No.050 New Years 2011

NEWS◆Art Exhibition at Calbee Foods Co., Ltd. Lobby
From October 19th~29th, we held an art exhibition at Calbee FoodsCo., Ltd’s lobby. The colorful products from Calbee Foods and thechildren’s paintings light up their open space lobby.
We got many nice compliments from people walking through thelobby, even while the preparation stage.
Because the exhibition was held in a major company where many
people walk by everyday, we received many phone calls to the Kids
Earth Fund office to ask questions about the children’s painting.
This exhibition enabled us to send a message to many people to help
keep the children’s smiling faces.

◆Christmas ProjectThis Christmas Project is a project to go around the facilities andhospitals where we visit every year. By the support and cooperationof people around the world, we were able to visit and give Christmas
presents to 17 places of children’s ward and facilities. The wrappingof the presents were done by many volunteers who supported us
powerfully.
Special thanks to Calbee Foods Co., Ltd, Cadbury Japan Limited,and Character Research Institute Co., Ltd.

◆Charity Christmas Card 2010
This Christmas Project is a project to go around the facilities andhospitals where we visit every year. The wrapping of the presents
were done by many volunteers who supported us powerfully, wewere able to visit and give Christmas presents to 17 places ofchildren’s ward and facilities.
Special thanks to Calbee Foods Co., Ltd, Nihon Kraft Foods Limited,and Character Research Institute Co., Ltd.

◆Children’s art works printed

on Shopping Bags!

Children from all around the world paintings are printed on the shopping bag. The paintings that have a theme of Christmas or winter are
selected as the design of the shopping bag. Children designed
shopping bags gives happiness just by holding it or watching it.
Please check them out in the shops.

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The following are newly joined members.

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Charity Party @ Ginza SWAROVSKIKIDS EARTH
HOME Project

KIDS EARTH
CAR Project

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キッズ・アース・カープロジェクト

Art Workshop at the Tokyo
Medical and Dental University
Hospital Faculty of MedicineO n O c t o b e r 13 t h a n d t h e 15 t h , K I D S
E ARTH FUND and SWAROVSKI held acharity par ty at the Ginza SWAROVSKI.
The idea of this par ty came from theannual adviser committee meetings whereKIDS EARTH FUND organizer Harumi Torii
told the directors and advisers the urgent
need of insulation and central heating for
the KIDS EARTH HOME in Croatia. When
the CEO of SWAROVSKI Japan, Francis
Belin heard the urgent necessities for thechildren, he rose to help them. At thesame time, Japan’s super model Ai Tomin ag a s howe d t he s up p o r t to he lp t h echildren in Croatia as well. Because of the
supporting advisers, we were able to form
this wonderful party.

The crystal and white was the keynote ofthe space. The children’s painting of apink duck a nd acces sor ies fr om K ids
Ear th Fund Tok yo were lined up in thespace. 250 people attended in two days.
Many medias paid attention to this charity
and were able to spread the idea of theimpor tance of charities and about thechildren to many people. 2,357,324 yen net
income was made by SWAROVSKI company at this Pink Happy D uck Project
supported by SWAROVSKI.

Charity Concert by TokyoSymphony Orchestra @Kids Earth Home in Vietnam
On November 12th, the charity concer t
was held at the 5th Kids Ear th Home inV i e t n a m . A b o u t f i ve m u s i c wa s b e e nplayed by Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Itwas a first time for the children to watch ac o n c e r t v e r y c l o s e l y. C h i l d r e n w e r eexcited. We could feel the power of music
through the Orchestra once more. Afterthe concert, the children performed ther ea r r a nge d ver sion of tr aditiona l folksong’s dance to thank the orchestras. If
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra didn’t volunteer for the concer t for the children inVietnam, maybe the children would never
have a chance to watch the concert thatclose.
When we were about to leave the Kids
Ear th Home the children came runningwith a big smile on their face, waving theirhands. Without any communication withwords, we believe that the music movedchildren deeply. We would like to give asm a ny c h a nc e s fo r a c hil d to r e l a te tomusic and hope it will lead them to think
about their dreams in the future.

City bank × Kids Earth Fund
Art Workshop @Kids Earth Gallery
On October 23rd, on the beautiful day ofautumn, the Art Workshop was held at Kids
Earth Gallery sponsored by citi bank andKids Earth Fund. 12 children participated in
the art workshop and they drew freely on 2
drawing papers. Every child was concentrating and working hard to finish theirdrawings. Numbers of beautiful drawings ofrainbows, earth, and flowers were collaborated with colorful citi bank logos. Two largepictures were completed. Some of thechildren, who participated in the citi bankart workshop 4 years ago, participatedagain this year. It was pleasant to see thosechildren’s grow. Children were pleased tofinish the large pictures and were all
enjoying the art workshop.

