Saanich girl folds thousands of paper cranes, raising $31,031 for charity
“If an individual event raised $30,000, they would be over the moon,” said executive director Craig Smith of the Help Fill A Dream Foundation. “Super successful is $20,000 to $25,000, for events that have been around for a number of years. That would be the standard. This one little girl has organically created this groundswell that touched so many people.” 1001 Cranes, 1 Wish is based on senbazuru, an ancient Japanese legend that grants a wish by the gods to anyone who folds 1,000 origami cranes. (Myla added the extra crane for good luck.) Per custom, the cranes are strung togethe...
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