New thread created for posts on how to help--volunteering, aid provision, etc. If you have news on these things, please provide contact information: a URL, an address, a phone number, or similar.
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USNH Yokosuka Ombudsman Yes, these addresses are valid. Also, American Red Cross is located in the Community Readiness Center, Bldg 3365, Room 305, telephone, DSN 243-7490 or 046-816-7490. At this time, they are not accepting items of clothing or food, nor sending volunteers to the disaster area. Please call the office for more information.
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For those who want to contribute tangible items... I assume if you send anything to these addresses, it may take some time to arrive as I'm sure these areas are not receiving mail now, but these items will be needed for a while. Or you can go through the US Navy bases in Japan that are coordinating these efforts directly.
From USNH Yokosuka Ombudsman (see https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=200135426678191)
You can send items to these addresses - they really need -
1. Food (instant foods, dietary supplements, baby foods);
2. Warm blankets (That north part of Japan is still really cold now);
3. Clothing;
4. Baby clothes, and DIAPERS!!!!
5. Women's sanitary items.
Attn: Earthquake Relief Supplies
Miyagi Prefectural Office
3-8-1, Honcho
Aoba-ku, Sendai city, Miyagi
980-8570, JAPAN