To all runners who participated in the race - well done!
I am sure you had very difficult moments while running the 42.195km course, but you kept going all the way to the finish line, never giving up and smiling, sometimes tearfully, when reaching the goal. Many runners comment on how they receive abundant strength from the cheers on the sidelines but we, all the supporters, gained most courage and were most moved.
We hope to see you running again along the new marathon course next year. Thank you again for participating in the race!!

How your donations are usedYour donations will be used to employ earthquake-affected farmers and outsourcing expenses to a forestry cooperative to restore the 100-hectare coastal forest in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture, which was lost in the tsunami by raising seedlings and planting black pine trees, as well as silvicultural activities, which will continue until 2033.
Our planting project for the coastal forest existed before the earthquake was completed thanks to your support and all that remains is to plant 8 hectares on newly developed land to further strengthen the coastal forest.

Thank you so much for participating in the Osaka Marathon!
It was the first time in two years that greenbird participated in the Osaka Marathon but the event has become more powerful and peaceful over the past two years and we really enjoyed being part of the race. We saw some people seriously and deeply considering what thoughts to write about the race on the EXPO venue message board. Runners gave us heartfelt high fives during the race and some crossed the finish line with both hands aloft. The attitude and posture of each runner going for the marathon were so beautiful and shone out. During the three days of event-related activities, starting with EXPO Day 1 through to race day, we gained abundant energies from runners while supporting the event at our exhibition booth, dealing with visitors as well as rooting for the runners.
Now it is our turn to deliver all our energies and strength to people nationwide. We will be using your donations to help promote our slogan: “Littering is uncool!” to the world from Osaka.

How your donations are used- We intend to use the money mainly to fund expenses for cleaning activities involving existing teams in the Kansai region and to establish new teams as well as for bibs and garbage bag production costs, costs of purchasing tongs, bulk waste treatment fees and equipment maintenance fees, etc.
- To convey Japanese litter pickup culture
Greenbird aims to disseminate the cleanup culture Japan prides itself on to the world by establishing global teams for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games as well as promoting inbound tourists to visit various areas in the country.
However, establishing teams overseas costs more than what we spend at home in terms of equipment and shipping costs. Accordingly, we intend to use your donations funded by the Osaka Marathon to establish new teams overseas.

Thank you so much for participating in the Osaka Marathon! This is our third opportunity to be selected as an official Osaka Marathon charitable organization. This time, we had several happy encounters in a row, which is unprecedented. The Osaka Marathon set the stage for some charity runners to start participating in Pool Volunteer or some other activities to promote para sports and we are grateful for such wonderful encounters. Moreover, we received many warm cheers and support during the preparation period up to race day of the Osaka Marathon and we’d also like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation.
For all runners, sideline supporters and volunteer staff, thank you very much for supporting our charitable activities.

How your donations are usedDisabled children need pool access wheelchairs, floatation devices and signs to swim safely in the swimming pool.
Your donations will be used to design and produce user-friendly Japanese-made pool access wheelchairs and flotation devices. (Foreign-made pool access wheelchairs are very expensive; costing around 240,000 yen per unit and 60,000 yen per foreign-made flotation device but we can make items like this at half the price)
Moreover, we also intend to spend money on activities to distribute “Help mark swim caps” (production cost: 1,800 yen per cap) nationwide for free of charge. The public response has been immense, with already nearly 200 caps distributed to date.

Thank you so much for participating in the last race of the Heisei era, the era of the current Emperor’s reign, as well as the last race using the current course! This is our second year of participating in the event as a charitable organization. This time, we were hoping to give runners a supportive push using our experience from last year but actually received abundant strength and energies from them instead. Moreover, our Navy team won the championship, which was a great achievement. Throughout the event, I thought “Marathon is great” once again. We spent three days engaged in Osaka Marathon-related events with you all and the memory remains deep in our heart. Since our activities are based on running, we may see you somewhere in town and we look forward to the next encounter.

How your donations are usedThanks to your donations, our patrol running covering areas have been expanded.
Your donations will be responsibly used to produce security armbands using reflective material and security torches, which our staff wear during night-time patrols as well as on media such as movies, brochures and banners to disseminate details of our activities and on building a system to visualize the activity status. We strive to make Japan safer by ensuring our activities establish a presence in 47 prefectures nationwide.

Thank you for participating in the Osaka Marathon!
Countless occasions saw us deeply moved by runners i.e. giving us high fives on the sidelines and thanking us, running through with a brisk stride, smiling at us, supporting the aqua team and the never-say-die attitude - all of them were beautiful and did a great job!
To the marathon and charity runners who supported the aqua color, thank you so much for your support.
We will use your donations responsibly to fund our activities and leave the natural environment for the future as much as possible. We were very honored to spend these three days rooting for runners participating in this wonderful event as a charitable organization.
We would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to everyone who visited our EXPO booth, including runners.

