August 2022:

Our partner in North Carolina, Kathleen Burkinshaw shared a photo of a lovely Ginkgo tree sapling that her family planted at the University of North Carolina Wilmington college in 2017 in partnership with GLH. Her daughter had spearheaded this project and fundraised for this sapling of peace.

The Japan Club also had a bench put in so people could rest and read about the story of the tree.

Also, the Japanese translation of Kathleen-san’s book, The Last Cherry Blossom from Holp Shuppan released on August 12th. It is her wish come true, that her mother’s story could be told in her native language “ラスト・チェリー・ブロッサム　わたしのヒロシマ” .