February Back to Nature: Fun in the Woods vol. 2 Report
Location: Mount Takao Participants: 28 people Partner: Morito Odoru Date: February 25, 2018 Program: This past weekend we were back in woods of Takao with our partners from Morito Odoru
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December Back to Nature: Christmas Party
Location: Mitake Participants: 40 campers, 5 LITs, 10 care workers, 6 sponsors, 8 Mirai no Mori Staff Date: December 16, 2017 Sponsors: Program: For the last Back to Nature of 2017, we were joined by our wonderful sponsors from KEEN, and we were all in high spirits for our Christmas Party themed activities
MORIUMIUS Collaboration Camp
Location: Ishinomaki, Miyagi Date: December 2-3, 2017 Participants: 5 MORIUMIUS campers and 5 Mirai no Mori campers Program: Earlier this month, we collaborated with MORIUMIUS to do a joint camp
November Back to Nature: Wood Workshop vol. 2 Report
Location: Sawai Participants: 11 campers, 2 LITs, 2 care workers, 3 corporate volunteers, 18 MM volunteers Sponsor: Ralph Lauren Date: November 18, 2017 Program: Despite the cold and cloudy November weather, spirits were high as a we gathered in Sawai
October Back to Nature: Wood Workshop Report
Date: October 21, 2017 Participants: 5 campers, 2 LITs, 14 volunteers, 5 MM staff Program: In the middle of this rainy Autumn season, we set out on our Autumn Back to Nature Program on a slightly less rainy day
August Back to Nature: Rafting Adventure vol. 1 Report
Location: Mitake Participants: 17 Campers, 6 Care Workers, 11 Volunteers Sponsor & Partner: Date: August 30, 2017 Program: Deutsche Bank Group joined us again last Wednesday for a special collaboration with the children's homes in Tokyo
September Back to Nature: Rafting Adventure vol. 2
Location: Mitake Date: September 23, 2017 Participants: 17 campers, 5 Care Workers, 6 LIT (Leaders in Training) 15 Volunteers Sponsor: Partner: Program: Last Saturday we had another fun rafting day with the campers from the care homes
July Back to Nature: Fun in the Woods vol. １Report
Location: Mount Takao Sponsor: Partner: Morito Odoru Date: July 8, 2017 Program: This month's Back to Nature program was a huge success! We enjoyed being immersed in nature and learning about the woods
June Back to Nature Program: Outdoor Cooking Report
Location: Ikusabata, Ome City Participants: 6 campers, 6 LITs, 2 care workers, 10 volunteers Sponsor: Date: June 10, 2017 Program: We had a fulfilling Back to Nature program thanks to the LITs! Using the knowledge gained from previous sessions, the LITs taught and led the English Games as well as explained to campers and volunteers the different cooking tasks for the day, which included building a fire to cook hotdogs and make dessert, cutting the toppings for the hotdogs, slicing the apples, and making dough for the delicious apple dessert
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It’s time for a new adventure with our Back to Nature: Hiking program! Campers will be taught how to navigate and guide themselves using just a compass and a map
Back to Nature: Art Workshop on February 18th
Our Back to Nature Art program was a lovely experience where volunteers and campers together were able to express themselves through handicrafts! The youth and the volunteers enjoyed creating snowy landscapes together with twigs and stones they found while out enjoying the scenery of the Tama River
Back to Nature: Snow Adventure on March 4-5
We had an amazing time together in Nagano! It was so wonderful to see the campers gathering the strength to try out something so far from their comfort zones