4/7/2011 - Aidan Robinson, a fifth grade Sollars Elementary School student, folds an origami crane April 6. The school has collected more than 7,000 cranes to help reach the goal of 100,000 as part of an art display at a reconstructed school in Sendai, Japan. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

MISAWA, Japan

4/7/2011

Aidan Robinson, a fifth grade Sollars Elementary School student, folds an origami crane April 6. The school has collected more than 7,000 cranes to help reach the goal of 100,000 as part of an art display at a reconstructed school in Sendai, Japan.

Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical issues.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

4/7/2011 - A pile of origami cranes are displayed on a table at Sollers Elementary School April 6. Cranes are sacred creatures in Japanese culture. According to legend, anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes will be granted a wish by a crane. The cranes will be sent to Students Rebuild to help raise funds in support of their Japanese peers. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released) 4/7/2011 - Leah Flack, left and Laura Fox, third grade Sollars Elementary School students, work together to make an origami crane at Sollers Elementary School April 6. The cranes will be sent to Students Rebuild in order to help raise funds to support their Japanese peers. Students Rebuild is also working to collect 100,000 origami cranes from young people to represent 100 wishes of support and healing for Japan. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
4/7/2011 - Shawna Fuhrer, third grade student at Sollars Elementary School, signs in on a page of the guest book April 6 as part of a project to fold 100,000 origami cranes. The guest book along with all origami cranes will be sent to Students Rebuild to help raise funds in support of their Japanese peers. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical global issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released) 4/7/2011 - Staff Sgt. Amanda Munoz, 35th Medical Surgical Squadron, helps Gaby Najar, a third grade Sollars Elementary School student, make an origami crane April 6. Each crane made will be sent to Students Rebuild to help reach their goal of 100,000 submissions which will trigger a $200,000 donation from the Bezos Family Foundation to the Architecture for Humanity's reconstruction efforts in Japan. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical global issues. Architecture for Humanity is a volunteer non-profit organization set up to promote architecture and design to seek solutions to global social and humanitarian crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
4/7/2011 - Tech. Sgt. Amie Duley, 35th Medical Surgical Squadron, shows Darin Wesley, a third grade Sollars Elementary School student, how to make an origami crane April 6. The students are helping Students Rebuild to reach their goal of 100,000 submissions which will be woven into an art display at a reconstructed school in Sendai, Japan. The project also helps Students Rebuild raise funds in support of their Japanese peers. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical global issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released) 4/7/2011 - Students and parents at Sollers Elementary School fold origami cranes April 6. Origami cranes are sacred creatures in Japanese culture. According to legend, anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes will be granted a wish by a crane. The cranes will be sent to Students Rebuild to help raise funds in support of their Japanese peers. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical global issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
4/7/2011 - Students along with their parents and other volunteers work together to make origami cranes at Sollars Elementary School April 6. The school has collected over 7,000 cranes and continues to work toward the goal of 100,000. The cranes will be sent to Students Rebuild to help raise funds in support of their Japanese peers. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, learn and take action on critical global issues. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)