How your donations are used1. Costs of field activities
Costs to perform the Rangers’ Project in Osaka Castle Park (Osaka City), the Akuta River (Takatsuki City), Hotani (Hirakata City)
・Consumables such as cotton work gloves, boots, weeding tools, bibs, etc.
・Transportation fees for volunteer leaders
・Costs of building a system, including a database, mailing list app and website, etc.
・Costs of planning and adjustment for projects in Osaka Castle Park, the Akuta River and Hotani
2. Costs of recruiting volunteers
3. Costs of launching the Osaka branch

For those who chose to support the aqua color charity theme, including general runners, charity runners and donators, thank you so much for participating in the Osaka Marathon 2018.
Convinced that “Running can help someone”, they ran very strongly and shone along the way. This time, we participated in the event as a charitable organization and rooted for runners but actually received lots of strength and energy from them in return. With your thoughts in mind, we will continue striving to deliver clean water and toilets to all. Thank you again for your support!

How your donations are usedYour donations funded through this event will be used carefully to help provide clean water and a sanitary environment in India and East Timor. In India, 163 million people lack access to safe water and 732 million people still lack access to an appropriate toilet. One of our activities was implemented in Nuapada district in the state of Odisha, India. They currently face a severe problem with filthy groundwater caused by fluoride and WaterAid Japan has been engaged in diffusing new water supply facilities for safe drinking water, as well as educational activities in terms of water quality for local residents.

To all runners having participated in the Osaka Marathon: Well Done!!
We were really delighted and very moved to see all of you running so hard to accomplish your goal.
The Tsurumi Children’s Hospice has been engaged in activities to support children’s growth and allow them to enjoy the same experiences as their peers in the same generation, despite their illness. This was our second year participating in the event as a charitable organization and we were glad that we could show people striving so hard to achieve their goals and conveying their thoughts to such children. Moreover, we must emphasize that our name and the activities for which we have made our name through the Osaka Marathon boosted efforts to promote our activities and we are eternally grateful! We will keep giving our best in response to your hard work and hope for your continued support.

How your donations are used“Live deep” – our activities support children who need to lead deep and fulfilling lives. Thanks to your support, we have been able to provide children with opportunities to experience new things outside hospital or their own homes such as sleepovers and playing within new spaces in collaboration with hospitals and doctors. For children in relatively good condition, they spent valuable time in-between treatments with children of their age alone, such as going camping and trying to make a pizza taught by a pizza chef with their siblings. We will continue to help create and provide warm, valuable and precious time for children with limited life expectancy together with all concerned parties.

Thank you so much for participating in the Osaka Marathon, which was held under a crystal-clear blue sky! Since this was our very first opportunity to participate in the event as a charitable organization, we were very worried over whether everything would go well but thanks to your warm support, donations and all runners’ help, it went very well!
Your donations will be used to support children in need; targeting a society where everybody can live naturally by their own values in their local community. We are so grateful and once again - thank you very much!
We hope you would support the green team next year too!

How your donations are usedWe have been engaged in the following activities to solve poverty issues for children:
1. Providing services for children facing the challenge of poverty, i.e. children’s cafeterias and hands-on activities in a natural environment
2. Fostering human resources to support such children
(Organizing a training program to foster supporters)
3. Organizing forums regarding the child poverty problem
Our activities, performed using your donations, will be shared and frequently updated via our website and SNS.

For runners who ran with yellow bibs under the cloudless sky, thank you so much for participating!
This marked the fifth time we participated in the Osaka Marathon as an official charitable organization and we were no less moved as we watched all runners giving their all to cross the finish line with us.
Some runners visited us at our booth at the EXPO venue, with words like “Let’s give it all this year too!” while other supporters cheered the runners on, saying “Go for it! Not long to go now!” on the sidelines. This was a moment that brought the city of Osaka together as one.
“Don’t worry. You are not alone.”
We value these phrases and keep running!

How your donations are usedWe intend to use your donations for an operation fund, used to invite children with incurable diseases and their families on vacations as well as creating a venue for such families and their supporters to meet within the local community.
Moreover, we will also use the money to support the activities of a female Japanese taiko drumming team, “Himawari-no-youni” (“Like sunflowers”), formed by mothers of such children who participated in our activities nationwide.

