THE SERVICE CLUB TO THE YMCA

AFFILIATED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF Y’S MEN’S CLUBYoshinyo
とう＋The Y’s Men’s Club of Kawagoe〒350-0046 川越市菅原町 7-16
tel：049-226-2491 fax：049-226-2304
c/o Kawagoe YMCA, 7-16 Sugawara-cho, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-0046 Japan

Kawagoe Y’s Men’s Club Bulletin
No.27-02
August Issue
Issued Aug. 10, 2024
Chartered 1998
President Taro Tonegawa
Club President Theme 「Return to the starting point andVice President Atsuko Matsukawa
support Kawagoe YMCA.」
Treasurer Kimiyo Yoshida
International President: A. Shanavaskhan （India）
Secretary Katsusaburo Yoshino
Theme: Together for a better world
Slogan: Arise and Shine
Asia Pacific Area President Joan Wong (Hong Kong)
Theme: Make a big impact!
Japan East Region Director Kohei Yamada (Utsunomiya)
Theme: Determine the direction of Y’s Movement.
Kantotobu Director Goshiro Yamamoto （Kawagoe）
Theme: We may be small, but we are not helpless.
August Scripture
It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;
you made both summer and winter.
Psalm 74:17

July Attendance（July 20th）
Attendance ８ Participants 8０％
Kawagoe Club Activity Plan for 2024-2025
President Taro Tonegawa
1. President’s Theme
Return to the starting point and support
Kawagoe YMCA.
2. Goals for this term
(1) Think with the YMCA staff about what we andthey can do to support the Kawagoe YMCA'sactivities.
(2) Support the development of youth volunteers.
(3) Continue and develop activities with IBCs.
3. Others

Kawagoe Club July monthly meeting report
Taro Tonegawa
The kick-off meeting of the Kawagoe Club for the2024-2025 club year was held at the Saitama YMCAKawagoe Center on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. Yamamoto
gave a speech as the immediate past president,
looking back on his one-year term as president. Mr.
Yamamoto will continue to play a major role as theGovernor of the Kantotobu District.

Ms. Keiko Tonegawa also gave her greetings after
her role as Asia Pacific Area President, thanking
the club members for their support.
The meeting was characterized by a lively
discussion, with the main topic being the scheduleof events for the 2024-2025 club year. The details ofthe discussion were distributed to all club members,ensuring everyone was informed and up-to-date.
Only the main points are restated here. Honorifics
are omitted below.
・Regular meetings will be held on the 4th Saturdayof the month in principle
・Hold the 25th-anniversary meeting of the Kawagoe
Club. Organize an executive committee. Chair:
Keiko Tonegawa; Committee members: Atsuko
Matsukawa, Vice President; Katsusaburo Yoshino,Secretary; Kimiyo Yoshida, Treasurer; Taro
Tonegawa, President.
The committee will consider the date of October
19 or 26.
・We will organize a bus trip for elementary, juniorhigh, and high school students in the Clover
Class and others. Katsusaburo Yoshino andKyoko Kawai are in charge.
・Participate in Earth Day Kawagoe 2025,
March 9 (Sunday), 2025
・Participate in a charity run on Monday, November
4, 2025.
・We subsidize 11,000 yen registration fee for theYouth Volunteer Leaders Forum participantsfrom the Beniaka Fund.
・Support the Clover Club Summer Vacation
Program.

*August 1 (Thu) Taro Sensei's Science
Experiments: Taro Tonegawa*August 2(Fri) Let's go to the cinema: KimiyoYoshida*August 3 (Sat) and 7 (Wed) Small Atelier:Hisayo Arai
* Support for the Watching-over-children
Program: Kawagoe Center's open days increased
due to the increase in programs and registrants at
the Kawagoe Center following the closure of theSaitama YMCA Urawa Center. Consider Y's
support of YMCA operations.
Information:
Small Atelier Special Event
Details are on the flyer.
You don't have to live in Kawagoe City toparticipate. Please publicize this event to youracquaintances.
Date: August 7 (Wed) 10:00-12:30 Kasumigaseki,
Kawagoe CityKakuei
shoppingstreet,
4-22-13
Kita,Kasumigaseki, Kawagoe City mibunka 2F
Content: Teaching Poster Painting
Instructor: Hisayo Arai
Contact from YMCA
Kawagoe Center will be closed from Saturday,
August 10, to Friday, August 16.

participants from our IBCs. Because of my varied
experiences as a BF Representative, International
Council member, and Asia Pacific Area President, I
have been able to reunite with many old Y's Men
and Y's Women at international gatherings, and it
has been a series of hugs and handshakes. Inaddition, I have recently been to many Zoommeetings, where I have had the pleasure of meetingfor the first time people whom I had never met inperson.
We also met many new people, and the nearly 100
business cards we brought with us have already runout.
One of the features of this convention is that it is
not an international convention but aninternational festival, and its contents include not
only the usual inauguration of the internationalpresident, keynote speeches, and report by theinternational secretary general, but also elementsof fun and games. Tomorrow, there will be “FunGames,” in which 500 participants will be divided
into 25 teams to compete in 25 games and compete
for points. After that, there will be a peace concert,a Bollywood dance class (we have a Bollywood
dance instructor among our Indian members!) ),followed by a fashion show of ethnic costumes.
Anyway, we are enjoying the internationality andfellowship of the Y's Men's Club to the fullest, andwe will report the details at our regular meetings.

