<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Dear Rotarians,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please see the email below regarding the upcoming Miasa (sister city trip).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please direct any questions to Jim Jackson.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">Ray Alarcon<br dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif" dir="auto">Alarcon</font> Ins Agency<br dir="auto">PO Box 2539<br dir="auto">Mendocino, CA 95460<br dir="auto">707-937-5050<br dir="auto">CA Lic#0B68172</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: jackson@mcn.org </div><div>Date: 5/15/24 1:14 PM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: Matthew O'Halloran <matthewohalloran@mac.com>, Ray Alarcon <alarconins@mcn.org> </div><div>Subject: : Fundraiser : Mendocino-Miasa Cultural Exchange : </div><div><br></div></div>
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Matt and Ray:</div></div>
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Mendocino Sister City Association (MSCA) sponsors trips for Mendocino students
to visit our sister city Miasa-Omachi in Nagano Prefecture Japan. This
year more than two dozen students and their chaperones will be making the
trip. Each of them has already paid $4,000 to cover trip expenses but MSCA
is discovering that the cost of the trip (mainly due to increased travel
expenses) will exceed this amount so we have established a GoFundMe campaign to
hopefully raise additional funds for the students. A link to the
fundraising campaign is below. I was hoping that you might provide this
information to your Rotary club in the hopes that it might generate some
additional donations.</div>
<div><br><a rel="noreferrer noreferrer" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/mendocinomiasa-cultural-exchange?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=sms&utm_source=customer">https://www.gofundme.com/f/mendocinomiasa-cultural-exchange?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=sms&utm_source=customer</a><br><br>Thanks
you for your consideration and assistance.</div>
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<div>Jim Jackson</div>
<div>President, MSCA</div></div></div></div>
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