HOPE Charity Event in Shinjuku
Last Friday, I was honored to be invited to a HOPE charity dinner at the Shinjuku Hilton. Actually, there have been a few events of this nature in the past month. I was invited by John, who you may have seen posting here on the Probe under the name fatblueman, which is the band he headlines for.
The purpose of such diners to gather people that could make a difference, and the goal of these recent gatherings in particular was to bring clean water to the third world. I sat with a few youtubers from the area, including Danny Choo*, and it made for profound, yet fun experience. But videos will make a better impression than I can…
The above video was shown during the keynote speech, detailing the problems of sustainable water.
Fellow party-going youtuber Tolokyo put the following video together. Keep an eye out for Danny, TkyoSam, Tamegoeswild*, Hikoesimon, and yours truly (clicking on any of the links in this video will take you to their profiles including the HOPE YouTube site). But the highlight of the video is the music by John and the duo Secret Ocean.
Thanks again to John for inviting us, and all the hard work he has done to spread the message about this great organization. He is planning a charity trip to Cambodia soon, so keep your ears pealed for that.
Please give some consideration to helping this worthy cause.
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*Yes, Danny really does take a figurine everywhere he goes. Perhaps he will post pics of the event on his site soon.
*Joseph did an excellent writeup about the event, so check out his post.
Contributor Bio: Claytonian studies the Nihongoes in Saitama and blogs about Japan, language, and news at The Hopeless Romantic.
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