70th Anniversary of ICU’s Foundation “Conserving the Natural Environment on Campus”

In October 2023, the Ministry of the Environment certified our campus as a Natural Symbiosis Site under the name, “ICU Mitaka Campus Woodland”.
We ask you to cooperate to support Donation Campaign for “Conserving the Natural Environment on Campus”.
This extraordinary natural environment was a gift from our donors at the time of ICU’s foundation and has been passed on by our forebears. We ask for your understanding and support in preserving and handing over this rich forest to the next generation as Responsible Global Citizens.

【Outline of the Fundraising Campaign】

Campaign Period：Donations received by January 31, 2024

Use of the Donations：
“Conserving the Natural Environment on Campus” only
Commemorative Gifts：

【Application】

Donation form: Click here to make a gift
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Ways to give: Click here
https://office.icu.ac.jp/giving/en/waystogive/
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Prospectus

【Notes】

Delivery Method of Gifts:
It will be delivered via postal mail to your designated address within Japan with a letter of appreciation and receipt of your donation. However, please note that shipping is only available within Japan.
For donors via JICUF（for U.S. residents）or donors who reside outside of Japan, please specify the receiver’s address in Japan so that we can ship it. Please let us know via email titled “Gift Shipping Request.” 　These commemorative gifts will be delivered to all winners by around the end of April 2023.

Donation application period：
New applications for donations by January 31, 2024 will be eligible for the campaign. When making the donation with a credit card, the automatic reply mail must be dated on or before January 31. The date on the receipt will be the date the credit card company makes the payment to ICU, which is different from the day you apply for the donation via credit card.
This time, commemorative gifts apply for those who made a new annual donation via credit card. Bank transfer or Bank Automatic Withdrawal are not applicable.

Commemorative Gifts：
Only a single donation made within the designated term or a new application for recurring donations will be eligible for the campaign.

Online giving forms：

Special Commemorative Gift：ICU Honey

ICU has been encouraging students to take the initiative in learning various global social issues, such as human rights and environmental problems while striving for what they can do in their situation.
Thanks to the rich nature on campus, some students are engaged in bee-keeping of Western and Japanese honey bees at ICU as a project derived from the course “ENV202: Environmental Politics and Philosophy: Nature, Food, and Agriculture.” Through the whole process from bee-keeping, honey harvesting to product selling, they have tackled many issues, such as confronting environmental problems, building a local community. Addressing the reality has deepened their learning, especially about what is meant by the SDGs Goal No.12, “Responsible Consumption and Production.”
In 2022, the students finally gathered 60 kilograms of honey, and now they have reached the stage where they can sell limited quantities of “ICU Honey” (raw honey harvested at ICU). We would like to share some of this precious honey, the result of these students’ continuous efforts, as a donation gift to support this campaign.
ICU HONEY PROJECT　（link to ICU Press release (Japanese only）

Special Commemorative Gift: Original ICU Soy Sauce “Vision and Dream”（not for sale）

「We named the soy sauce with a quote from the founding President Hachiro Yuasa, “Vision to the youth and a dream for old men.” We will be offering our original soy sauce to commemorate our 70th Anniversary. It was specially produced by Aritaya (established in 1832), a brewery in Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture. Its third-generation President Jiro Yuasa was Hachiro Yuasa’s father.

Aritaya Co., Ltd.　http://www.aritaya.com/about/

【The Use of the Fundraising Campaign】

Cutting trees on campus, growing seedlings to be planted in the wooded area and to support natural environment preservation activities.

【Press Release　“The Ministry of the Environment Certifies Our Campus as a Natural Symbiosis Site under the Name of ICU Mitaka Campus Woodland”】download

Contact
Advancement Office,
International Christian University
e-mail：foi@icu.ac.jp
Phone：0422-33-3041

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