Harvesting sunflower seeds with high school students and a support group for people with disabilities at Ususan SA
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- Harvesting sunflower seeds with high school students and a support group for people with disabilities at Ususan SA
October 8, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Muroran Management Office
NEXCO EAST Muroran Management Office (Muroran City) will cooperate with Hokkaido Otani Muroran High School and the comprehensive support facility for people with intellectual disabilities "Sun no En" to harvest sunflower seeds at the Mt. Usu Service Area (SA) in E5 Do-O Expressway (Hokkaido).
This initiative is part of the "Fukushima Sunflower Foster Care Project (details are shown on the back)" that it has participated in since Heisei 30, and aims to support reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake. In addition, it is an initiative that will lead to the promotion of the "Flowers and Greenery Peace Highway Garden Project," which will decorate SA with trees and flowers to make it an easy-to-use and refreshing space for customers, and the "Kofuku (Happiness) Collaboration," which utilizes Expressway as a resource for regional revitalization and Large employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Please join us for an interview.
[Last year's harvest work]
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![[Last year's harvesting work] Photo 2](/pressroom/cms_assets/pressroom/2025/10/08/04.jpg)
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1. 1. Date and place
Saturday, October 18, 2020 10:00-11:00
・Do-o Expressway Usuzan SA (In-bound, towards Hakodate)
2. Participating groups
- Hokkaido Otani Muroran High School
- Hokkaido Social Welfare Corporation "Sun Garden"
3. 3. Organizer
- NEXCO EAST Muroran Management Office
- NEXCO-Maintenance Hokkaido Co., Ltd. Muroran Office
"Fukushima Sunflower Foster Parent Project”What is
As part of activities aimed at supporting recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, we purchased sunflower seeds from welfare facilities for the disabled in Fukushima Prefecture, harvested the seeds from the grown flowers, and sent them to Fukushima to serve as symbols of recovery at schools and companies in Fukushima. This is an initiative to make the sunflowers that are.
Today, it is widely used across the country not only for reconstruction assistance, but also as part of children's education and corporate CSR.
"Yasuragi Highway Garden Project of Flowers and Greenery" What is
In addition to converting rest facilities such as amusement parks into comfortable spaces that are easy to use, we will also develop a "highway garden" with the aim of creating regional characteristics and cooperating with the region to provide customers with a space of greater comfort and healing. This is a project we are promoting for
What is "Takafuku Kofuku (happiness) cooperation"?
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Origin of the name
The name was inspired by the idea of "agricultural welfare collaboration," which is the collaboration between agriculture and welfare.
The logo mark is designed with the character for "person" (hito) placed on Expressway, with our company on the right and our partner on the left, supporting each other. It also looks like a plus sign, and is a design that evokes improvement.
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Contribution to SDGs
NEXCO EAST Group will work to revitalize local communities and solve social issues through the activities of "high fortune (happiness) cooperation" in which Expressway
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