Iwate Swan

1-26-11

We would like to thank Brandon & Jason for all their help in editing, adding music and getting the last 3 videos posted. You did a wonderful job.

Thank You to everyone who made a tribute/memorial video.

Also Thank You to everyone who has donated to Rodger's Memorial Fund. Your kindness and generosity are greatly appreciated. We have been told that if the fund can raise another $4,500 it will become an endowment and will then become a permanent scholarship at WMU. Info on the scholarship can be found at the link below.

Thank You to everyone for you support this past year it has meant the world to us to know that Rodger has touched the lives of so many around the world.

The Swan Family

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Rodger's Family would like to thank everyone for the kind word, thoughts and prayers. It has meant a lot to us in this tragic time. For those who don't know what happenend. Rodger died on jan 27th (jan26th in the states) in Hanamaki Japan of internal bleeding into the abdominal cavity caused by acute pancreatitis.

A memorial fund has been set up at Western Michigan University called The Rodger Swan Memorial Fund for Japanese Studies. Links to this can be found here: http://www.causes.com/causes/440596/about?_method=GET&fb_sig­_in_iframe=1&fb_sig_iframe_key=751d31dd6b56b26b29dac2c0e1839­e34&fb_sig_base_domain=causes.com&fb_sig_locale=en_US&fb_sig­_in_new_facebook=1&fb_sig_time=1265357772.57&fb_sig_logged_o­ut_facebook=1&fb_sig_added=0&fb_sig_api_key=fe96b5ff025dcecc­7064d148cf4373bb&fb_sig_app_id=2318966938&fb_sig=74a722341bc­3fdc7328bc4c357f967b6

This is a cause page on facebook.

Again Thank You to all.

The Swan Family.

January 25: Iwate Swan 22 now out. "rupert" next week.

Iwate Swan: My video blog about life in Iwate as an english language teacher.

Tokyo Swan: My video blog about life in Tokyo as a student of Keio University.

Swan's Japanese Horror Reviews: All properties belong to respective owners. Hopefully I can raise awareness for some great movies that deserve to be in your collection!

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