MARQUETTE RECEIVES A ‘THANK–YOU’ LETTER FOR SETTING UP A JAPANESE DISASTER RELIEF FUND.

HIGASHIOMI, JAPAN IS ONE OF MARQUETTE’S SISTER CITIES.

ITS MAYOR HAS SENT MARQUETTE MAYOR JOHN KIVELA A LETTER, THANKING LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR ESTABLISHING THE RELIEF FUND.

THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI RAVAGED JAPANESE COASTAL AREAS 3 AND A HALF WEEKS AGO. WITHIN A MATTER OF DAYS, THE MARQUETTE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED THE RELIEF FUND. IT’S COLLECTING DONATIONS THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER. THE MONEY WILL BE PRESENTED TO HIGASHIOMI DURING MARQUETTE’S SISTER CITY TRIP IN OCTOBER.