Troop 719s Bento Fundraiser with Cherrystones is back.

when the Christmas packages we sent him came back to us stamped.Joy Takeshita was in the tenth grade at Polytechnic High when war broke out.

Americans of Japanese descent who served their country while their families remained imprisoned in concentration camps.I think that Ill remember this forever.She warns that if we go out for private relocation not to go where there are already too many Japanese.

Ted had been the patriotic one who led the dedication of this same flagpole that now paid tribute to Ted and the many Nisei sons who would Go for Broke for their country.churches from the Presbyterian Union all over the country sent gifts to the Japanese American children.

Thats how she earned her 16 dollars a month to buy us our clothes and ice skates … she must have saved for a lot of months to do that!— Kaz Shiroyama interview with JFO 11/7/04That same Christmas.

not in the comfortable surroundings of her California home.The scholarship is named in memory of Hana Uno Shepard (1918-1987).

The scholarship may be applied to any college.or postmarked on or before May 15.

but the tradition of awarding scholarships to high school seniors from a single-parent family has remained.The scholarship is given to financially assist students and to help applicants become acquainted with the mission and vision of JACL.