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The devastating earthquake and tsunami Japan experienced on March 11, 2011 has the country reaching out for assistance. While recovery efforts are expected to last for a considerable time, urgency is required to help the people of Japan meet basic needs – food, water, shelter.

From our key partner in Tokyo we have learned that the biggest challenges right now are the logistics of getting key products to affected areas of Japan. Accordingly, it is imperative that we all do what we can to support existing humanitarian groups who understand the situation and logistics within Japan.

To that end, Whistler Water has forged a relationship with the Red Cross Society, whose tireless efforts in the Japan relief campaign are having a considerable impact on the improvement of the Japan crisis. Here in Vancouver, we can all lend our support by contributing to established organizations like the Red Cross Society.

Every little bit counts. Click here to donate directly to Red Cross Japan Relief

Meanwhile, at home, 10 cents from the sale of every bottle of Whistler Water sold at YVR is going to the Red Cross Society’s relief efforts. Whistler Water has been calling upon its partners to expedite orders into Japan. While the on-the-ground situation in Japan remains very difficult, Whistler Water is doing all it can to help meet the needs of the Japanese people. In this way we hope to support Japan in this difficult time.

Please consider giving if you are able.

Below is a clip from Global TV detailing further the crisis in Japan

Can you picture what $1,913,010 worth of donated canned food looks like? Let Canstruction Vancouver show you. For just under a decade, their anti-hunger initiative has been building donations by building artwork. The formula is simple: Create sculptures from canned food, generate public interest in the artwork, in turn, promoting awareness for what it’s all really for: Those in need. The formula works.

Last night, through our partnership with the Greater Food Bank Society, we were able to see the latest contributions for 2011 by volunteering as a “DeCanstruction” crew at Canstruction Vancouver:

Event Facts

• Average food value per sculpture – $13,013
• Estimated cans of protein (tuna, ham, etc.) - 669,535
• Number of cans raised in 9 years – 1,056,423
• Number of sculptures built – 147
• Total value of food raised in 9 years – $1,913,010
• Number companies involved – 75+
• Number teams – 24
• Number of school / youth teams – 6
• Visitors rating exhibition as good or very good – 90%+
• Visitors saying they would come again to Canstruction – 95%

Clean Up Photos

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The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society

The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society (GVFBS) does not accept any government funding, so donations raised from these events are important in our efforts to provide food and related assistance to those in need in our communities. Each week, up to twenty-five thousand recipients are aided through our programs in the Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and North Shore communities; as many as ten thousand of those assisted are children. The GVFBS purchases such large quantities of fresh fruit, vegetables and eggs that we are able to translate every one dollar donation into three dollars worth of food with our strong buying power and wonderful partnerships with local farmers.

– Food Bank Website