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CITY OF SALEM
TEEN ACTION TEAM INITIATIVE
Ancient Japanese legend promises that if anyone folds one
thousand paper cranes held together by strings, then a wish
is granted such as long life or recovery from illness or injury.
JUNE 13, 2011
SALEM STUDENTS HELP JAPAN TSUNAMI SURVIVORS
PARTNERS &
SPONSORS:
North Salem H.S.
Barbara Narkaus,
NSHS Art Instructor
Community Action
Drug Prevention
Network (CADPN)
Amanda Lynch,
CADPN Program
Coordinator
City of Salem, Youth
Development &
Prevention Section

CADPN Youth Council
City of Salem, Parks
McKay High TAT
South Salem High TAT
North Marion High
Woodburn High
Sushi Kyo
Ike Box
Fox Blue
On Friday, March 11th,
2011, a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck
Japan.
Salem-Keizer high
school student leaders
immediately searched for
ways to help.
Thanks to the servicelearning collaborative
championed by the City of
Salem’s Teen Action Team
Initiative and Community
Action Agency’s Youth
Council, students united
across school lines for an
important cause.
Youth leaders representing
North, McKay, South, North
Marion, and Woodburn High
Schools forged partnerships
with each other and with
North High Art Instructor,
Barbara Narkaus, to mobilize
peers and the public to help
Kawagoe Commercial High
School students (North
High’s sister-city school).
Narkaus and North High
Senior, Hayden Muhs, lead
the creation of a “Chain of
Hope” where interested
Salem-Keizer students and
teachers folded paper cranes
during the school day & after
school for 1.5 months.
Various businesses and
individuals sponsored cranes
through paper and cash
donations. The City of Salem
coordinated a folding event
at the Ike Box for Global
Youth Service Day to assist
with the chain, as well.
4,000 cranes were made for
the Chain of Hope and
dis pla y ed at Salem ’ s
Riverfront Park Pavilion.
Students also sold Japan
relief bracelets at their
schools
and
local
businesses. Bracelets were
provided through a State
Farm Good Neighbor MiniGrant secured by the City.
TEEN ACTION TEAM INITIATIVE
Moose ABC
Copy Cats
FEDEX Kinko’s
Commercial Business
Supply
Ink Spot
Salem Blue
Lancaster Printing
Coordinated by the City of Salem’s
Youth Development and Prevention
Section, TAT service clubs and
projects empower teens to become
neighborhood change-makers and
find purpose through service.
TAT provides, supports, and
promotes engaging service-learning
leadership opportunities in schools
and neighborhoods encouraging
peer-to-peer advocacy of issues that
matter to youth.
Youth Council Members (Left to
Right: Jessie Garcia, Aida Zavala, &
Hayden Muhs) promoted the Japan
Relief project at both the April 11th
& May 9th Salem City Council
Meetings.
Collection
Site
No. of $$
Collected
McKay
150
South
100
North
337
North
Marion &
122
Woodburn
Sushi Kyo,
SE Salem
100
Sushi Kyo,
South
58
Community
Action
Agency &
City Staff
TOTAL
33
$900