Participation and Volunteer Work

Want to get involved? The following is a list of tasks and projects. Please contact Mas and Marcia Hashimoto to sign up! The "Re-enactment" needs YOU!

Tasks and Projects (as of November, 2001):

  • Seamstresses to sew internee costumes (c. 1942)
  • Seamstresses to sew military costumes (c. 1942)
  • Craftsman to make a 1942 Commercial bus license plate
  • Laborers to help construct grandstand for Re-enactment Contractors, builders, handimen to help build sets for the Mello Center production
  • Historians to do research for the script writers and artists
  • Shoppers to search thrift stores for costumes and props for the Re-enactment
  • Lighting technicians to design and set up lighting for Mello Center
  • Sound technicians to design, set up, and manage sound system for outdoor performance and Mello Center production
  • Shopper to place orders and receive shipment on t-shirts, pins, and certificates
  • Set builders to set up and strike sets after outdoor and indoor performances
  • Artist to research photo enlargement process costs and possibilities
  • Organizer to set up catering
  • Publicist to get national media coverage of Re-enactment
  • Fund raisers to help raise $50,000 for this event
  • Politician to attract media attention for this event

 

Contact:
 Mas and Marcia Hashimoto
  578 Vivienne Drive
  Watsonville, CA 95076
  (831) 722-6859
  hashi79@earthlink.net

 

Return to Top

Sponsorship and Donations

In order to carry out this important community project, we need your support and goodwill. We have an outstanding committee of local community leaders who are asking for your help in sponsoring this historical re-enactment. The program will begin on the steps of the Veterans' Memorial Building in Watsonville from where the evacuation originally took place, and then move to the Mello Center for the final stories and presentations. A special reception for sponsors, supporters, and participants at the Pajaro Valley Historical Association and YWCA on East Beach Street will follow.

We need donations and sponsors to cover the cost of this important educational event. We need to raise $31,000. We believe we are the first community engaged in hosting this re-enactment. The following is a list of tasks for volunteers and sponsors.

 

  • 940's period clothing (wool coats, slacks, shirts, dresses for all ages)
  • 1940's military uniforms
  • 1940's clothing accessories (hats, gloves, purses, eye glasses, scarves, etc.)
  • 1940's props (suitcases, books, magazines, microphones, toys, stuffed animals, trunks, photos, etc.)
  • 1942 Greyhound bus (rental costs)
  • 1942 Classic cars (rental costs)
  • 1942 US Army truck (rental costs)
  • 1942 Police car (rental costs)
  • 1942 Police motorcycle (rental costs)
  • Grandstand rental
  • Watsonville City costs (special event permit, portable potties, fences)
  • PA System (rental costs)
  • Transportation Costs (speakers and dignitaries)
  • Filming and Video Costs
  • Mello Center (rental, labor)
  • Lighting costs
  • Sound costs
  • Reception catering costs
  • Advertizement costs
  • Program printing costs
  • Postage costs (mailers)
  • T-shirts and pins costs
  • Printing costs for fliers to schools

 

We would appreciate and will recognize in our commemorative booklet and program all organizations and individuals who contribute at the following levels:

$5,000 "A More Perfect Union" Sponsor will receive one full color page ad and 10 VIP tickets for the Mello Center and 10 tickets to the reception.
$2,500 "Go For Broke" Benefactor will receive one full, black and white page ad and 8 VIP tickets for the Mello Center and 8 tickets to the reception.
$1,000 "Roastin' Poston" Patron will 1/2 page, black and white ad and 6 VIP tickets for the Mello Center and 6 tickets to the reception.
$500 "Block Manager" Contributor will receive 1/4 page, black and white ad and 4 VIP tickets for the Mello Center and 4 tickets to the reception.
$250 "Tar-papered Barrack" Donor will receive a business card size, black and white ad and 2 VIP tickets for the Mello Center and 2 tickets to the reception.
$100 "Salinas Assembly Center" Supporter will have his/her name listed and be provided with 2 VIP tickets for the Mello Center and 2 tickets to the reception.

We have received a $5,000 matching fund challenge from an anonymous donor who sincerely believes in the theme, "Liberty Lost ... Lessons in Loyalty." Does your corporation, firm, company, or grant policy provide for matching funds requests?

Special contributions made in memory or honor of a loved one will be acknowledged in the commemorative program.

The contributions are tax deductible as the principal sponsor, the Watsonville-Santa Cruz Chapter of the National Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), is a non-profit, educational civil rights organization.

Please support this important community project. If you have questions, please call or contact Mas Hashimoto, 578 Vivienne Drive, Watsonville, CA, 95076, (831) 722-6859 or email at hashi79@earthlink.net.

Contributions may be placed in the enclosed envelope. Checks are payable to: "JACL Re-enactment Fund" and may be mailed to Watsonville-Santa Cruz, JACL, PO Box 163, Watsonville, CA, 95077 (Watsonville-Santa Cruz JACL taxpayer ID is #94-2659895).

Thank you for your consideration.

-Mas Hashimoto, Chair

Return to Top