Minamisanriku Town's first children's center, "Minamisanriku Town Everyone's Children's Center," has been completed and unveiled.

2011.09.05 Press Releases
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.

—70 T-Point Alliance Companies Joint Project: "Show your T-Card to help bring children's centers to disaster-stricken areas.""—

Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Muneaki Masuda; hereinafter "CCC"), which operates "T-POINT," Japan's largest common point service, and 70 T-POINT Alliance companies have launched a joint project, "Show your T-CARD to build a children's center in disaster-stricken areas," from June 28, 2011 to March 31, 2012, to construct children's centers for children who will shape the future in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Showing your T-CARD will help make children's centers more smile-filled. We are currently implementing the following: We are pleased to announce that the first children's center built through this project, "Minamisanriku Town Everyone's Children's Center" (Motoyoshi District, Miyagi Prefecture), was completed on September 5, 2011.

In this project, we worked together with the local community to construct the children's center, receiving cooperation from construction companies in the Minamisanriku region, the Minamisanriku Town Health and Welfare Division, the students of Minamisanriku Town Shizugawa Elementary School, and the Foundation for the Promotion of Sound Child Development in all stages of construction, including architecture, design, interior, playground equipment, and electrical work. "Minamisanriku Town Everyone's Children's Center" is scheduled to begin operations in late September after being handed over from CCC to Minamisanriku Town. CCC hopes that "Minamisanriku Town Everyone's Children's Center" will become a community space where not only the children of Minamisanriku Town, but also their mothers and all the local residents can gather, play, laugh, and talk together.

Through this project, CCC aims to ensure that the actions of each T-CARD holder—"presenting your T-CARD and accumulating T-POINT"—will contribute to the revitalization of the Japanese economy, the recovery of areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and provide ongoing support to those affected. Furthermore, CCC and all T-POINT Alliance companies will continue their activities with T-POINT as a point system that connects people to people and people to society.

About "Minamisanriku Town Everyone's Children's Center"
■Facility name: Minamisanriku Town Everyone's Children's Center
■Address: 41 Shizugawa, Minamisanriku-cho, Motoyoshi-gun, Miyagi Prefecture (within Minamisanriku Town Shizugawa Elementary School)
■Groundbreaking ceremony: July 7, 2011 (Thu)
■Completion ceremony: September 5, 2011 (Mon)
■Opening date: Scheduled for late September 2011
■Building Overview: Container House / 1-story
■Total floor area: 88.61 m² (26.80 tsubo)
■ Play equipment inside the facility: With the aim of providing entertainment and enjoyment to children who come to play at the children's center, we have prepared an environment where everyone can enjoy movies and music.
Projector, screen, DVD recorder, CD player, ★Children's books (origami books, picture books, etc.), ★DVDs ("My Neighbor Totoro," "Pokémon," etc.), manga, ★Propeller toys, ★Tyrannosaurus Rex toys, xylophone, triangle, tambourine, handbells, mini congas, mini djembe, urethane blocks, LEGO, Dia Blocks, Othello, Shogi, card games, kendama, ★Notebooks, ★Cat plush toys, ★Toy cars, ★Jewelpet plush toys, ★Trampoline, ★Soft baseballs, ★Soft soccer balls, pogo sticks, ★Piano, seesaw, etc.
*The items marked with a ★ are playground equipment that were requested by the children of Shizugawa Elementary School as "things they want for the children's center" during the groundbreaking ceremony, and were prepared accordingly.
■Design and construction: Yamasho Construction Co., Ltd.
■Children's center operated by: Minamisanriku Town

"Show your T-CARD to build a children's center in disaster-stricken areas" Project Overview
1% of the total T-POINT awarded to T-CARD members who present their T-CARD or apply for points during the eligible period (1), and the total number of T-POINT accumulated during the period by those who registered via the T-SITE during the eligible period (2), will be converted at a rate of 1 point = 1 yen and the entire amount will be used to fund the construction of children's centers in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, through local governments in the affected areas. Children's centers will be built in the affected areas for the children affected by the disaster.
(1) Support by accumulating lots of T-POINT *This program ended on July 31, 2011.
Culture Convenience Club will donate 1% of the total T-POINT awarded to T-CARD members who present their T-CARD or apply for points during the eligible period, converted at a rate of 1 point = 1 yen, to the construction of a children's center.
■Target period: June 28, 2011 (Tue) - July 31, 2011 (Sun)
(2) Make a support declaration entry and provide support
Project special page ( http://tsite.jp/tj/ ) For T-CARD members who have entered a support declaration entry, all T-POINT accumulated during the eligible period will be converted at a rate of 1 point = 1 yen and donated to the construction of the children's center.
■Target period: June 28, 2011 (Tue) - March 31, 2012 (Sat)

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The first children's center, "Minamisanriku Town Everyone's Children's Center," has been completed and unveiled.

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Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.
Public Relations Representative: Ando
TEL: 03-6800-4464 FAX: 03-3760-6020