Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024.
Community Global Leader Blog Post: Jasmine Tsunoda
Happy #GivingTuesdayJP 2024!
Today marks the second annual celebration of Giving Tuesday in Japan! Wrapping up our first full year with the Giving Tuesday Global team, we have learned a lot and have a lot to look forward to in 2025!
Our efforts last year to spread awareness across Japan and to Japanese people abroad paid off in many unexpected ways. But we are proud to announce that we have quite the year-review recap to share with you all.
Countless organizations, schools, government offices, and ordinary people across the land have joined together to spread kindness in their everyday lives. So naturally, our goal for the second year has been to build on the connections we have made and expand upon them to reach as many of those willing to join the cause and participate in the Global Day of Giving.
Our team is much smaller than last year's, but as we develop new volunteer training and incentive strategies, we are confident that we are beginning to build out our core team members who will be here for the long haul.
In our journey, we have had a lot of what we would consider "start-up" successes, including, but not limited to:
* Expanding the Giving Tuesday Japan website in both English and Japanese. Check it out after you finish reading!
* Gaining 354 followers across all our social media accounts! Follow us! @givingtuesdayjapan
* Partnering with various organizations and businesses who have helped tell others in their circle about the cause, which you can find some of our repeat volunteers here: Partners Did you know that we gained five new partners and one potential new sponsor? AMAZING!
* We have posted our annual reports! Please take a look at all of our successes and plans for next year here: Annual Report
* Promoting our Giving Tuesday Japan Spark Farming Campaign Awareness 2024 start here: Spark
* Helping to inform locals of various events, fundraisers, and parties across the country here: Events
* And giving in-depth information on various Japanese holidays/cultural events, social happenings, and news via our blog here: Blog
It has been a busy few couple of months with making sure that the people know we are here and we are legitimate (and here to stay), but above all, it has been extremely rewarding, and we can't wait to see what the future brings.
Future Goals?
So, what are our goals for 2025 and beyond? Launching a nationwide campaign every year in every prefecture in Japan is still our top priority and will be for the years to come. If you check our About page, you will see we have checked off 5 of our progress checkpoints, and we already have FOUR more in the works for early 2025! Be sure to check back to see which ones we mark off next!
As you know, each prefecture in Japan has its own unique culture, flavor, and community. We want to tap into what makes this country unique by having the natives show it through their versions of giving.
Another one of our goals is to get each prefecture involved in creating a prefecture logo. So far, we have 11 out of 47 logos created! More are in the works to be posted in early 2025!
Lastly, we hope to get volunteers in and outside of Japan, as many Japanese natives and organizations have already reached out to us from beyond our island borders! More information on this will come soon, so be sure to follow our blog and social media accounts!
Conclusion
As we reflect on the last year, we remind ourselves that we have only just begun, and the best is yet to come.
A reminder to our readers: We can all play a part in the world that we want to create.
What if we told you that you are changing the world right now? Would you believe it?
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