80 T-POINT Alliance Companies Joint Project: "Show your T-CARD to help bring children's centers to disaster-stricken areas." "Completion Ceremony for the Second Children's Center, 'Kamaishi City Minna no Toni Children's Center'"

2012.02.09 Press Releases
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.

Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Muneaki Masuda; hereinafter "CCC"), which operates "T-POINT," Japan's largest shared point service, and 80 T-POINT alliance companies have launched a joint project, "Show your T-CARD to help bring children's centers to disaster-stricken areas," running from June 28, 2011 to March 31, 2012. The project aims to construct children's centers for the children who will shape the future in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, helping fill these centers with smiles through every T-CARD presented. As part of this initiative, we are pleased to announce that the second children's center built through this project, "Kamaishi City Minna no Touni Children's Center" (Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture), was completed on January 30, 2012, on the grounds of Kamaishi Municipal Touni Junior High School in Iwate Prefecture, and was officially handed over to Kamaishi City today, February 9.

In this project, we worked together with the local community to construct the children's center with cooperation from the Kamaishi City Health and Welfare Department, children's center staff, students of Touni Elementary School, and the Foundation for the Promotion of Sound Child Development. "Kamaishi City Minna no Touni Children's Center" is scheduled to begin operations under the management of Kamaishi City on February 13. CCC hopes that "Kamaishi City Minna no Touni Children's Center" will become a community space where not only the children of the Touni district, but also their mothers and all 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 their T-CARD and accumulating T-POINT—contribute to the recovery of the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and provide ongoing support to those affected. 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 "Kamaishi City Minna no Touni Children's Center"

■ Name: "Kamaishi City Minna no Touni Children's Center"
■ Construction site: Within the grounds of Kamaishi Municipal Touni Junior High School (314 Kobihama, Touni-cho, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture)
■ Building overview: Container House / 1-story
*Uses recyclable containers. Because it is easily movable, it can be used for secondary and tertiary purposes depending on the town's recovery status.
■ Total floor area: 88.61 m² (26.80 tsubo)
■ Construction start date: Monday, December 19, 2011
■ Completion date: Monday, January 30, 2012
■ Handover date: Thursday, February 9, 2012
■ Opening date: Monday, February 13, 2012
■ Operating hours: Weekdays 9:45 AM - 6:30 PM
■ Closed: Sundays and public holidays
■ Operator: Kamaishi City
■ Operating staff: 3 people
■ Equipment and play equipment: In addition to basic equipment such as play equipment and lockers that are typically found in children's centers, we also provide projectors for showing anime and movies, and musical instruments for enjoying music, with the aim of providing entertainment for the children who come to play at the center. In addition to the usual playground equipment, we also have playground equipment that was requested by the children of Kamaishi Municipal Touni Elementary School as something they "want to have at the children's center."★Soccer balls, ★Volleyballs, ★Insect cages, ★Trampolines, ★Baseball equipment, ★Pakapoko (a type of toy), Lego blocks, xylophones, tambourines, handbells, mini congas, mini djembes, colorful balls, children's books, etc. (★ indicates a request from a child)

"Show Your T-CARD to Help Bring Children's Centers to 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 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)

Related Documents

Completion Ceremony for the Second Children's Center, "Kamaishi City Minna no Touni Children's Center"

Inquiries Regarding This Announcement
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.
Public Relations Representative: Ando
TEL: 03-6800-4464