You can help Nikkei Place win $20,000 in the 2021 Great Canadian Giving Challenge!

Throughout the month of June, you can help Nikkei Place win $20,000 simply by making an online donation

The Great Canadian Giving Challenge is back! From June 1-30, every dollar donated (*Minimum donation of $3 required) to Nikkei Place online through Canada Helps gives us the chance to win the $20,000 grand prize. Imagine what we could do for our community! Donate today and help make an impact: 

• Designate your gift to Nikkei Place Foundation to help ensure the future of Nikkei Place, and leave a lasting legacy for the next generation.

• Designate your gift to Nikkei Seniors Health Care & Housing Society to help ensure independence, respect, dignity, privacy, and choice for seniors at Nikkei Place. Your support can provide funding from programs that help seniors remain socially, mentally, and physically engaged, and promote Kenko de nagaiki - a long and happy life!

• Designate your gift to Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre to help preserve and promote Japanese Canadian history, arts, and culture. Your support can provide vital funding for vibrant programs, exhibits, and events that connect, educate and inspire all generations.

Thank you for helping build a strong and vibrant community at Nikkei Place!

Contest Terms & Conditions: *Donations must be made via www.CanadaHelps.org. Minimum $3 donation required. Contest runs from June 1, 2022 at midnight Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT) to June 30, 2022 at 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). See full rules at: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/givingchallenge-rules.

Spring Update: Letter From Our Executive Director

Dear Friends of Nikkei Place,

It’s been an exciting spring so far at Nikkei Place – and there’s even more on the horizon!

In March, we celebrated Nikkei heroes at our annual Thomas Shoyama Gala, and raised funds for the Nikkei Place Foundation. On this night, we presented Kaye Kaminishi of the historic Vancouver Asahi baseball team with the Thomas Shoyama Lifetime Achievement Award, for helping bridge racial divides through the game of baseball. We also recognized Shig and Akemi Hirai (owners of Fujiya and other businesses) for over three decades of entrepreneurial success and their immense generosity to the community. I also had the pleasure to award the Foundation’s 2018-19 Nikkei Youth Bursary Award to the Shin-Asahi baseball team as they embarked on a tour of Japan (read all about their trip here!)

I am happy to share with you that the Nikkei Place Foundation was recently awarded a federal “Employment and Social Development Canada” grant, which will help fund projects aimed at expanding the social participation of seniors at our charity. Stay tuned for more information about this new initiative!

Other exciting things include the 14th annual Nikkei Place Charity Golf Tournament, which happened on May 31st in support of Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society, and the public re-opening of the Nikkei National Museum’s renovated space on July 20th (with free admission)!

What makes Nikkei Place is YOU

Since the founding of Nikkei Place, our community’s generosity has always been the backbone of Nikkei Place. Support from you and the rest of our community is what defines our past, our present, and our future. Giving to Nikkei Place Foundation means helping fund much-needed public programming, support and care for seniors, initiatives that inspire youth, and the extraordinary staff who make it all happen.

I invite you to stay tuned to our website for all the latest community updates. And if you haven't already received one in the mail, please check out our newest brochure to learn more about our core values, the many things that we are doing here at Nikkei Place, and what we aspire to do with the support of you and the community.

Please consider making a donation to the Nikkei Place Foundation today!

Warmly,

Naomi Kawamura
Executive Director, Nikkei Place Foundation