Business Overview (Report)
Camps
Implementation of camps for children with serious illnesses and their families – 205 participants
Children-only campsFamily (Group) Camps
8/10 and 8/11Summer Day Camp (days only)
Takikawa City Children’s Development Support Center used.
Sixteen families and children (50 participants)
(Participants were from Takikawa City and nearby towns)
8/22–8/25Summer Camp 3 nights, 4 days
(Visiting camp conforming to SeriousFun criteria)
Seventeen children with pediatric cancers
(Participants were from Hyogo (2), Osaka (1), Aichi (1), Kanagawa (1), Tokyo (6), Chiba (3), Ibaraki (1) and Fukushima (2))
9/14–9/17Autumn Camp 1 3 nights, 4 days
Users of national respite care organizations (children with severe mental and physical disabilities and their parents)
Four families, 18 participants
(Participants were from Kumamoto, Hyogo, Osaka and Tokyo)
9/21–9/23Autumn Camp 2 2 nights, 3 days
Members of the Hokkaido chapter of The Spina Bifida Association of Japan and their families.
9 families, 48 participants
(Participants were from Hokkaido)
10/12–10/15Autumn Camp 3 3 nights, 4 days
Members of The National Support Network for Children with Serious Illnesses and their families.
6 families, 15 participants
(Participants were from Tokyo (1), Kanagawa (3), Saitama (1) and Aichi (1 family))
2/8–2/9Winter Camp 1 night, 2 days
Members of the Hokkaido chapter of the Society to Protect Children with Cancer, and their families (Children battling pediatric cancer and their families)
4 families, 14 participants
(Participants were from Hokkaido)
2/11Winter Day Camp (days only)
Children and families using the Takikawa City Children’s Development Support Center
15 families, 43 participants
(Participants were from Takikawa City and nearby towns)
Volunteer Recruitment, Training and Activity Coordination
Volunteer training camp implemented
- 11/2–11/4 2 nights, 3 days
Volunteer Activities
- Camp volunteers
- Facility maintenance volunteers (indoor/outdoor)
- Volunteers for PR activities
- Volunteers from local farmers
- Doll-making volunteers
Recruitment, training and activity coordination were conducted throughout the year for each of the following volunteer activities
PR work
(awareness and education)
- Annual report produced and distributed
- Event held at campground
(10/20, Solaputi Walk) - Lectures delivered all around Japan
- PR conducted at various events
(5/25–26 Coleman Event, 2/20–23 Tokyo Marathon 2014,
3/14–16 Japan Drug Store Show, and more) - Camp tours for all interested parties
Dedicated facility construction and maintenance
In addition to operating and maintaining the main facility group (dining hall and bathhouse, two cabins, the infirmary, the office and guesthouse), Solaputi performed maintenance on the wheelchair-accessible treehouse and wooden footpaths, forest and meadow.
In addition, Solaputi worked to keep the necessary infirmary supplies replenished, so that campers could spend their time at the camp safely and comfortably.
Other (Surveys and Research)
Solaputi participated in academic meetings held all around Japan, presenting cases and sharing information.
- 11/30 :
Gave presentation on activities at the Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
(Japanese Society of Pediatric Oncology Nursing) - 3/15 :
Gave presentation on activities at the Japanese Pediatric Treatment Policy Research Society