it. It's a very touching story though!)
Join our team and lend a hand!
~ CFK Team, Kahnon and Abby
'Sadako Sasaki' is the girl that started making 1000 paper cranes and making them stand for 'peace'.
Sadako was at home when the nuclear bomb hit Hiroshima. In November 1954, Sadako developed swellings on her neck and behind her ears. In January 1955, purple spots had formed on her legs. Subsequently, she was diagnosed with leukemia. She was hospitalized in February 1955, and given, at the most, a year to live.
In August 1955, Sadako's best friend Chizuko Hamamoto came to the hospital to visit and cut a golden piece of paper into a square to fold it into a paper crane, in reference to the ancient Japanese story that promises anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by the crane. Sadako decided she would try to do this though she fell short of her goal of folding 1000 cranes, having folded only 644 before her death, and her friends completed the rest and buried them with her.
We believe that this so called legend is true, though instead of granting the maker a wish, the people that have lost many things should be granted one. We want to try and get this up and going, to help those innocent children and elders to find peace in their lives and have many paper cranes looking down at them and realize just how special they are. Sadako passed away in October 1955, at the age of 12, but many people believed it was right to help her finish what she had started.
Here is the story of 'Thousand Cranes' if you want to know more. Some of the information is mentioned here but, there is SO MUCH that we have left out. Feel free to look at the link below.
http://thehollytree.blogspot.com/2007/07/story-of-sadako-and-one-thousand-cranes.html (Sorry you have to copy and paste it. It's a very touching story though!)
Join our team and lend a hand!
~ CFK Team, Kahnon and Abby