Japan rocked with 8.9 earthquake.

[Cincy'sMom]

10:47 a.m. ET Thursday, 11:47 p.m. Thursday in Tokyo] Actress Sandra Bullock sent a $1 million donation to the Amerian Red Cross this week to help with earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan, the organization said Thursday. It is the largest celebrity donation to the Red Cross to be announced since the disaster struck last Friday, although the charity may have gotten large contributions that were kept confidential at the donors' request.

I have always liked Sandra but like her much more, now.

I heard on the radio yesterday that only $49 million had been donated to the Red Cross so far. Sounds like a lot to me, but I guess that is a lot lower then historically donated in the 6 days following a major event like this.


My friend has made it Tokyo. Hopefully she will be back in the US soon.

[ChrisH]

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On a personal note, so far, I have only given to animal charities, simply because I think creatures are often the last to be thought of in such horrible situations.