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I donated all the proceeds right away. We raised 2,363 which is a little less than 200,000yen. But i wanted to donate 200,000yen.. so i just paid the difference from my own pocket anyways.

I had issues with google check out to the Japanese Red Cross because you can donate a max of 50,000yen at once which is a little less than 500 USD. So i had to put it through as 4 separate payments. Imagine that! Google never anticipated anyone to donate more than 500 at once! I guess they didn't factor in the power of many people's kindness pooled together!

If you want to see detailed receipts, which I have, please flickr mail me! I will forward them to you, but I will blank out my credit card and my home address.

Note: Japanese Red Cross do not accept paypal. So i had to use my own credit card to donate first, then withdraw the money in paypal to my bank account then pay off the credit card. =)

PS: Will send an email out to all who got a ticket to notify them that I have donated. I know not everyone uses flickr or has me as friend on flickr!