posted Aug 6, 2013, 7:04 AM by Tsubasa Kato
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updated Aug 6, 2013, 7:07 AM
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"Onigiri Volunteer" at the Franciscan Chapel
Center (Roppongi Kyokai) I CT
organizer Jojo joined the volunteer making rice balls (onigiris) for those
people in need at the Franciscan Chapel
Center (Roppongi Kyokai, 六本木教会). The Chapel Center has been providing free rice balls to the homeless and
other unfortunate individuals every morning, 365 days since 1986. 5 volunteers got together for the activity, and we
needed to complete our task making 300+ rice balls in 90 minutes! Japanese know how to
make rice balls, but I learned 5 steps how to make them “efficiently”; take a
scoop of rice from rice cookers for professional use, put it into the
rice-cutter, press it,
take one Japanese plum and push it into the middle of rice balls, and remove them
from the rice-cutter. Meanwhile, some of our volunteers started packing and
putting Nori (seaweed, 海苔) on it. Without teamwork, we couldn’t finish it! Our
rice balls were delivered to the homeless hands by other volunteer staffs. Many volunteers are
active helping the less fortunate in many different ways, but the most
important role the Chapel Center has played is to provide emotional support for
all individuals living in Tokyo, regardless of
race, origin, religion or gender.
It
is always a lot of fun for learning new things! Part of being a great volunteer
is finding something that you enjoy doing. Spending your time (not only donating money) for volunteer are having
the opportunity to meet new people, making a
difference in someone else’s life, and also expanding
your horizons to new opportunities!
(posted by Tsubasa Kato)
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