Collaborative Initiatives on Promoting Youth Philanthropy Education Through a Global Network Between the US & Japan

Holiday Card Exchange

Students honored the philanthropic heritage of different holidays by creating and exchanging Hannukah and Christmas cards.

Past Project Activities

Japan trip/ Philanthropy Education Forum in Japan

February 2006

• Site visit to Yokohama Primary School affiliated with the Faculty of Education and Human Sciences at Yokohama National University
• Site visit to volunteer and nonprofit groups in the site affected by the Great Chuetsu Earthquake (Nagaoka-city)
• A forum on philanthropy education at the Nippon Foundation building
• A US-Japan partner project meeting at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government conference room
• A meeting with school teachers of Tokyo Metropolitan public high schools

Teacher/Youth Worker Training Program in Indiana, US

June 2006

• US-Japan Teacher Training (1): Learning to Give (LTG) Summer Institute on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University of Indiana (IUPUI)
• US-Japan Teacher Training (2): Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indian (YPII) community-based project workshop; Youth As Resource (YAR) youth grantmaking workshop

Primary Training Courses/Programs Offered for U.S. and Japanese Teachers/ Youth Workers

• The History of Philanthropy
  Dr. Dwight Burlingame, Associate Executive Director
  The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
  
  
• The Economics of Philanthropy
  Dr. Richard Steinberg, Professor of Economics, Philanthropic Studies and Public Affairs IUPUI
  
  
• Personal Philanthropy Timeline
  Betsy Williams, Lead Teacher Consultant
  
  
• Why Do We Have a Nonprofit Sector?
  Melissa Brown, Managing Editor Giving USA
  
  
• Geography of Philanthropy in the United States
  Dr. Bob Osgood, Professor School of Education, IUPUI
  
  
• Private Lesson Plan Writing Course for Philanthropy
  Barbara Dillbeck, Curriculum Director, Learning to Give