Location: Miyagi Prefecture Participants: 33 Campers, 1 LIT, 8 Care workers Date: July 31, 2017 - August 4, 2017 Program: Summer Camp 2017 has finally begun! For this first session, there were 33 campers from 4 different care homes, 1 Leader in Training, and 8 care workers! There were some first time Mirai no Mori campers as well as a good number of returnees
Location: Mitake Participants: 6 LITs Date: July 9, 2017 Program: In the 4th session of the Leader in Training program, the LITs learned how to support the activity leader during the stream hike for the upcoming Summer Camp
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
With big help from British School, the Akita JET charity event, generous individual donors, and all who joined our Tanabata Party we are now happy announce that we have raised 43% of the 2 million yen goal! We sincerely appreciate your generous support
Location: KEEN Office (13-16 Hachiyamacho Shibuya-ku) Date: Friday, September 8th: 16:00-20:00 / Saturday, September 9th: 11:00-18:00 KEEN, the shoe brand which sponsors Mirai no Mori, will be holding a charity sale, and donating 50% of the proceeds to Mirai no Mori! KEEN, a global shoe brand, is based in Portland, Oregon
Date: July 5th, 2017 Location: BNP Paribas Participants: 90 people Raffle Prize Donors: BNP Paribas Hollywood May's Garden Spa KEEN Life
Location: Ikusabata, Ome City Participants: 6 LITs and 4 volunteers Partners: Date: June 11, 2017 Program: In the 3rd session of the LIT program, the six high school students attended a lecture on camping and applied Maslow's hierarchy of needs to specific camping scenarios
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
We held the second LIT program on May 20 right after our Back to Nature: Hiking Program in Mitake, Tokyo
Our Back to Nature: Hiking Program on May 20 was a success thanks to the campers and volunteers! We enjoyed great weather and played Nature Bingo while walking through the forest using a compass to determine our location
The Knights in White Lycra—our main fundraiser—is hosting another fun charity event
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