To receive a million cranes from thousands of people and organizations from around world--and then escort a million cranes on a journey halfway across the globe--must require, in the project's Indiegogo page's words, a "logistical miracle." Yet, while creating this logistical miracle, Allred found time to personally hand-write a postcard to our club at FHS. This was very touching, especially because he probably wrote back to the thousands of other contributors who folded cranes as well.
To me, Allred's enormous project and his little act of gratitude exemplify what is so awesome about the origami community. With few exceptions, wherever you find origami, you will find kindness and respect for others. The Origami Forum is full of people sharing their own folds and the folds of their favorite artists, people giving compliments and giving constructive criticism, and people asking for help and giving great advice. On the OrigamiUSA mailing list, people are constantly sharing the latest news in the origami world; people cheer together upon learning of new advancements origami gave to science, and people mourn together upon learning of the passing of one of their folder friends. There are plenty of other online origami communities, but I'm sure that all of them are as awesome and wholesome as the ones I've seen.
All that is awesome about online origami communities is true about IRL origami communities. All of the great things folders can do online, they can do at origami clubs and origami conventions around the world. In fact, there is at least one additional benefit of folding origami with others in person: you form strong bonds and friendships that you couldn't form behind a computer screen.
To the entire origami community, thank you so much for being so awesome.
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