White Angels Project @Tamagawa Takashimaya
It’s been 9 years since the White Angel
Project have been developed. The numbers of message cards written by childrent o t h e c h i l d r e n i n t h e o t h e r c o u n t r y,
became a big Christmas tree with lots ofwonder ful messages, by pasting inshapes. In the front of the big Christmas
tree, children had a Christmas concer t
every day.
On December 12th, we sold charity goods
at Takashimaya main building on the 1stfloor at Grand Patio. The Christmas cardand calendar of 2011 was the popular
items that was been sold. Children chorussang and was entertaining the whole floor.
The beautiful Christmas decorations allover the building blessed the families,couples, and ever y people visiting theplace.

SWAROVSKI×KIDS EARTH
FUND Work ShopOn September 17th, SWAROVSKI×KIDS
EARTH FUND workshop was held at theKids Earth Gallery in Tokyo, Ebisu.
The paintings done at this work shop by 11

children from age 1 to 12, would be use at
the SWAROVSKI charity event in October.
The theme for this event was “Pink Duck”.
The children seemed to enjoy drawing
ducks in various pink colors. The children
seemed excited and happy to think that
their painting might be exhibited at Ginza
SWAROVSKI. The beautiful smiles andexcitement of the children filled theworkshop all day.

Art Workshop @ Kids Earth
Home in Cambodia

2 hours car drive from the center of Cambodia, is where the 6th Kids Earth Home is.
This place is an elementary school. Children
brought the desks outside and gathered it
all together. On the desks they put threecanvases and combined them all into one
big canvas. As soon as the long white blankcanvas was set, it was immediately filledwith colorful bright paints by children. Alsoat the 10th Kids Earth Home in Cambodia,
where is an orphanage, held an art
workshop. The children here created an art
work which was completely different fromthe painting from the elementary school.
The children in the 10th Kids Earth Home
aggressively participated painting acharming art work. We all had a refreshingtime spending the time with pure hearted
children.

On October 21st, an art workshop was heldat the Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Hospital Faculty of Medicine. The theme of
the workshop was “Autumn & Halloween”,
which fit perfectly with their play room
where it was decorated with many Hallowe
en decorations. Even though the play room
was quiet at the beginning due to rain, thechildren’s excitement of drawing light up theroom. Some children drew more than one
picture! We also set up a separate drawing
section in a room where many girls cameand participated. The room’s wall became
full with their drawings as they draw one
after another! Everyone enjoyed talking
about Halloween as they drew with purple
and orange color on a black paper.

Art Workshop @ Toho University
Medical Center Omori HospitalCenter. Children used the paints and thebrushes for their art work. They moved thebrushes freely on the paper. They also
picked their favorite decorative materials,including the shells children collected, andglued on the painting. One girl painted a firtree and glued the decorative materials
such as, buttons, cottons, and nuts; like a
Christmas tree. The boys had given eachother advice what to paint and werepainting dynamically on the paper. They
picked the unique shaped materials andthinking where to put it. Fun time passed
very quickly.

Art Workshop @ Futaba Gakuen
On November 28th, the art workshop washeld at Futaba Gakuen, like every other year.
In the morning children drew a drawing
based on the theme, “what they want for aChristmas present”. In the afternoon
children made and collage using torn piecesof color papers for the Christmas party. The
junior high school student took in charge ofsketching roughly on the canvas for thecollage before they start pasting the color
papers on it. They cut the color paper inshape to fit it in the sketch they drew. The
collage they created became 197cm tall and270cm wide.

Art Workshop @Jikei University Hospital
On November 10th, an art workshop washeld at Toho University Medical Center
Omori Hospital. This time children drew on
one hug canvas with all together. Six boys
and a girl participated in this art work. The
theme of the drawing was autumn. Green,
yellow, and brown was often used in thedrawing. The children associated autumn
with their own images; such as, bonfire andsweet potatoes. The art work they created
was filled with imagination of each of them.
It showed their creative ideas and characteristics in each. The only girl in this team drew
with delicate touch on the canvas. Other six
boys drew powerfully on the canvas.

Art Workshop @ Kanagawa
Prefectural Children MedicalCenter
On November 11th, the art workshop took
the place in Kanagawa Prefectural Children

On Decamber 10th, the last art workshop of
this year was held at Jikei University
Hospital. For this time, there was no theme
for the art work. Children expressed their
imagination freely on the paper making acollage with torn pieces of colored paper.
The shining colored paper was mostpopular color children picked. Children
were very good with their hands; they also
made an origami, to give us for the present.
We gave them a Christmas presents andwere able to watch and feel the children’s
happiness.