Upcoming Events
August meeting
Date: August 24 (Sat.) 14:00-16:00
Kawagoe YMCA
Contents: Budget discussion, 25th anniversary
meeting, Purchase of monitoring camera,
support for watching over children, etc.
The annual schedule for subsequent years is attached,
Please refer to the attached “2024-2025 Kawagoe Y's
Schedule of Events 20240722.pdf”.

From the International stage“Keiko’s Monthly Briefing of YMI/ASP”
Participating in the 74th International Convention.
Keiko Tonegawa
My husband and I are attending theInternational Convention in Chiang Mai, Thailand(8/8-8/11). Today, after the opening ceremony,
keynote address, and reception hosted by theImmediate Past International President, I am backin my room writing this report.
Due to COVID-19, two international conventions
have been canceled last four years since the 2018
convention in Yeosu, Korea. Last year's centennialconvention in Taiwan was exceptional. So, this is
the first international convention in four years,
with over 500 participants from 30 countries, 57
from Japan in total in both the Japan East andWest Regions. Wing Ping Chou from Hong Kong,whom we introduced in the March issue, is also ingood health. Unfortunately, there were no(Photo Description) Past International President
Jacob Christensen officiated at the inaugurationof Mr. Shanabhaskan of India as InternationalPresident. (From right to left: Past International
President Christensen, International President
Shanabhaskan and his wife, Immediate Past
International President Ulrik Lauridsen and hiswife, International Secretary General Joos andhis wife)

YMCA Report＜Toaster Class＞
In July, we had a river play at the Hanno
Riverbank. The children played withfriends and leaders, splashed water oneach other, caught fish, made a stone
enclosure, and enjoyed the fullness ofsummer.

<Clover Club>We have been holding a memorable summer
vacation program since July 22. This year, with thecooperation of Y's Men's Club members, we offervarious programs, including science experiments,art, movie viewing, a trip on the Toden Arakawa
Line train, water slides, insect hunting, finger
painting, and more. We hope the children will beable to deepen and broaden their interests. We also
wish the children would “Discover, Connect and Get
better,” by interacting with Y's Men's Clubmembers, friends, and leaders.

<Dynamic Summer Oregon
This program took place for the first time in 5 years.
The group departed safely on July 27th and is now
participating in camp activities and will returnhome on August 11th.
“Even if we are far away, we will be friends whowish for peace and protect it.” We hope that thisprogram will be a work to create a peaceful society.

＜Clover Summer program＞
Taro Tonegawa
Saitama YMCA Kawagoe Center will hold 17
programs under the title of the “Clover Summer
Vacation Program” from July 23 to August 9.
The programs include bowling, water slides andother physical activities, crafts, painting classes,
English test preparation, a visit to the National
Museum of Nature and Science, and many otheractivities. Y's Men support this program by using
their specialties.

Taro Tonegawa will conduct “Teacher Taro'sScience Experiment” on August 1.
Kimiyo Yoshida is a chaperone for the “Let's Go tothe Movie Theater” on August 2, and Hisayo Arai
conduct the “Small Atelier” program on August 3
and 7.
Here, I would like to introduce the August 1st
event briefly.
Eight students, six from the first through sixth
grades and two high school students, participatedin the workshop. The high school students wereable to assist us with experiments.
The content was a combination of hands-on
experiments related to the force of floating(buoyancy), designed to engage even elementary
school students in practical learning.
The students enjoyed making the floaters andmoving their hands in the experiments. I was
surprised that the 6th grader, who is interested inscience, knew the solution of adding a large amountof salt from the beginning and was able to explain it
in his own way even though he did not know theterminology. It was a fun time for the instructor.

the time of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima andNagasaki, August 6th and 9th, so I prayed for nuclear
abolition and world peace at home on both days.
Kawagoe YMCA has prepared and implemented
many special programs during the summer vacation to
make it a memorable summer for children. Please enjoy
a memorable summer and prepare for a fruitful, artistic,sporting, and appetizing fall. (KY)<Mr. Taro's science experiment> (By Haruna
Kinoshita, YMCA)
The children were absorbed in listening to Mr.
Taro's story. Some of them commented, “It was good
to know something I didn't know (3rd grade boy),”and “It was fun (1st grade). One of the parents whocame to pick up the children said, “I was looking
forward to today. You did a lot of experiments.
Thank you very much. The children were thrilledwith the results.
The children were happy to take home the plastic
bottles and floats they used in their experiments.

(Editor's note)Thanks to the invaluable contribution of Mr. and Mrs.
Tonegawa. This issue of “Bell of Hope” is once again
filled with rich and insightful content. Their meticulous
proofreading has significantly enhanced the quality ofour publication. I would like to express my deep
appreciation to both of them for their contributions
and proof reading.
In Kawaguchi City, where I live, there was a publicannouncement encouraging people to pray silently at