Date: April 2-3Location: Tsunan, NiigataParticipants: 13 campers, 5 care workers, 5 LITs, 5 Mirai no Mori staff Sponsor: Morgan Stanley Program: We were able to hold a snow program, which had been postponed for many times due to COVID-19
Place: Mitake, TokyoParticipants: 37 campers, 3 LIT’s, 11 Care Workers from 4 homes, and 16 staff/volunteers (+Presents were sent to 2 homes with 70 children who were not able to join the program)Sponsor: Morgan StanleyIn-kind donors: Morgan Stanley (winter cards and craft supplies) / Costco (snacks) / HARIBO (snacks) / EQUIQ
Date: November 13 & 14Location: Takao, TokyoParticipants: (13th) 18 campers, 5 care workers, 2 LITs, 7 Mirai no Mori staff, 2 KIKORI partners (14th) 7 campers, 2 care workers, 3 LITs, 5 Mirai no Mori staff, 2 KIKORI partnersSponsor: Morgan Stanley Partner: Morito Odoru Program: We were blessed with great weather for both days, and we were able to experience Kikori under clear autumn skies
Date: November 6Location: Takao, TokyoParticipants: 9 campers, 4 care workers, 3 LITs, 5 Mirai no Mori staff, 2 KIKORI partners, 4 special guestsSponsor: KEEN Partner: Morito Odoru Program: It was a beautiful autumn day in November, and for the first time in a long time, we were able to go on a Kikori program in Takao
Dates: September 4 (Sat) & 12 (Sun) & October 9 (Sat): RaftingLocation: Ome City, TokyoParticipants: (3 days total) 26 campers, 10 care workers, 3 LITs, 2 program graduates, 18 Mirai-no-Mori staff (total)Sponsor: Morgan StanleyPartner: Mitake Race Rafting ClubDate: Saturday, October 2: HikingLocation: Ome City, TokyoParticipants: 4 campers, 1 care worker, 4 Mirai-no-Mori staffSponsor: Morgan StanleyDate: Saturday, October 16: FarmLocation: Hachioji City, TokyoParticipants: 11 campers, 3 care workers, 3 LITs, 1 program graduate, 6 Mirai-no-Mori staffSponsor: Morgan StanleyPartner: Isonuma Farm Our ongoing conversations with the care workers have given us a glimpse of the serious problems that this prolonged period of self-restraint poses for the children and the care workers
Date: July 3 & 4Location: Hachioji, TokyoParticipants: 30 campers, 12 care workers, 2 LITs, 10 Mirai no Mori staff (Total over 2 programs)Sponsor: Morgan Stanley Program: We were finally able to hold the long-awaited weekend outdoor program
Date: March 26-27 & April 3-4Location: Tsunan, NiigataParticipants: 33 campers, 9 care workers, 2 LITs, 4 Mirai no Mori staff (over 2 programs)Sponsor: Morgan Stanley Program: We were able to hold the snow programs for 2 care homes that had been postponed due to the state of emergency
Date: Saturday, December 12th and Sunday, December 13th Location: Mitake Participants: 26 campers, 7 care workers, 3 LITs, 12 Mirai no Mori staff (over 2 days)Sponsor: Morgan Stanley Program: At Back to Nature Christmas Special, smiley faces gathered in Mitake to enjoy the last program of 2020
Date: Saturday, November 14thLocation: TakaoParticipants: 12 campers, 5 care workers, 2 LITs, 7 Mirai no Mori staffSponsor: Oracle Program: November's Back to Nature program took place in a mountain forest in Takao
Date: Saturday, September 5thLocation: MitakeParticipants: 9 campers, 3 care workers, 3 LITs, 9 Mirai no Mori staff, 2 LIT graduates Sponsor: Persol Career Program: On a hot sunny day in early September, we hosted a rafting weekend program, one of the favorite activities for our campers! Throughout the day, campers were showing Mirai no Mori 5 values (Courage, Kindness, Leadership, Respect, Responsibility)
Date: Saturday, February 29thLocation: TakaoParticipants: 13 campers, 3 care workers, 5 LITs, 8 corporate volunteers, 9 Mirai no Mori staff, 2 volunteers Program: For our Winter Back to Nature program, our partners from Mori to Odoru guided us on how to make a beautiful forest
Date: February 1st ~ 2nd, 2020Place: Tsunan-Chō, Niigata PrefectureParticipants: 30 campers, 8 LIT's, 7 Care Workers, 8 Team KEEN Staff, 10 staff and volunteersSponsor: KEENPartner: English Adventure We enjoyed our 5th annual Yukiita (snow surfing) program in Niigata, with our long-term partner, KEEN