Yokota Spouses’ Club takes Asian Bazaar scholarship fundraiser online to sidestep coronavirus

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The Yokota Spouses’ Club will not allow the global coronavirus pandemic to stifle a 40-year tradition.

The club’s annual Asian Bazaar, which raises money for scholarships and other causes, has moved online as a virtual marketplace, the club president said this week. Normally the fundraiser is held in a hangar on base or at the Taiyo Community Center, allowing buyers to peruse the merchandise.

“We really wanted to do the bazaar in person, but with corona, we knew we had to try a different avenue,” club president Erin Laskey said by phone on Tuesday. “Instead of postponing we put our thinking caps on and figured a way to continue with the bazaar and ran with it.”

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