December 06 – Holiday + Creative Recycling = Big Smike
December 06 – Danza Floricanto Event
December 07 – Honor and Appreciation
December 06 – Danza Floricanto Event: In the month of December, a REACT member from Los Angeles came up with a project to give back to the community in a way that is not only fun, but that it will also bring them joy of celebrating the holidays. REACT offered a free Reiyukai Creative Recycling workshop to the student dancers at the Danza Floricanto USA, a community-based dance company in East LA. With much surprise to the students, smiles of joy emerged. Parents were also present during the recycling workshop and were invited to join in on all the fun the kids were having. The kids and parents during the workshop were able to make a box out of milk cartons that could also serve as an ornament for the Christmas Tree.
December 06 – Holiday + Creative Recycling = Big Smike: December was a month of non-stop community event participation for the Reiyukai Creative Recycling (RCR) workshop representative in Honolulu! Every weekend, there was an event to celebrate the holiday where the RCR had attended having a booth to make holiday ornaments made out of recycling materials.
December 07 – Honor and Appreciation: Reiyukai America has been attending the Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration through an official invitation by the US Navy Region Hawai‘i. For the local members, it has been an annual tradition to donate a wreath at the USS Arizona Memorial to honor, respect and show appreciation for those who lost their lives during that battle.
November 02 – Family Day Festival in Chicago 2014 – There are many family events out there but not like Reiyukai America’s where the theme of the event is to think and feel the family! Members of REACT in Chicago organized a fabulous heartwarming event where many people joined the cause of Reiyukai!
November 08 – Pacific Media Expo – REACT held a panel named “Decoding Japanese Culture—Roots of Identity” focusing on hidden clues of identities that can be found in Japanese pop culture such as the anime and comics.
November 16 – Carrying Over the Torch of Compassion – Young adult members in L.A area gathered to commemorate the efforts and achievements of Reiyukai’s Co-Founder, Mr. Kakutaro Kubo, who passed away on November 18, 1941.
November 22 – Let’s Celebrate the ‘Ohana – The last Family Day Festival of the year was held in Hawai‘i! Having branch leader Mr. Tomotsugu Masunaga from Japan as a guest speaker of the event, participants shared their precious memories about family and ancestors.
