Ibaraki Robots Sports Entertainment Co., Ltd.
[M-HOPE Activity Report] Report on M-HOPE bus tour supported by Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd.
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Thank you very much for your continued support of Ibaraki Robots. We would like to inform you that, with the support of Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd., we have conducted the “M-HOPE Bus Tour” targeting four child care facilities in the prefecture.
At Ibaraki Robots, we have been inviting children from special needs schools and children’s homes from the beginning, aiming to create an environment where everyone can enjoy basketball equally. However, while offering invitations, we encountered environmental issues such as, “Considering staff availability, we are unable to take all the children,” and “Children who want to go will end up waiting in line.” We received inquiries from people from multiple facilities. In this project, we worked on such issues together with supporting companies and aimed to create an environment where everyone can enjoy basketball equally.
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M-HOPE bus tour supported by Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd. Overview With the support of Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd., we arranged a bus to watch the Ibaraki Robots home games and invited children living in foster care facilities in the prefecture to the Ibaraki Robots games. A spectator bus transported the children from the facility to Adastria Mito Arena. During the match, they watched the match with employees of Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd., and took photos on the court after the match.
■Target matches
Saturday, December 2nd vs. Nagoya Diamond Dolphins
■Number of participants
45 people (1 large bus)
■What the children looked like on the day
On the day of the event, a spectator bus visited children’s homes in the prefecture and picked up children. The children were very excited to see the bus that the players rode on until last season.
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At the match, mini-megaphones were given to the bus tour participants, courtesy of Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd., so they could enjoy watching the game.
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■Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd. Comment
Our company is a “construction consultant” headquartered in Tokyo. It has been 39 years since we established our technology research center in the northern part of Tsukuba City. Since the birthplace of Ibaraki Robots is Tsukuba City, we sponsor Ibaraki Robots. We also watched Ibaraki Robots games at the arena and received dreams, excitement, and hope. We wanted to share this kind of experience with children, so we sponsored Ibaraki Robots’ community contribution activities (M-HOPE). Approximately 45 of our employees and their families watched the games with their children, and were moved by the power and glamor of professional sports. Seeing the smiles on the faces of the children during and after the game, I was so glad that I was able to support this project.
■Letter from children who participated in the tour
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