Each month Tote Talk will post a favorite bag choice and some background information about it. This month’s winner is: 2 Lucky Lads

Liam (age 10) and Declan (age 8) Miller are American boys currently living in Tokyo, Japan because their father works at the US Embassy in Tokyo. The Miller family moved to Japan in August 2010 from New Delhi, India. The boys have lived and traveled in many different countries and have come to understand how lucky we are to be Americans. They started a small charity called “2 Lucky Lads” in January 2011 and began planning their tote bag project. They decided to use their original poetry for the bag design. Unfortunately, in March of this year, a 9.0 earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear emergency hit Japan. The boys were evacuated from Tokyo for a month but returned to Japan ready to help. The boys decided to focus their fundraising on the needs of Japanese kids in the north who were affected by the tsunami’s devastation. 100% of money raised will be donated to Save the Children – Japan.

“Liam and Declan hope to sell bags outside of Japan in the near future. If you’d like to help Japan now, please consider donating to Save the Children-Japan or the International Red Cross.”