Mazda promotes philanthropic activities through a system to match the needs of local communities with employees who want to contribute.
Mazda Volunteer Center Activities
Planting rice to send overseas
The Mazda Volunteer Center was established in 1996. Mazda and Group employees, former employees and family members who wish to become involved in volunteer activities register with the center and then can respond to requests from local groups for volunteer assistance.
In FY2007, 116 people participated in 36 activities, such as the Hiroshima Flower Festival clean-up and sending rice overseas.
Mazda Specialist Bank Activities
Business etiquette training
The Mazda Specialist Bank was established in 1994 to supply talented people to assist when local communities organize events. Current and former employees of Mazda and its Group companies with specialist knowledge, abilities and skills, are registered with the Specialist Bank and serve as a resource to meet requests from local communities.
In FY2007, the Specialist Bank dispatched people to 78 local events, including school classes, traditional dance performances, business etiquette courses, lectures on new automobile technologies, among many other events.
Some 5,000 Participants Nationwide
Voluntary neighborhood clean-up activities
Throughout the country, current and former employees and family members of Mazda participate in voluntary clean-up activities around their workplaces and in river clean-up campaigns, strengthening awareness of environmental conservation in local communities.
In FY2007, some 5,000 people took part in clean-up activities organized by Mazda or local government.
Visits to Homes for Children, the Elderly and the intellectually disabled
An volunteers outing at the Peace Park, Hiroshima
Every June and July for the last twenty years, Mazda Group current and former employees and their families visit social welfare facilities and interact with residents.
During FY2007, 133 employees visited five facilities, including the Hiroshima Wako-en home for children and the aged in Hiroshima City and the Nishishiwa Farm facility for persons with intellectual disabilities in Higashi Hiroshima City.
Volunteers took the residents of Wako-en on a visit to the cenotaph for A-Bomb victims in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.
Visits to Child Care Facilities
Employee volunteers dressed up as Santa Claus and visiting a child care center in Kanagawa Prefecture
On December 23, 2007, the ‹Santa Has Come To Town! 2007› volunteer activity was carried out at our R&D center in Yokohama.
This was the fourth year for this activity, and employees dressed up as Santa Claus and visited child care facilities around Kanagawa Prefecture, giving presents, playing games and creating a fun atmosphere for everyone.
Collecting Postcards and Telephone Cards for Wheelchair Donations
Employees of Mazda and its Group employees collected unsent and unwanted postcards and used and unused telephone cards. They convert these to cash, which is then added to funds from a charity bingo event at the Flower Festival. These donations are used to purchase wheelchairs for the Hiroshima Prefecture and Hofu City social welfare associations. The campaign has been underway since 1996.
