Past Events

On 27 February 2011, four wonderful woman ran the Tokyo Marathon in order to raise funds for FCP. Lead by our committee member Karen Bautista, TEAM FCP was made up of Andrea McTamaney, Tomomi Kumagai, and Ann Marie Skalecki.

After 3 months of training, Nick Cederwell very bravely attempted to swim from Honshu to Hokkaido in Japan on behalf of FCP. He raised a phenomenal £ 2,350 (US$ 3,787) for FCP.

Our Second Contest was held in May 2010 in Japan. We raised £3,000 (US$ 4,835) with 275 children from 15 schools in Tokyo entering their stories and pictures.

Again we received wonderful support from our sponsor Tokyo Families Magazine as well as our new sponsors: Cold Stone Creamery Ice Creams and National Azabu Supermarket.

We would like to thank the following schools for working in conjunction with FCP to hold this contest.

Tokyo Union Church Pre-School, Grace International Learning Centre, Montessori School of Tokyo, Willowbrook International School, ABC International School, The British School in Japan, International School of the Sacred Heart, Nishimachi International School, Saint Mary’s International School, K-Space International School, Tokyo International School, The American School in Japan, Yoyogi International School, Kaybee Tutors. Seisen International School, Tamasei Seigakuin

Below are our 2010 winning entries:

Min-Hyeok (Andy) Jang | 1st Place | 6 Years and Under
Matthew Morimoto | 2nd Place | 6 Years and Under
Yuka Iwase | 3rd Place | 6 Years and Under
Ayaka Kawahara | 1st Place | 7-9 Years Old
Sarina Hanai | 2nd Place | 7-9 Years Old
Josephine Greenall-Ota | 3rd Place | 7-9 Years Old
Erika Dalton | 1st Place | 10-12 Years Old
Julie Reed | 2nd Place | 10-12 Years Old
Dana Schatz | 3rd Place | 10-12 Years Old
Ayuri Tsunoda | 1st Place | 13-18 Years Old
Marina Yoshimura | 2nd Place | 13-18 Years Old
Akane Fujimura | 3rd Place | 13-18 Years Old

The Spinathon held on 5 December 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa, was a huge success and US$ 4 000.00 was raised for the charity. Virgin Active was fantastic, and many of the FCS Units were there to support us. The event created a lot of awareness and interest in the organisation and what it stands for. Our special thanks go to Superintendent Jan Swart for being the instigator of this event.