TABLE FOR TWO USA | Annual Report 2022

A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT

Dear TABLE FOR TWO USA Partners and Supporters,

We appreciate your continued support for TABLE FOR TWO USA in 2022. Thanks to your generosity, we brought many smiles to children around the world by providing nutritious school meals and food education opportunities.

In 2022, we have continued to provide the Wa-Shokuiku program and reached a total of 3,335 participants through 211 classes and an on-demand course. We worked with more organizations than ever before this year and appreciate the collaborative effort from these teachers, partners and supporters. Wa-Shokuiku’s effectiveness was featured by the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, a premier educational and academic forum.

We are encouraged to be allied with a national movement, the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health and pleased to be recognized as a key stakeholder in this initiative by the CDC Foundation. The purpose of the conference is to support the goal of ending hunger and increasing healthy eating and physical activity by 2030 so that fewer Americans experience dietrelated diseases like diabetes and obesity. To solve these issues, collaborative work is critical. We will continue working to resolve these issues by partnering with many like-minded organizations and people like you.

Thank you again and we look forward to continuing to make impacts with all of you for a healthier world!

Sincerely,

Mayumi Uejima-Carr

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OUR MISSION

suffer from obesity and other health issues related to unhealthy eating.

TABLE FOR TWO USA seeks to tackle both sides of the GLOBAL FOOD IMBALANCE

Excess

Unhealthy Foods

Inadequate Food Sources

7 billion, while 821million go hungry, by providing SCHOOL MEALS and FOOD EDUCATION to children in need.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2022

Onigiri Action

1.5M school meals

were delivered to children in need through Onigiri Action(*).

Onigiri Action

283K photos

were posted during the campaign(*).

School Gardens

1.1M school meals

were delivered to children in need through the sustainable school gardens.

Onigiri Action

Photos from

43 states

were posted for the Onigiri Action.

Wa-Shokuiku

3,353 people participated in our Wa -Shokuiku program.

Wa-Shokuiku

211 classes/events

were provided all over the US.

EdamameChamp

56 events

were held during #EdamameChamp campaign

EdamameChamp

Raised funds to provide our food education to

1,682 children

* The number of meals is the total of number of meals provided through TFT International and TFT USA

OUR STORY / TESTIMONIALS

Kindergarten teacher

D.C. (completed 3-lesson mini Wa-Sho course)

“We love Table for Two and the exposure it brings to our students. Many of the foods we create are new to students or are combinations they never think of.

Following the visits, students talking about what they and new foods to try home. We look forward to partnering with Table for Two in the future.”

to new of.

Denyse a 20-year-old student from Rwanda students enjoy they made try at forward with Two future.”

“It was difficult for me to continue learning when I was a school-aged child. I even went to the capital city of Kigali to work as a housekeeper at one point. But I changed my mind when I saw a friend who started working as a teacher after graduating from the school I am now attending. Now she supports me going to school.

I receive the same education and school lunch here as other students, which helps me study with enthusiasm.”

OUR STORY / TESTIMONIALS

“I loved food we and I learned to use chopsticks.”

Elementary School Principal California

(completed 7-lesson after school program)

I have only heard wonderful things from parents and students! The biggest thing I’ve heard is that it is increasing students’ passion in cooking and increasing their confidence in making recipes for their families at home. I have also heard that it exposes them to new types of cuisine that they wouldn’t have necessarily enjoyed before.

After school students D.C.

“It’s the best because we can cook!”

“What I liked about the Japanese cooking program is that you get to make new foods every cooking class.” all the made, learned how chopsticks.”

“It was full of great memories, fun and good eating.”

“The food was so good! I want to do this all day!”

“I loved all the cooking and

School Meals

OUR PROGRAMS Meal-Sharing Program

Fall Campaign

Food Education

Spring Campaign

1: Meal Sharing Program

Internationally we partner with corporations and organizations to provide healthier options in cafeterias, restaurants, and vending machines. Twenty-five cents from each purchase is donated to provide school meals in areas of need.

