Donation Pets and Items for Japan Relief

[Rainbow Sherbet]

Hello CS artists, so I had an Idea that there could be donation pets in the CS Store to help people in Japan who have suffered from the terrible Earthquake and Tsunami. There could be native Japanese breeds like the Shiba Inu, Akita Inu, Shikoku Inu, ect... Also Kanji items saying "Hope" "Love" "Perseverance" "Unity" ect (these could also be written on the pets alternatively). All proceeds from each bought pet would go to the Japanese Red Cross. All other Japanense themed items could have part or all of the C$ spent on them helping Japan too. Below I've provided some helpful links. Thanks for looking.

Japanese Red Cross: http://www.jrc.or.jp/english/index.html

Shiba Inu: http://japanesedogs.bulldoginformation.com/shiba-inu.html
Akita Inu: http://www.bulldoginformation.com/Akita-inu.html
Shikoku Inu: http://japanesedogs.bulldoginformation.com/shikoku-inu.html
Kai Inu: http://japanesedogs.bulldoginformation.com/kai-inu.html
Hokkaido Inu: http://japanesedogs.bulldoginformation.com/hokkaido-ainu-inu.html
Kishu Inu: http://www.bulldoginformation.com/shikoku-kishu-inu.html
Tosa Inu: http://www.bulldoginformation.com/Tosa-inu.html

Love: http://diliniheshala.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/kanji_love1.png
Perserverance: http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/56629/56629,1159637171,15/stock-photo-kanji-character-for-perseverance-kanji-one-of-three-scripts-used-in-the-japanese-language-are-1928015.jpg
Unity: http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs26/i/2008/078/7/3/unity_kanji_by_bexika.jpg
Strength: http://www.learn-hiragana-katakana.com/japanese-symbols/chikara-strength-6.jpg

[Takora Drakan]

I suggest to read this post that was made a few days ago:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=483175&start=10#p10977828

[Tess]

I'd prefer that anyone who has funds to donate to this cause gives their money directly to a major charity like Red Cross. For every payment we receive (for C$), we lose some of the money to paypal transaction fees (and an even larger percentage in transaction fees for those using 'Pay Near Me'). Even if we forward the entire remainder to Red Cross, there's already money wasted.

While it would be nice to be able to 'reward' donations with some CS content, it would be a roundabout way of us (and Paypal/PayNearMe) taking more money away from where it really counts. If you're serious about helping Japan, cut out any idea of a CS 'middle man' and donate here: http://american.redcross.org/site/PageS ... gRedButton
or whatever your preferred humanitarian aid group is

or if you don't have access to paypal/credit card, I'm sure they will set up donation points in your local shopping areas in the coming days