Over 300 members and guests of Keiretsu Forum attended the fourth annual “Sports for Charity” golf and tennis tournament, dinner and auction on May 1, 2006 at Castlewood Country Club. The event raised over $505,000 for charity and is the premier fund raising event for the year for the Foundation.

Proceeds from the event will go to support a variety of charities including InnVision, Hanna Boys Center, Center for Attitudinal Healing, The Bay School of San Francisco and The Wheelchair Foundation.

Leadership team of the May 1, 2006 “Sports for Charity” event (from left to right: Kalon Goodrich, Event Chair; Jack Lance, Sponsorship Chair; Tom Dowd, Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation Chair; Randy Williams, Keiretsu Forum Founder & CEO; Stu Zimmerman, Auction Chair)

The Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation Supports Wendy Tokuda’s “Students Rising Above” Organization

KRON 4 Anchor Wendy Tokuda was presented with a check for $5,000 to support the organization she founded, Students Rising Above, at the July 27, 2006 East Bay Chapter meeting. Students Rising Above was created in 1998 by Wendy Tokuda and Community Relations Manager, Javier Valencia as a series of news stores featuring low-income youth living in the nine-county Bay Area. The goal of the series is to tell the stories of children growing up in poverty, and after each story, viewers are invited to donate money to a scholarship fund.  The program helps low-income Bay Area high school seniors rising above tremendous odds to get through college with scholarships and other assistance.

Keiretsu Forum member Ed Lowe’s wife Susan is on the board of Students Rising Above and together they help the program raise funds to supports the students in need. At the meeting, Tom Dowd, Chair of the Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation presented Wendy Tokuda with a check for $5,000 to support the organization’s fine work in the community.

Randy Williams, Wendy Tokuda and Tom Dowd at the July 27, 2006 Keiretsu Forum East Bay meeting	Wendy Tokuda and Students Rising Above

Wheelchair Foundation Hosts Keiretsu Forum Members at Behring Auto Museum

Ken and David Behring hosted 30 Keiretsu Forum members to lunch and a tour of the Wheelchair Foundation museum and the Behring Auto Museum after the July 27, 2006 Keiretsu Forum meeting.   Ken expressed his appreciation for the donation of over 1,000 wheelchairs by the Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation and its members. David Behring gave the group a tour of the Wheelchair Foundation and talked about the tremendous need that still exists in the world for additional wheelchairs.  He also talked about the groups’ next project which is to provide clean watering filtering equipment to countries all over the world. A group of Keiretsu Forum members will be traveling with Ken and David in the Spring of 2007 to distribute wheelchairs to people in need.

Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation Donation Benefits Skin Disease Camp Wonder

The Children’s Skin Disease Foundation held its’ annual summer camp for children with skin disease at Camp Arroyo in Livermore this June.   The Foundation was founded by Francesca Tenconi. The purpose of the foundation is to raise money to fund medical research for better treatment and possible cures of several skin diseases which affect children.   CSDF established Camp Wonder, a medically staffed summer camp at which children with serious and fatal skin diseases can forget about their disease and just have fun. The pictures are from the party the last night of camp where everyone was dressed as pirates.

Camp Wamp – Disabled Camping Program for Kids

Camp WAMP provides enriching summer disabled camping programs for kids with physical disabilities such as Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Cord Injuries and Cerebral Palsy. Surrounded by towering pine trees and located in the beautiful Sierra County Mountains near Lake Tahoe, Camp WAMP's disabled camping programs are nestled in the High Sierras, 40 miles north of Truckee.

For Campers and Counselors alike, it’s a place and time to nurture independence, encourage responsibility and build lifelong friendships. Those who have participated agree the experience and interactions made strong positive impacts on their lives.

Keiretsu Forum member Hal Marsh serves on the board of Camp Wamp raising funds for the program.  The Charitable Foundation recently made a donation to support the camp.

Recent Donations by the Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation

Student Rising Above
Humanitys Team
Wheelchair Foundation
Hanna Boys Center
Innvision
California Shakespeare Theater
Jr. Achievement of the East Bay
East Bay Leadership Foundation
Camp Wamp
CAL Women’s Golf

For more information, contact Tom Dowd, Chair of the Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation.