JETs & Japan
The Sakaeya Kimono Shop
Support the SAKAEYA Kimono Shop and support PEPY!
The Sakaeya Kimono Shop is a total Kimono services shop located near Tokyo. Owned and operated by the family of PEPY fundraiser and February 2008 rider Kahori Ochi, the shop has been in the business of selling quality custom-made and secondhand Kimonos for nearly 50 years.
Sakaeya has generously offered to donate 10% of the proceeds from the purchase of any secondhand kimono to PEPY. Find out more about Kahori's shop at http://www.kimono-sakaeya.com/english/index.html.
PEPY Fundraising Events in Japan
PEPY fundraising events have taken place around the world, from a student organized stuffed animal auction in Minnesota to a community concert in rural Japan. Please feel free to let us know about great events or opportunities that PEPY can publicize here!
Below are some on-going and featured PEPY fundraising events which also happen to be tons of fun! Sign up, have a good time, and support our work. There is nothing like having fun in the name of a good cause!
The PEPY Ride SIG
A Message to JETs:
Hello JETS!
The PEPY Ride SIG is a group for people who want to get involved in NGO work, the development of a growing non-profit organization, and who are interested in getting involved in volunteering during their time in Asia. The PEPY Ride was founded by former JETs and the JET community continues to support this growing project through fundraisers, awareness activities and other forms of support.
PEPY Fundraising Events in Japan
Many people take the initiative to sponsor fundraising events in their own towns. We also have a number of huge events in Japan that raise general funds for PEPY, such as the Tokyo Scavenger Hunt, ALT Soccer Tournaments, and the Shizuoka Fun Run. Join in the fun, or start your own event! We're happy to advertise them here on the PEPY Team Journal.
Have an event? Want to write an article for the newsletters in your region? Get an email sent out to a few prefectures? SIG President Jo Aylor ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) can pass your message along to a regional leader!
JET and The PEPY Friends School
A group of JETs traveled to Cambodia with PEPY in 2006 and left determined to raise enough money for a new PEPY school. The group raised over $20,000 to fund the project and returned one-year later in March of 2007 to celebrate the opening of the PEPY Friends School in Stung Treng.
The PEPY Friends School educates over seventy lower-secondary students, and past volunteer trips to the school have helped to provide clean drinking water, supplies, uniforms, and bicycles to the students.
To learn more about JET - also known as the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme - visit their website at www.jetprogramme.org/. For more about the PEPY Friends School, visit www.pepyride.org.
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