Date: July 7, 2023Location: Conrad TokyoParticipants: 131 guests / 20 volunteers and Mirai no Mori interns / 3 special volunteer: pianist, singer and MC Pro-bono photographers: Gordon Davis & Yasu Iijima KIWL Anniversary Gala was held on July 7th at Conrad Tokyo in Shiodome
Date: July 9Location: Mitake, TokyoParticipants: 17 campers, 6 care workers, 7 LITs, 5 Mirai no Mori staff, 19 sponsors Sponsor: FedEx Program: Despite concerns for rain, cloudy and sometimes blue skies greeted the children and the sponsors who were full of energy as they gathered in Mitake for the hiking program
Date: July 8Location: Hachioji, TokyoParticipants: 24 campers, 9 care workers, 7 LITs, 7 Mirai no Mori staff, 20 sponsors Sponsor: Morgan Stanley Program: On a cool mid-summer day, blessed with a beautiful weather, we held a dairy farm program at Isonuma Farm, a famous farm located in Tokyo for its animal welfare
Date: July 1, 2023Place: Ricoh Black Rams Setagaya GroundParticipants: about 100 participants, 1 Program graduate, 4 Mirai no Mori staff&volunteers CTR hosted a charity touch rugby event
Date: June 28, 2023Place: British School in TokyoParticipants: about 30 students, 3 BST staff, 2 Mirai no Mori staff We gave a presentation to year 11 and 12 students of British School in Tokyo, the only British school in Japan offering a British-style educational program for students from 3 to 18 years old to introduce our programs at Mirai no Mori
Date: June 17-18Location: Mitake, Tokyo In this month’s program, LITs had the usual supporting roles at the Back to Nature Program and a seminar on Wilderness First Aid by an instructor from Wilderness Medical Associates Japan
Date: June 22Place: ChibaParticipants: about 20 children, 23 volunteers, 1 graduate, 6 Mirai on Mori staff/internsSponsor: Morgan Stanley Program: On an overcast summer day, Mirai no Mori and volunteers from Morgan Stanley were able to visit a care home in Chiba
May and June were also filled with graduates taking part in events with our fundraising partner, KIWL, and participating in mentoring sessions with Morgan Stanley
Date: June 17&18Location: Mitake, TokyoParticipants: (Saturday) 13 campers, 5 care workers, 8 LITs, 5 Mirai no Mori staff, 2 sponsors / (Sunday) 20 campers, 6 care workers, 7 LITs, 6 Mirai no Mori staff, 11 sponsors Sponsor: Avery Dennison & Avanade Program: On a midsummer day in June, we held a craft program along the Tama River in Mitake
Series #4 with Akiko Suzuki, from English Hiking As Mirai no Mori celebrates its 10th anniversary, we have been interviewing our supporters from various fields to share their "voices" with you
Date: May 27-28Location: Mitake & Takao, Tokyo In May, we had a day program earlier in the month and a weekend program on the last weekend of the month
We would like to highlight our fundraising partner for the year, the Knights in White Lycra