Location: Miyagi Prefecture Participants: 91 campers, 8 LITs, 29 care workers, and 17 MM staff & volunteers Date: Session 1: July 29th - August 2nd, Session 2: August 5th - 9th, Session 3: August 12th - 16th The 2019 Mirai no Mori Summer Camp is over, but certainly not forgotten
Date: Saturday, July 6th – Sunday, July 7th, 2019 Location: Takao & Mitake Program: For July Back to Nature Program, we went back to the forest in Takao
Date: July 6, 2019 Location: Takao Participants: 17 campers, 8 LITs, 6 care workers, 18 volunteers, 7 Mirai no Mori staff Partner: Morito Odoru Pro-bono Photographers: Life
Date: Monday, June 24th, 2019 Location: Morgan Stanley Office in Tokyo Program: Morgan Stanley, a repeating sponsor for our Back to Nature Program, has invited 5 high school students from the children’s home, including 3 current LITs, to visit their Tokyo office
Date: Saturday, June 22nd – Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 Location: Mitake Pro-bono partner: Wilderness Medical Associates Japan Program: The activity for the Back to Nature program was hiking in Okutama
Date: June 22, 2019 Location: Mitake Participants: 41 campers, 8 LITs, 11 care workers, 14 volunteers, 3 Mirai no Mori Staff Gear Sponsors: KEEN, Colombia, JanSport Program: The rainy season was in full effect, but that couldn’t stop all the fun we had during the June Back to Nature Weekend
Date: Saturday, May 25th – Sunday, May 26th, 2019 Location: Tokyo University & Akasaka Office Pro-bono partner: Pirates of Tokyo Bay Program: The theme for Back to Nature program was Touch Rugby, which was a first for Mirai no Mori
Date: May 25, 2019 Location: Tokyo University Participants: 16 campers, 8 LITs, 6 care workers, 15 volunteers, about 30 Rugby Coaches, 7 Mirai no Mori Staff Corporate Sponsor: Morgan Stanley Pro-bono Photographers: Gordon Media & Seiichi Yasui Program: Since Japan is hosting the 2019 Rugby World Cup, we decided to introduce rugby at the Mirai no Mori as well! Through rugby, the children learned to communicate better and experienced what it means to be part of a team
【#1 "What was the most fun thing at the camp?"】 By far, campers most enjoyed the full day stream hike
Date: Saturday, April 13th - Sunday, April 14th, 2019 Location: Mitake Program: LIT program 2019 has begun! We have 4 girls and 4 boys in the program this year
Date: April 13, 2019 Location: Mitake Participants: 30 campers, 8 LITs, 7 care workers, 14 volunteers, 4 partners, 8 MM Staff Corporate Sponsor: Robert Half Program: We hosted our first program in this school year where we cerebrated Easter and try Boxing, with the focus on “New Beginnings”
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