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KIWL IMPERIAL PALACE WALK/JOG

Are you looking for an opportunity to "get fit and give back" in the cherry blossom season?  Date: Friday, March 31st 3pm-9pm & Saturday, April 1st 9am-3pmLocation: Sakuradamon Gate, Imperial Palace (near Sakurada-mon station exit)Participation Fee (donation): 5,000JPY (adults) / 3,000JPY (university students) / 2,000JPY (elementary school to high school students) Choose a convenient time slot, 1 hour or more, walk or jog around the Imperial Palace, and get a special 10th anniversary KIWL t-shirt! It is a great opportunity for your company teams, friends and families to enjoy the Sakura scenery to raise funds for the children in care homes

2022 December Back to Nature: Christmas Report vol.2

Date: December 17 & 18Place: Mitake, TokyoParticipants: 23 campers, 6 LIT’s, 5 Care Worker, and 11 staff/volunteers (2 days total)Sponsor: Morgan StanleyIn-kind donors: Morgan Stanley (craft supplies) / Oracle (craft supplies) / Avery Dennison (craft supplies) / Costco (snacks) / HARIBO (snacks) / Wahl+Case (snacks) / RICHEMONT JAPAN LIMITED (CARTIER) (snacks and Christmas cards) / Namako sensei (cake) / Decathlon (fleece for LITs) / MiiR (water bottles for LITs) / Rakuten Group, Inc

2022 November Back to Nature: Kikori Report

Date: November 5, 6Place: Takao, TokyoParticipants: (2 days total) 17 campers, 6 care worker, 6 LITs, 5 Oracle volunteers, 5 Avery Dennison volunteers, 8 Mirai no Mori staff&volunteersSponsor: Oracle (5th) / Avery Dennison (6th)  Partner: Mori-to-Odoru Program: In the beautiful Takao forest, where the leaves are slowly starting to change colors, we had another great Kikori Program!Our kikori partner, who we have been working together since 2017, has allowed us to help with the tasks necessary for a "healthy forest" depending on the time of year, and so far we have done a variety of activities such as building stairs in the forest, tending the stream, choosing trees to be thinned, and more