Tomorrow (friday 18th March 2011) heralds a day of silence for bloggers around the world as a mark of respect for the victims of Japan's recent disaster so I'm joining in and will not be posting. The organisers are also hoping for donations to the Shelter box relief fund. It's great to see that the target of $5,500 has already been exceeded but those folks need all the help they can get, so every extra penny will count.
The following is a quote from one of the organisers Utterly Engaged
The aim is just raise awareness and respect and acknowledge the devastation going on in Japan.
The guidelines are simple.
1. This coming Friday, March 18th, no posts at all on your blog.
2. Please post a blog post about what you will be doing this Friday whenever possible in hopes to spread the word and whoever else would like to join in. You all can check out what Lydia of Ever-Ours did for her’s here or how we did ours here and do it your way if you’d like. We’ll be posting a reminder post on Thursday evening on my blog too.
3. Tweet and Re-Tweet the shiznit out of the link to http://www.forjapanwithlove.com please.
4. Encourage your readers to contribute to donate shelter to Japan.
Whatever anyone can contribute will be appreciated.
Every little helps.
If you have a blog and want to join in and spread the word please write a post and leave a comment over on Utterly Engaged to let them know you're taking part. Thanks for reading x
little cotton rabbits 
What a fine thing to do! This is a great idea. I’ll join you. 😀
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I hope you don’t mind…. I copied and pasted some of your wording as what I was coming up with was a garbled mess. 😀
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Julie, this is a fabulous idea and I shall be joining in.
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Good-o.
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Thanks for the link Julie – It seems a good way to help. I’m joining in too.
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Anything that helps in any way is a good idea!
Vivienne x
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Thank you Julie – I’ve been struggling for the words to talk about it – perhaps silence is the most fitting tribute of all.
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Shelter Box is such a worthwhile charity to support.
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