Charities
The FIT for Charity Run organising committee members gathered on July 5, 2006, at Matsumotoro, in Hibiya Park, to present a donation check of JPY 5,593,000 to each community organisation the run supported. Below is an outline of the efforts the funds went toward:
- FTC Shelter:
- Expansion counseling program and literature for victims of domestic violence and child abuse
- Overnight trips for increased mental well-being of victims in FTC care
- Japan HIV Center:
- Enhancement of counseling program and literature for HIV victims
- Expansion of accommodations for HIV victims in care
- Expansion of training program for volunteers and counselors
- Nishiwaki Fund:
- Creation of 12 new higher education scholarships for students from underprivileged backgrounds
- Second Harvest Japan:
- Supply of 125,000 meals to impoverished people in Tokyo through non-profit organisations
- Special Olympics Nippon Tokyo:
- Funding travel and living expenses for more than 1,000 Japanese athletes participating in the National Summer Games, held on November 3 – 5, 2006, in Kumamoto
- Wakakusa-ryo:
- Expansion of orphanage building to allow for more focused attention according to age group
- Expansion of counselling provided for children in care
- Expansion of program to reunite children with their families