For runners who participated in the race, thank you so much for showing your heroic efforts, which was moving.
Watching you running your hardest, I couldn’t help but shout myself hoarse to root for you. We will never forget how you responded with smiles and high fives, saying “I made it and pushed hard after you cheered me on. Thanks so much!” Some of you were limping, grimacing and wincing but still kept going forward – runners like you were pushing the envelope. Watching such runners convinced us we should work harder and gain courage and strength.
Participating in the Osaka Marathon allowed me to experience a moment where we want to do something for someone!
Our forte is the chance to spend time together with runners as a Red Nose cheering squad.
Thank you for this day where everyone could take center stage!

How your donations are usedWe intend to use your donation to deliver “moments of being a child” where sick children can forget about their illness, even for a second and be themselves by dispatching professionally trained CliniClowns to children's wards in hospitals nationwide. We will also use the money to organize upskilling training sessions for CliniClowns to support hospitalized children and their families, as well as lecture presentations and charity events to achieve a society where all children can be themselves and anyone can smile through the “Red Nose” initiative.

For all runners, thank you for participating in the Osaka Marathon!
To have all of you in the orange team completing 42.195km and calling each other’s names became an unforgettable memory for us at Nobel.
It brought home to us the fact that we can be active only because we are supported by so many people through our activities as an official charitable organization. Your thoughts will help support single-parent families and those with children with special needs. Thank you so much for your warm support and donations!

How your donations are usedNobel is an authorized NPO that actively strives as part of the vision; aspiring to realize “a society allowing parents to continue working after childbirth without much surprise” in the city of Osaka.
Your donations will be used as follows:
- Establishing an environment where single-parent families can use a day-care service for sick children for 1,000 yen per month
- Creating a support system allowing families with children having special needs to benefit from a day-care service for sick children at regular charge
(currently an additional fee is required)
Nobel will continue promoting our activities to give mental respite to as many parents as possible in that situation.

An increasing number of young people say that one day, they want to run for someone after seeing charity runners trying to complete full marathons.
We noticed how some of the children have been influenced by adults close to them striving to accomplish their goals and this changed awareness seems to have sparked them into life to take on the difficult challenges they face.
Young people supported this time will challenge how best to play the role of supporters next time. Your donations funding the race will be carefully used to continue such supportive relay.

How your donations are usedYour donations will be used to provide employment support for young adults. By experiencing the workplace in collaboration with local corporations, they can get used to working and learn how to cope with their concerns and anxieties and how to eliminate such things and ultimately gain confidence to work.
For schoolchildren up to high school age, we will provide learning support and help them be independent through social experiences, as well as school visits for high school students. We aim to prevent them dropping out of school and provide continuous support by helping them out before they lose their connections with school and society.

For all runners who supported iPS Cell Research, thank you very much!
On race day, the temperature rose, meaning harsh conditions for the runners to race in, but we were deeply moved to see you running forward over the finish line while supporting you. Your donations will be used carefully to deliver new medical treatment using iPS cell technology to patients suffering intractable disease and what are currently incurable injuries. Although successfully developing effective therapies and drugs using iPS cells remains an uphill battle, we will continue striving to achieve our goal. To help you track our iPS cell research as part of a long-term effort, our research progress is reported on our official website as well as our free e-newsletter. If you are interested, please subscribe. We really appreciate your support.

How your donations are usedSecure distinguished researchers and research assistants
Secure stable employment for outstanding research assistant staff engaged in departments such as intellectual property, contract and public relations other than research.
■ Support for stable research activities, offering information and PR activities on iPS cell research
We will be using the money to compensate for other financial resources such as competitive research funds, which may fluctuate annually
■ Spending as research expenditure for medical applications
We will fund innovative and outstanding research selected by our research institute.
■ Securing intellectual property (patents) and maintenance
Acquiring patents concerning iPS cell technology and providing such technology to non-profitable research institutes free of charge

Have you crossed the finish line or established a record? Marathons are often compared to lives. Participating in a charity activity, completing the race and establishing a record: these are not your goals and only milestones in your life. However long or short your stride, no matter who you are, we can only take one step at a time. Aiming to complete the race or establish a record, we stepped forward with you to create a society where you can live as yourself, even if you get cancer. We were moved to see you running and being grateful for every step you take and send hearty cheers to all of you. Now, it is our turn to take new steps toward fulfilling support for cancer patients with your thoughts in mind. Thank you very much!

How your donations are usedYour donations will be used to set up a support group where cancer patients living in the Kansai region centered at Osaka can gather and share information with each other and organize seminars learning about cancer where people can have the opportunity to obtain knowledge to fight against cancer, as well as strengthening collaboration among specialists such as doctors, nurses, caseworkers and clinical psychotherapists who are engaged in supporting cancer patients in the Kansai region.