When you dine at our partner

order a

across

2: ONIGIRI ACTION

Onigiri Action is our fall annual social good campaign. Since its launch in 2015, the Onigiri Action campaign has fed millions of children in need around the world.

a photo of onigiri on the campaign website or your with #OnigiriActionourpartnerorganizations

Dropout Rates 34 % à 1%

Health Issues

27% à 4 %

(% of students who have physical development problem)

Vincent Teacher, Rwanda

Children who eat properly in the school meals program increase concentration, enabling us to have longer classes. Students' grades have improved by about 20% compared to before the school meals started. I am happy they can do their best and learn.

New features & collaborations in 2022

US – JP STUDENTS ONIGIRI COMPETITION

Insta-KIDS

Kid Instagram influencers joined the campaign

CORPORATIONS

Our partner organizations joined the fun!

FACE- TO-

-FACE EVENTS

SCHOOLS

Hundreds of students across the U.S. made onigiri in elementary –college level classes

Insta-LIVES

OnigiriActionKitworkshop!

Insta-Live onigiri making demos for the first time!

Collaboration with JETRO & MAFF

After 2 years of virtual-only events…

3: Wa-Shokuiku

Wa-Shokuiku - Learn. Cook. Eat Japanese! is a unique Food Education Program in which American students learn about healthy eating through Japanese food, known as one of the world‘s healthiest diet.

Learn Cook

IMPACT OF FOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM

3,353

The program has been reaching over 13,000 students since its launch in 2017

in Cooking

“MOTTAINAI” (what a waste!) &

90%

WHY JAPANESE-INSPIRED FOOD EDUCATION?

Why Japanese-inspired?

Balanced Diet & Longevity

- Registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

- One of the healthiest diets in the world

Comprehensive Approach

- Balanced meals

- Gratitude for food

- Inheritance of a rich food culture

- Solving food-related problems

Practical & Tasty way of Cooking

- Teach how to cook healthy and tasty meals

- Use various cooking methods not only cutting and mixing but also stir frying, grilling, boiling

67%

New features & collaborations in 2022

Mini Wa-Sho

3-lesson condensed version offered during the school day

Food Education Advocacy

Wa-Shokuiku’s effectiveness was recognized at one of the most major food education societies

Okonomiyaki Workshop by

Otafuku Foods

Online On-Demand Course for college students

Over 20 colleges across the States are utilizing the course

By collaborating with nationwide Japan America societies, we provide a virtual cooking program

4: #EdamameChamp

#EdamameChamp is a campaign to promote healthy eating through Japanese cuisine focusing on soy and to raise funds for providing food education opportunities to children.

JOIN EVENTS

CHOPSTICKS COMPETITION & MORE

Yourevent participation OR

JOIN

SOY PHOTO

CHALLENGE

New features & collaborations in 2022

Best Soy Photo Challenge

Photos

ORGANIZATIONS

Students participate in chopsticks challenges and learn to cook soybased foods

“All about Soy” event

The US final championship

SAKURA MATSURI

SolarPanel

TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE WORLD

Sustainable School Project

Garden With solar-powered irrigationpumps

solar-powered pumps

Drinking Water

At the schools we support in Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania, innovative sustainable school pumps powered by solar energy have been built. Schools along with community members and maize and sell the crops to purchase enough maize for school meals. Plus, children and members can learn about agricultural practices, food, nutrition education and environmental

Sustainable School Garden Project

School meals provide a chance to acquire knowledge to reduce the poverty gap

We try to end hunger by providing school meals to children in need

We teach how to eat healthy and provide balanced school meals

Providing school lunches increases school attendance rates

school gardens with irrigation members can grow vegetables and community environmental conservation.

Donating to schools in need reduces inequality

Refuse-derived fuel is used to prepare school meals to protect the forests

Internationally, we partner with about 1,000 organizations

We are achieving 7 of 17goal s of SDG s through our activities

$14,345 Total $351,402

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

Japan-related Organizations

Embassy of Japan, Japan Information & Culture Center (JICC), The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of JAPAN (MAFF), The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Los Angeles, Japan

Foundation Los Angeles, Consulate General of Japan in New York, The Consulate-General of Japan in Nashville, Japan-America Society of Washington DC / Georgia / Boston / Houston / Colorado / Indiana / New York, JPP, Japanese Friendship Garden San Diego, US JETAA, Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program, National Japan Bowl, JOI etc.

