Examples of Activities
2024 East Taiwan Earthquake
Donation from Skylark Holdings to Match Emergency Relief Donations
Bamiyan Donates a Portion of Taiwan Fair Sales
We held a fund-raising campaign at our approximately 2,700 stores nationwide to help those affected by the earthquake in eastern Taiwan that occurred on April 3, 2024.
■Extension of emergency relief donation period／Donation from Skylark Holdings in an amount equal to the donation
| Period |
April 4, 2024 - April 30, 2024 → extended to May 31, 2024
＊Bamiyan extended through June 30. |
| Place |
About 2,700 restaurants of Skylark Group, head office, merchandising centers and factories, and telephone centers
※Excluding some tenant stores |
| matching fund |
Donated an amount equal to the donation received by the company from Skylark Holdings |
| Recipient |
The amount of donations received at the storefront and the local donation recipients will be announced on our home page. |
■Donation of a portion of the proceeds from the Bamiyan Taiwan Fair／Extension of fair period
| summary |
Donation of 30 yen per serving of "hot and sour noodles" supervised by Taiwanese company "Chau Wei Jiue" to support the disaster-affected areas |
| period |
April 12, 2024 - June 26, 2024 ＊Extension of the fair scheduled to end on May 15. |
| place |
All Bamiyan stores |
| Recipient |
The amount of donations received at the storefront and the local donation recipients will be announced on our home page. |
2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Emergency Relief Fund
We held a fund-raising campaign at approximately 2,700 stores nationwide to help those affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake that occurred on January 1, 2024. Donations received from customers will be delivered through the donation offices in the affected prefectures and will be used to support the people affected by the disaster.
| Period |
January 2, 2024 - March 31, 2024 |
| Place |
About 2,700 restaurants of Skylark Group, head office, merchandising centers and factories, and call centers （All Group stores excluding stores in shopping centers） |
| Recipient |
Donation desk in Ishikawa, Niigata, and Toyama Prefectures |
| Amount Raised |
19,800,019 yen |
Hawaii Maui Wildfire Emergency Relief Fund
Skylark Group made a donation at its approximately 2,700 stores nationwide to support relief efforts for the areas affected by the Maui wildfires in Hawaii. Donations received from customers will be used to provide financial assistance to residents and for recovery efforts on Maui through the Hawaii Community Foundation "Maui Strong Fund".
| Period・Place |
August 15, 2023 - September 30, 2023 La Ohana stores and Head office
August 22, 2023 - September 30, 2023 Approx. 2,700 stores and factories of Skylark Group
（All Group stores excluding stores in shopping centers） |
| Recipient |
Hawaii Community Foundation "Maui Strong Fund”
Hawaii Tourism Authority recommended donation window |
| Amount Raised |
5,092,182 yen |
Children's Playground Support Funds
As part of its social contribution activities, Skylark Group has been implementing the "Children's Playground Support Fund" since June 2021 to support the activities of the non-profit organization Playground of Hope ("POH"), and has been installing playground equipment with donations received from customers and employees. Around 40 members of POH staff and our employees who volunteered, worked together with the children to assemble the large playground equipment and four benches.
| Period |
June 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024 TBD
January 1, 2024 – April 3, 2024
April 1, 2023 – June 30, 2023
January 1, 2023 – February 7, 2023
January 1, 2022 – March 7, 2022
October 1, 2021 – November 30, 2021
June 1, 2021 – August 31, 2021 |
| Place |
Approximately 2,850 stores nationwide (All Group stores excluding stores in shopping centers) |
| Recipient |
"Playground of Hope (POH) is a non-profit organization that has been donating handmade playgrounds to disaster areas and children's homes since 2012, with 55 facilities and 85 projects nationwide. |
Amount Raised
|
20,929,374 yen |
Installation of Playground Equipment
| Details |
June 10, 2023 Children’s Home “Kodomo no Ie” (Tokyo)
June 18, 2022 Children’s Home “Chofu Gakuen” (Tokyo)
November 6, 2021 Children’s Home “Heiwa-En” (Chiba Prefecture)
|
Schedule at A Glance
| 9:00-9:30 |
Orientation・・・Explaining purpose of the event including social role of children's homes |
| 9:30-9:45 |
General meeting・・・ Explaining work contents and use of electrical tools |
| 9:45-11:45 |
Installation work (1)・・・ Assembling benches |
| 11:45-12:45 |
Lunch break |
| 12:45-15:00 |
Installation work (2)・・・Assembling swings and slides, Painting benches |
| 15:00-15:40 |
Completion ceremony・・・Ceremony speech, Opening of playground |
| 15:40-16:30 |
Dinner preparation: Barbecue preparation, Venue set up |
| 16:30-17:30 |
Dinner |
| 17:30-18:00 |
Clean up, Closing speech |
- *Divided into groups of 4-5 people, each group was responsible for setting up playground equipment, preparing food, etc.
