Apparently, I'm not the only one thinking about this ("A thousand million trillion cranes)," as Akilah Johnson reports in today's "Boston, A Caring Message to Quake Zone:"
Sitting in small groups, fifth-graders at Bradley Elementary School in East Boston methodically folded colorful pieces of paper into beautiful cranes. They made baby cranes and mama cranes as well as blue and green cranes. They hope to send the cranes to survivors of the Japanese earthquake, as a symbol of their concern.
“We’re trying to foster good will,’’ Timothy Nagaoka, who teaches Japanese at several Boston schools, told the class. “What you’re doing is a very noble cause. Many people text or send donations, but you don’t always have to send a text or give money. There are other ways to show that you’re thinking about them.’’
PS: The picture in the print edition is adorable.
