We are happy to report that we received over 1000 cranes by New Year's Eve 2001. We would like to express our gratitude for your participation with this project and we hope that we are a bit closer to World Peace and Unity.
We hope you had fun on December 30th and 31st at the Kaiser.
It was a wonderful experience for all of us! Happy New Year!

An ancient Japanese legend says that your greatest wish will come true if you fold one thousand origami cranes.

In 1955, Sadako, a 12-year old Japanese girl, lay dying from radiation sickness 10 years after the bombing in Hiroshima. She undertook to fold 1,000 cranes so that she could live. Sadako also wrote a Haiku (Japanese poem) that read in part: "I shall write peace upon your wings, and you shall fly around the world so that children will no longer have to die this way." Sweet Sadako died before she could complete her task. Her classmates folded the remaining number so that she was buried with One Thousand Cranes. Ever since, the Origami crane has become recognized worldwide as a symbol of peace and nuclear disarmament. A granite statue of Sadako stands in the Hiroshima Peace Park: a young girl standing with her hand outstretched, a paper crane flying from her fingertips.

The Unbroken Chain Foundation wants your help to achieve this wish for World Peace and Unity so we're asking you to make your cranes and either bring them to the show on December 30th or New Year's Eve, or send them to:
The Unbroken Chain Foundation
Attn: 1000 Cranes Project
PO Box 10188
San Rafael, CA 94912

If sending by mail, we need to receive your crane(s) by December 28th at the latest.

Write down your wish on the square piece of paper then make it into a crane. If you'd like us to know your wish, please also write it down on a 3x5 index card with your name, city, and state. Please feel free to make as many cranes as you'd like.

The cranes will be displayed on New Year's Eve for all
to see as part of the World Peace and Unity Altar.

Also, please feel free to bring a memento on New Year's Eve (i.e. photo, flower, charm, crystal, etc.) to place at the altar. The purpose of the altar is to memorialize victims of the September 11th and other terrorist acts, to honor those who helped in the wake of the disasters, and to say a prayer for WORLD PEACE and UNITY.

Here are directions on how to make an origami crane.
(or click here for more detailed instructions)