By setting up playground equipment and preparing dinner with the children, we had a special time that we will never forget. Many of our employees commented that they were happy to see the children's smiling faces and that it was fun to work with them.
We also received a thank you message from the children’s home “the playground equipment brought more smiles to the children's faces than before, and that it created lifelong memories for the children.”
We will continue to contribute to SDGs activities through our business, which has stores in all prefectures, with the aim of realizing a society in which all children can grow up with their own dreams and hopes.
Green Fund (National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization)
Skylark group donates a portion of cutlery sales for take-out and delivery to the Green Fund (National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization) for the promotion of forest maintenance and greening.
A portion of the proceeds will be sent to the National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization to be used for activities to support the maintenance of forests and the promotion of greening.
| Period |
January 1 - March 31, 2024
October 1 - December 31, 2023
July 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023
April 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023
January 1, 2023 - March 31, 2023 |
| Recipient |
Green Fund (National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization) |
| Sales Stores |
Approximately 2,650 restaurants operated by Skylark Restaurants Co., Ltd. |
| Amount Donated |
2,669,973 yen |
Children's Future Support Fund
Skylark Group supports the National Campaign for Supporting the Future of Children, which aims to realize a society where all children can grow up with dreams and hopes by promoting measures against child poverty (the promotion secretariat consists of the Agency for Children and Families, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and the Independent Administrative Institution Welfare and Medical Care Corporation). We are conducting fund-raising activities at approximately 2,700 of our stores nationwide.
Donations received from customers will be delivered to the Secretariat of the National Campaign for Supporting Children's Future, and will be used to support the activities of NPOs and other organizations working to address poverty among children in various regions.
| Period |
April 2019 ～ |
| Recipient |
Secretariat of the National Campaign for Supporting Children's Future |
| Amount Raised |
60,844,417 yen |
Turkey and Syria Earthquake Emergency Relief Fund
Skylark Group made a donation at its approximately 2,700 stores nationwide to support relief activities in Turkey, Syria, and the surrounding areas affected by the disaster. Your donations will be used to support the victims in both countries through the United Nations Association for UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), the official support window of the UNHCR in Japan.
| Period |
February 8, 2023 - March 31, 2023 |
| Recipient |
Donation to UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) through the UNHCR Association |
| Amount Raised |
8,465,138 yen |
Torrential Rains of September 2022 (Shizuoka Prefecture)
Skylark Group implemented fund-raising activitiesat our stores in Shizuoka Prefecture (excluding some stores) to help those affected by Typhoon No. 15 in September 2022.
The collected donations to be delivered to the Countermeasures Headquarters in Shizuoka to support those affected by the disaster.
| Period |
September 29, 2022– October 31, 2022 |
| Place |
Approximately 90 stores in Shizuoka Prefecture
(excluding some stores) |
| Amount Raised |
100,723 yen |
UNHCR Ukraine Humanitarian Aid in 2022
Skylark Group took place in-store donations to assist the people in Ukraine and the surrounding areas who are affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. All donations will be transferred to UNHCR (the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) through an official agency, Japan Association for UNHCR, to assist refugees and displaced persons.
| Period |
March 8, 2022 – June 30, 2022 |
| Place |
Approx. 2,800 stores nationwide, head office, merchandising centers and factories, and telephone centers
(All Group stores excluding stores in shopping centers, etc.)
|
| Recipient |
UNHCR (the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
through Japan Association for UNHCR
*When necessary funds for emergency relief in Ukraine are secured, the donations will be used to support for displaced people around the world.
|
| Amount Raised |
31,380,218 yen
|
Japan Food Service Association’s Love Fund-raising
Skylark Group carried out fund-raising activities at approximately 2,700 stores nationwide to support the activities of the Japan Food Service Association. The Association will use the valued contributions made by Group customers and employees for its various activities.
| Period |
December 2023 |
| Recipient |
Japan Food Service Association |
| Amount Raised |
2,187,840 yen |
Japan’s Torrential Rains of August 2021
We conducted in-store fund-raising activities at all stores (some exclusions may apply) to help those affected by the floods caused by the heavy rains that began on August 11, 2021. The Donations will be delivered to Saga, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Nagano, and Hiroshima prefectures, which were severely damaged, and will be used to support the victims of the disaster.
| Period |
August 2021 – September 2021 |
| Amount Raised |
2,365,593 yen |
COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund in 2020
Skylark Group conducts fund-raising activities at approximately 3,000 stores nationwide to support activities to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The donations collected from everyone will be used to support medical institutions, organizations, businesses, etc. nationwide, working to prevent the spread of COVID-19 through the "New Coronavirus Infectious Disease: Expansion Prevention Activity Fund" operated by READYFOR Co., Ltd.
[Reference] (READYFOR Co., Ltd. New Coronavirus Infectious Disease: Expansion Prevention Activity Fund)
| Period |
April 2020 – September 2020 |
| Recipient |
READYFOR Co., Ltd.