THANK YOU

SO MUCH FOR YOUR

SUPPORT

Colleges

Harvard's Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies, MIT, Long Beach City College, Colorado College, Colorado State University, University of central Florida, Northwestern University, Mississippi State University, Western Carolina University, The University of Akron, Ohio Wesleyan University, Kent State University, Pacific University, Oregon State University, Ursinus College, University of Tennessee at Martin, University of Houston, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Superior, UW-Riverfalls, UCSD, East Los Angeles College etc

Schools & related organizations

DC Public Schools, NYC Department of Education, Walt Whitman High School, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Iolani School, Globalize DC

Other Supporters

National Geographic, Sanrio-Tanaka Farms, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, HAA, Baltimore Sister Cities, Novi Library, Belle Isle Conservancy, Misaki Harada, Hakubai,

ABOUT US

FIRST SCHOOL MEALS PROVIDED IN USA

TABLE FOR TWO was initiated by and Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders.

As a non-profit organization which started globally, TFT USA has started the innovative #EdamameChamp and Wa-Shokuiku featuring Japanese food culture to

TABLE FOR TWO USA STARTED

ACTION LAUNCHED

RECEIVED TWO PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS

WA-SHOKUIKU RECOGNIZED AT SNEB from the Japanese Government

Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior

2020

WA-SHOKUIKU PROGRAM LAUNCHED

2019

#EDAMAMECHAMP LAUNCHED

2022

and is an official affiliate of the World Leaders.

started in Japan and has expanded innovative programs, Shokuiku -Learn. Cook. Eat Japanese!tackle critical health issues.

OUR TEAM

Executive Advisors

Professor Jeffery Sacks

Director of the Earth Institute; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia University; Special Advisor to UN

Ambassador

Motoatsu Sakurai

Former President of Japan Society New York; Former President of Mitsubishi International Corporation; Former Ambassador and Consul General of Japan in New York

Board of Directors

Satoru Murase

Partner, Mayer Brown LLP

Masahisa Kogure

Executive Director, TF International

Atsushi Kuromatsu

President, Mitery Associates

Hideharu Kojima

Managing Director, KPMG

Fumitsugu Tosu

Programme Officer, UN World Food Programme

Daniel Goldstein

Business Development, Yamamotoyama

TABLE FOR TWO International: Founders

James Kondo

President, Asia Pacific Initiative Foundation; Chairman, International House of Japan; CoChair of World Economic Forum

Motohisa Furukawa

Member of the House of Representatives

Nobuo Domae

Former Group Executive Vice

President at Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

Keiichiro Asao

Former Member of the House of Representatives

Syokei Suda

President of Enigmo Inc.

Kohey Takashima

President of Oisix ra daichi Inc.

Kumi Fujisawa

Co-Founder of SophiaBank

Chikara Funabashi

Chairman of WiLL Seed Co. Lt

Kota Matsuda

Founder of Tully’s Japan

Core Members

Mayumi Uejima-Carr President of TABLE FOR TWO USA

Debra Samuels Curriculum Development

Nazumi Takeda Program Officer

Sanae Uchinaka Communications Planner

Miwako Felix Partner Development/Program Coordination

Amy Fuentes Communications

Torie Silverstone Communications

Advisors

Merry White Academic Consultant

Masa Kogure Executive Director, TABLE FOR TWO International

Katsura Omori Professor at Yamagata University in Japan

Koji Otani Teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School

Chef Andy Matsuda Sushi Chef Institute Owner

Chef Nobu Yamazaki Sushi Taro Chef

Instructors & Class Assistants

Yumiko Ebina, Yumi Komatsudaira, Hiroko Deegan, Chisato

Kinoshita, Seiko Nishida, Noriko Imura, Kana Koide, Setsu

Matsuda, Kayoko Sakon, Mariya James, Yui Furukawa, Yoko

Nieves, Yoko Ho, Haruka Satake, Joanne Heininger