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Tireless volunteer Fukuda makes a difference in the lives she touches

Community leader's desire to help others, from quilting fanatics to the homeless, began as a dejected Girl Scout in Ohio

Julie Fukuda has been engaged in volunteer activities with various organizations over the past five decades she spent in Japan. | COURTESY OF THE FUKUDA FAMILY

By Kris Kosaka
Special To The Japan Times

Feb 18, 2012

Julie Fukuda, 75, is a giver — not financially, but physically — who has tirelessly volunteered for various organizations in her community for nearly 50 years in Japan.

She also shares her talents. Although she also holds a teacher's certification in ikebana, Fukuda now devotes her creativity to quilting, traveling around Japan to give lectures and advice to the many quilter's clubs throughout the country.

Fukuda can pinpoint where this life of service began — over 60 years ago as she was walking home from her last meeting as a 14-year-old Girl Scout.

Tireless volunteer Fukuda makes a difference in the lives she touches

Community leader's desire to help others, from quilting fanatics to the homeless, began as a dejected Girl Scout in Ohio

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