2011 Ashikaga Disaster Relief
Fund
Use of the Donation from SCAS and the
Situation of the 3.11 Earthquake
Disaster Damage
Mayor’s Office
City of Ashikaga
Use of the SCAS Donations
The donation from SCAS was saved to the
3.11 Disaster Relief Fund of Ashikaga City.
The funds were used to assist refugees
evacuated from those areas hardest hit by
the 3.11 disasters.
• Food for refugees at refugee center – a
total of 3119 refugees
• Health Support – medical examinations
for 74 refugees
•Expectant Mother Examinations – for 3
pregnant women
Number of Refugees in Ashikaga
Ashikaga City established two (2) refugee centers
Name of
Refugee Center
Number of
Refugees
Dates of
Operation
Families
Persons
Kita Junior High
School Seminar
House
727 families
2600 persons
March 16 to
May 1
Kita Koraku-sou
145 families
519 persons
March 18 to
April 15
Refugees in Ashikaga
(as of January 27, 2012)
57 families
142 persons
From Miyagi prefecture
4 families
4 persons
From Fukushima prefecture
53 families
138 persons
Remainder of Funds
Any funds remaining in the 3.11
Disaster Relief Fund of Ashikaga City
will be used to support the
remaining refugees and to assist
Ashikaga residents in need of
assistance to repair damage
resulting from the earthquake and
its aftermath, as needed.
These photos are typical of exterior
property damage suffered in
Ashikaga from the 3.11 earthquakes.
These photos show the structural
damage done by the shaking
during the 3.11 earthquake. Note
the piles of roofing tiles on the
ground and the very familiar
tarps on the roof to prevent
water damage.
These pictures
show us some
of the typical
damage
experienced
immediately
after the
extended
shaking of the
first
earthquake
was felt in
Ashikaga on
3.11photos
Ashikaga City government
buildings were not spared
damage from the earthquake.
The quake destroyed the
chandelier in the Ashikaga City
Assembly Hall.
This photo was taken
recently of some of the
refugees still in Ashikaga as
they ate their lunch in the
refugee center lunch room.
On March 17, 2011 Springfield
Mayor Frank Edwards and SCAS
Ashikaga Committee Chair Carol
Zerkle announced the creation of
the Ashikaga Disaster Relief Fund.
The Fund would provide assistance
to victims of the March 11, 2011
earthquake and tsunami and their
aftermaths who had been given
refuge in the Springfield Sister City
of Ashikaga and to Ashikaga
residents needing assistance with
earthquake damage.
The Fund raised $31,945.34.
Williamsville State
Bank and Trust
(WSB&T) became the
banking partner of the
Fund. The bank
donated all fees and
service charges.
In the slides that follow, we have
captured some of the many events
that were held to raise funds to
donate to the Ashikaga Disaster
Relief Fund. We regret that we were
unable to capture each of the events
staged to help the people of Japan.
Ashikaga Mayor Ohmamiuda
stands beside the Senbazuru (1,000
cranes) made by the students at
Iles Elementary School.
Ms. Hummert's First Grade Class (back row, left to right:
Principal Renee Roy, Volunteer Connie Magee, Student
Teacher Amanda Libotte, and Teacher Julie Hummert)
Ms. Buxton's Kindergarten Class (back row, left to right:
Teacher Mary Kunshek, Volunteer Connie Magee,
Principal Renee Roy, and Teacher Melissa Buxton)
Ms. Madonia's Kindergarten Class (back row, left
to right: Principal Renee Roy, Teacher Mindy
Madonia, Volunteer Connie Magee, and Teacher
Kathleen McGrath)
Springfield Southeast High School German
Club officers present check to SCAS
President Jennie Claflin for Ashikaga
Disaster Relief Fund
LLCC Music Professor Jane Hartman had visited Ashikaga as a
member of an SCAS Jazz Delegation. Students from the two
LLCC jazz bands donated all proceeds from their Spring Concert
to the SCAS Ashikaga Disaster Relief Fund.
LLCC Music Professor Jane Hartman had visited
Ashikaga as a member of an SCAS Jazz Delegation.
Students from the two LLCC jazz bands donated all
proceeds from their Spring Concert to the SCAS
Ashikaga Disaster Relief Fund.
Park District President Leslie Sgro accepts check from SCAS
President Beth McQuade for purchase of daffodil bulbs to be
planted at Centennial Park in memory of the victims of the
3.11 Japanese disasters.
Springfield Park District Trustees Tina Jannazzo and Sara
Wojcicki, and the SCAS 2011 Ashikaga Student Delegation and
Host Families dedicated the Centennial Park Japanese Memorial
Gardens indoors after rain soaked the Springfield area. The
group gathered around the architect’s drawings to pose for this
photo.
The three chaperones of the SCAS 2011 Ashikaga Student
Delegation have a memorial photo taken with the plans for the
Centennial Park Japanese Memorial Gardens.
Springfield Park District maintenance crews have prepared the
daffodil planting beds at Centennial Park. The ground is finally
cool enough to plant the cold-loving bulbs.
Chad Scaiffe and his crew from the Springfield Park
District Washington Park Botanical Garden are the
professionals. Sister Cities members David Cation and
Janice Perino and others braved the cold, windy
conditions to plant the second bed of daffodils.
Chad Scaiffe and the Botanical Gardens crew pose with SCAS
Ashikaga Committee Chair Carol Zerkle after the bulbs are
planted.
2011 Ashikaga Gettysburg Delegation Leaders Masuda
Shinji and Kashiwase Minako visit the site of the newly
planted Memorial Garden on November 18, 2011.
The Sister Cities Association of
Springfield thanks you for your
generosity in support of the
victims of the 3.11 Earthquake.
Ashikaga City was able to
provide needed assistance to
disaster victims seeking refuge
in their city with the donations
made to SCAS.