We're back in action, and in person! We'd love to have more Volunteers!
[ To Sign Up / Event Guidelines ]
Please visit our event calendar ("Volunteer Opportunities") on our web site. Please refer to the program registration page for event guidelines, meeting place, what to bring, what to ware, and details. Information for our activities will be posted on the Hands On Tokyo webpage below.
■Volunteer Opportunities
https://www.handsontokyo.org/events/
*All Participants will follow the requirements of each community partner’s. Please note that some require keeping a record of their body temperature beginning two weeks prior to the activity date.
■Motor Development Program with Special Olympics Nippon Tokyo
The Special Olympics Motor Development Program (MDP) supports elementary children with intellectual disabilities (not physical) as they gradually improve their motor skills through dance, exercise and games. Volunteers are asked to work with Special Olympics coaches to help the athletes enjoy their activities.
Date & Time : Saturday, June 11, June 25, July 9, 9:45 - 12:00
Meeting Time : 9:45 a.m.
Meeting Place: National Olympics Memorial Youth Center, Athletic Building B1F, #4 Gymnasium
(3-3 Yoyogi Kamizono-cho, Shibuyaku, Tokyo)
[Google Map]
https://goo.gl/maps/Y4QPk2RYweEawegB9
■Visually Impaired Tennis
We'd love to have more volunteers for the "Visually Impaired Tennis" program. Volunteers are asked to help set up activities, ball feeding, pick up balls, and help the players to enjoy their tennis.
Date & Time : Saturday, June 11, 11:45 - 15:00
Meeting Time : 11:45 a.m.
Meeting Place : Tokyo Metropolitan Bunkyo School for the Visually Impaired (1-7-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)
Date and Time : Saturday, June 25, 12:45 - 16:00
Meeting Time : 12:45 p.m.
Meeting Place: Katsushika School for the Visually Impaired (7-31-5 Horikiri, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo)
■Senior Support Project with Tango Therapy Association
In this project, you will work with residents at a senior care facility doing exercises to the rhythm of tango. The steps are easy for beginners. Please support the residents by putting your hands on their hands and shoulders to prevent them from falling.
Date & Time : Tuesday, June 7, 13:20 - 14:45
Meeting Time : 13:20
Meeting Place : Ginza Line / Hanzomon Line, Aoyama-itchome Station, Exit 1
■After School Cleaning Project with Special Needs Aiiku Gakuen
Volunteers will help with after-school cleaning at Aiiku Gakuen, a special needs school. We will vacuum the classrooms, remove crayon marks in the drawing room, clean the windows, and help hang the laundry.
Date & Time : Thursday, June 23, 14:30 - 15:15
Meeting Time : 14:20
Meeting Place : Aiiku Gakuen (5-6-8 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
[Google Map]
https://goo.gl/maps/VDn5sonSMF62
*Aiiku Gakuen is right across from the Qatar Embassy.
■ Sign Language Cafe @Hands On Tokyo Office
Hands On Tokyo will organize a workshop, "Sign Language Cafe." We would like to have more communication with hearing impaired persons. We hope this project helps provide an opportunity to learn and use Sign Language. In this program, we will learn useful phrases, greetings and how to sing a song in Sign Language.
Date & Time : Sunday, June 26, 11:00 - 12:00
Meeting Time : 10:50 a.m.
Venue: Hands On Tokyo Office (#101, Gardenia Roppongi, 5-16-46 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Please reach us by dialing “101” on the interphone at the Gardenia Roppongi.
[Google Map]
https://goo.gl/maps/vTWngkXdySM2
[ To Sign Up / Event Guidelines ]
Please visit our event calendar ("Volunteer Opportunities") on our web site. Please refer to the program registration page for event guidelines, meeting place, what to bring, what to ware, and details. Information for our activities will be posted on the Hands On Tokyo webpage below.
■Volunteer Opportunities
https://www.handsontokyo.org/events/