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2012 Taste of Japan

"No impersonal representation of a culture can fully communicate it's reality to others who have never know its living substance.  Through personal relations, our curiousity can be fulfilled by a sense of knowledge; cynicism can give way to trust; and the warmth of human friendship can be kindled."
President John F Kennedy

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Bloomington Sister City Organization
1800 West Old Shakopee Road
Bloomington, MN 55431
 
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Bloomington Sister City Organization Highlights

Taste of Japan dinner, fund raiser will be held Sat March 24th  



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Want to join us?  
Click here to reserve a spot.

Watch a video taken at last year's event courtesy of The Bloomington Crow










Do you or your business have an interest in supporting Bloomington and the BSCO?

BSCO is soliciting silent auction items for the Taste of Japan in March.  Please let us know if you have items you would be interested in donating.  Use the contact info on the left to reach us.

Thank you to Overseas Brats for their donation

The Overseas Brats organization convened their Silver Anniversary Gathering in Bloomington this October and graciously raised over $2,000 for the disaster relief in Japan.  The funds raised were donated to the BSCO, who in turn, forwarded the donation on to the Japanese Red Cross.  

Overseas Brats is an organization of former students and educators who attended school abroad.

Renewal efforts in Japan
From a Reuters News Service Article:

-- About 15,690 were killed, 4,740 are missing, and 5,710 were injured.

-- Many of about 5.6 million residents of the three prefectures worst hit by the March disaster have lost their homes and the number of evacuees peaked at more than 475,000 on March 14.

-- Some 9,900 still live in evacuation shelters while 34,100 are staying in hotels or with relatives or friends and about 40,000 live in temporary housing.

More detail in the article.


Bloomington Student delegation have returned from visiting Izumi City

Follow this link to see the delegations photo album. 

A description of some of the groups' activities can be found here.











 


 
 2011 Taste of Japan 
BSCO's annual meeting was held Saturday March 19 at the Hilton Minneapolis/Bloomington.  Read about award winners here.  
Or visit Go To the Crow for a video summary of the event.
 
 

 

 

 Mayor Gene Winstead has returned from the Official VIP Delegation to Bloomington's sister city, Izumi City, Japan  which was October 7-19, 2010.  Updates of the trip and a trip summary can be found here.


 

 


B30 Engage your City recently highlighted the Bloomington Sister City Organization.  Visit the BSCO blog for details.

 

  

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Bloomington Sister City Organization shares its event and delegation photos through a picasa website.  You can find these photos here.