Crowdfunding in Progress! Supporting Childhood Cancer Through Music: Charity Live in Hospitals & Streaming program "LIVE EMPOWER CHILDREN 2025 Project"

Empower Children, a general incorporated association (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo; Yasuto Hoyamatsu, President), is developing the "LIVE EMPOWER CHILDREN 2025 Project," a charity live and special streaming program to support childhood cancer treatment, under the theme "Entertainment makes children's the power of life." This project aims to support children with cancer and their families through music.

As part of this project, we have started a crowdfunding campaign using the social issue resolution platform "CAMPFIRE for Social Good" in order to give shape to our wish to "deliver music to children" and "raise funds for child cancer-based hospitals and support groups. 

The first phase of crowdfunding:

https://camp-fire.jp/projects/808137/view

Crowdfunding is now underway!

<<About the crowdfunding>>

The first phase will be held until Monday, January 13, 2025, and the second phase will be held from January 14 to February 28, 2025.

All the funds raised will be donated to childhood cancer support groups and some childhood cancer base hospitals and will be used to support the activities of each support group and hospital, such as providing medical and rehabilitation support during the fight against the disease, financial assistance to families, support to improve the quality of life of children with and who have experienced pediatric cancer, and funding for research on pediatric cancer treatment. We will use the funds to support the activities of various support groups and hospitals.

<<Special Returns>>

Crowdfunding supporters will receive the following special returns (selected items):

T-shirts autographed by the artists who attend the "LEC2025 LIVE TOUR IN HOSPITALS"

Your name in the end roll of the special program "LEC TV 2025" (scheduled to be broadcast live on 2025/2/15)

A high-end mixer "Vitamix V1200i"

Air Washer "Stadraform George" for air cleaning and humidification in one unit

"CLEAN OCEAN Home Care Set" made from recycled materials

"Umbra photo frame" with excellent design

"NICI Sheep Shaun plush toy" a popular character

Luxury return goods (provided by Antrex Co., Ltd.)

Through these returns, you can participate in support activities for children with cancer and their families. We are sincerely looking forward to your warm support.

<<Outline of Crowdfunding>>

Project Name: Supporting children with cancer through music!

Period: 

First phase: January 13, 2025 (Monday)

Second phase: January 14 to February 28, 2025

URL (first phase): https://camp-fire.jp/projects/808137/view

<<Organizations to which donations will be made>>

All the money will be donated to the following childhood cancer support organizations and pediatric cancer base hospitals:

Asahi-kun Hikari no Project (General Incorporated Association)

Kanagawa Children's Medical Center

Gold Ribbon Network, a certified non-profit organization

National Center for Child Health and Development

Saitama Children's Medical Center

Certified Nonprofit Organization CICI Clinical Trial Information com

Shine on Kids, a certified nonprofit organization

Certified Nonprofit Organization Japan Heart

Charming Care Incorporated Association

Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center

Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center ・Japan Childhood Cancer Research Group, a nonprofit organization

Hiroshima University Hospital

For details on how each organization will use the support funds, please visit the following page.

https://empower-children.jp/lec/donation/#about

This project will be conducted as a purchase-type crowdfunding, and supporters will not receive any tax benefits or deductions for their donations by supporting this crowdfunding project.

<<About Empower Children>>

Empower Children is a general incorporated association supported by Avex Healthcare Empower, LLC and HIROTSU Bioscience Inc. which provides financial and social support to children with cancer and their families. Childhood cancer is a painful and agonizing disease not only for the children but also for the parents who watch over them. We are actively promoting the Childhood Cancer Fund activities through charity support in order to help children who cannot afford expensive treatment and long-term treatment costs.

Official website: http://empower-children.jp/