On March 12th we held our annual Kurimanju Fund raising event.  This is one of our mandatory volunteer events.  Normally we make 1,600 pieces but this year we made 2,050 pieces.  Thanks to Kana Shimizu who negotiated with Chikara Mochi and  got a deal on the An filling.  On Friday night Jill Clever (former parent), Fusako & Natsumi Hagiwara, Adelaide Ikejiri, Ayumi Inoue (former Nyumon teacher), Megan, Ryan and Wendy Kagiyama, Katy &Yoshiko Kawada, Irene Nakano, and  Sadako & Yukie Shirtcliff helped roll the An filling into balls. 

On the day of the event the following individuals made up a great team and we made 2050 pieces in record time.  We are also happy to report that even though we made over 400 extra pieces, we finished right around 12:30.  Our team was awesome!  The PTA Board really appreciates all the efforts put forth by current parents, and former parents of SFVJLI.

Noriko Bertolino, Tomiko Bracken, Aoko Carpenter, Yumiko Carrillo, Corey Caudill, Jill Clever (former parent), Bob Delgado, Mikiko Evans, Sachiko Franzman, Tamami Fukuyama, Fusako Hagiwara, Chiaki Hall, Seiko Hall, Adelaide Ikejiri, Bert Inoue (Megan Kagiyama’s grandfather), Eric Kagiyama, Rose Kamiya, Azusa Kato, Yoshiko Kawada, June Kunihiro, Jun Kurihara, Akemi Maemura, Sumie Makino, Sonah Matsumoto, Keiko Moiser (former parent), Jane Muranaka (former parent),  Kyoko Nagai, Dean Nakano, Marcia & Joey Nakasone, Yumi Okuno, Denise Pilson, Rosalinda Prado, Kana Shimizu, Florentina & Richard Sadakane, Yukie Shirtcliff, Delia Sogi, Misayo Sturek, Kaz Tachibana, Amy Thibodeaux, Nancy Tsutsui, and  Thea VanLancken.

Our PTA president reported that we made a profit of       $1,122.  A very big thank you for all the parents that helped and purchased the Kurimanju.  Did you enjoy eating the Kurimanju?   Team members at my work really enjoyed it.  They are already looking forward to the next year’s Kurimanju event.