(New Coronavirus Infectious Disease: Expansion Prevention Activity Fund) |
| Amount Raised |
16,613,000 yen |
2020 Kyushu Floods
In order to support the people who have been damaged by the torrential rains happened in July 2020, we carried out store-front donation activities at our restaurants in the Kyushu area (excluding some stores）.
The received donations will be delivered to Kumamoto, Oita and Fukuoka Prefectures which have been severely damaged, and will be used to support the affected people.
| Period |
July 2020 – August 2020 |
| Amount Raised |
259,110 yen |
Typhoon Hagibis (East Japan Typhoon No.19) in 2019
Skylark Group carried out fund-raising activities at all stores (excluding S-Gusto and some stores) to help those affected by the damage caused by Typhoon No. 19 and subsequent heavy rains, which occurred in October 2019. The collected donations will be delivered to the following twelve prefectures (*) to support those affected by the disaster.
| Period |
October 2019 – November 2019 |
| Recipient |
Fukushima, Miyagi, Nagano, Tochigi, Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, Ibaraki, Iwate, Shizuoka, Gunma, Tokyo |
| Amount Raised |
6,610,118 yen |
Typhoon Faxai (Bōsō Peninsula Typhoon No.15) in 2019
Skylark Group carried out store-front donation activities in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama prefectures (excluding some stores in affected areas) to support the people who have been affected by Typhoon No.15, occurred in September 2019.
The received donations will be delivered to the countermeasures headquarters in Chiba for their use in supporting the victims.
| Period |
September 2019 |
| Recipient |
Countermeasures Headquarters in Chiba |
| Amount Raised |
887,126 yen |
Education Support Fund for Earthquake Orphans and Other Affected Children
Skylark Group is undertaking fund-raising activities to support funds for the education of children orphaned or otherwise affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake so that they can choose a career course of their preference in the future. The Group is sending entrusted contributions to windows for educational funds operated by Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefectures.
| Period |
September 2011 – March 2019 |
| Recipient |
Education Support Fund Liaison operated by Miyagi, Iwate, and Fukushima Prefectures |
| Amount Raised |
190,459,680 yen |
Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake in 2018
To support people those affected by the impact of the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake which occurred in September 2018, store-front fundraising campaign was carried out at all stores (except S-Gusto and some stores).
Skylark Group donated the same amount as the fund which was raised by Customers & Skylark Group Employees, and the total fund was delivered it to the Hokkaido Disaster Relief Donation Committee.
| Period |
September 2018 – October 2018 |
| Recipient |
Hokkaido Disaster Relief Donation Committee |
| Amount Raised |
16,287,488 yen
Customer Donations: 8,143,744 yen
Skylark’s Contribution: 8,143,744 yen |
2018 Japan Floods
In order to support the people who have been damaged by the torrential rains happened in July 2018, we carried out store-front donation activities at all our restaurants (excluding S Gusto locations）. The received donations will be delivered to Okayama, Hiroshima, and Ehime Prefectures, and will be used to support the affected people.
| Period |
July 2018 – August 2018 |
| Recipient |
Okayama, Hiroshima, and Ehime Prefectures |
| Amount Raised |
9,254,587 yen |
2017 Northern Kyushu Floods
Skylark Group carried out fund-raising activities at all its stores (excluding S Gusto locations) to help the victims of floods and other disasters caused by heavy rains from July 5, 2017. The Group sent contributions from customers to Fukuoka and Oita prefectures for their use in supporting the victims.
| Period |
July 2017 – August 2017 |
| Recipient |
Fukuoka and Oita Prefectures |
| Amount Raised |
7,245,462 yen |
Massive Fire in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture in 2016
Skylark Group carried out fund-raising activities at its 62 stores in Niigata and Toyama prefectures to help the victims of a major fire that broke out in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, on December 22, 2016. The Group sent entrusted contributions to Itoigawa City for their use to support the victims.
| Period |
December 2016 - January 2017 |
| Recipient |
Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture |
| Amount Raised |
201,596 yen |
The Kumamoto Earthquake in 2016
Skylark Group carried out fund-raising activities at all its stores (excluding S Gusto and a number of other locations) to help the victims of the Kumamoto Earthquake that occurred on April 14, 2016. The Group sent entrusted contributions to Kumamoto Prefecture for their use to support the victims.
| Period |
April 2016 - May 2016 |
| Recipient |
Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Amount Raised |
15,709,15 yen |
The Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011
Skylark Group collected contributions for supporting the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011. The Group made contributions of its own, in addition to an amount equal to the sum of contributions made by Group customers and employees, to the Disaster Response Headquarters of the earthquake-stricken Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefectures.
| Period |
March 2011 - September 2011 |
| Recipient |
Disaster Response Headquarters in Miyagi, Iwate, Fukushima Prefectures |
| Amount Raised |
190,972,097 yen
Customer Donations: 79,438,222 yen
Skylark’s Contribution: 111,533,875 yen |
Donations by Fiscal Year