UPCOMING EVENT: 2018 Holiday Drive
JSS 19th Annual Holiday Drive Japanese Social Services is starting its annual Holiday Drive Program. Once again we are calling upon members of the community to embrace the holiday spirit and reach out to the less fortunate among us. The success of this program so far lies heavily with the co-operation of agencies such as […]
REPORT ON EVENT: Volunteer Appreciation Lunch
On September JSS held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Lunch. It was a pleasure for members of the JSS Board of Directors to meet some of the amazing and talented volunteers that are the heart of JSS. Once again, the ‘Human BINGO’ icebreaker turned into a fierce competition. As they have done many years in the […]
REPORT ON EVENT: Summer Festival
The Halloween candy has been given out to the trick-or-treaters and the stores are already filled with Christmas decorations. The balmy weather of the summer is a distant memory, but the second Saturday of July stands out in the minds of the JSS Staff and Board Members. July 14 was the 2018 JCCC Summer Festival […]
MOVIES: Like Father Like Son
The next series of film screenings at The Japan Foundation, Toronto is called “Kore-eda + Kiki” which celebrates the accomplishments of master filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda and also of the prolific actress Kirin Kiki who sadly passed away in September. The Japan Foundation will be screening three films by master filmmaker Kore-eda – two of which […]
UPCOMING EVENT: Fundraising magic show by Japanese illusionist Mr. Daiki Tanaka
Junko Yamamoto, JSS Fundraising Committee Chair 2018 is the 90th anniversary of Canada-Japan diplomatic relations, and there are many events to commemorate this milestone relationship. Mr. Daiki Tanaka who is gaining popularity as a rising new illusionist in Japan is coming to Toronto this month as a part of these festivities. He is going to […]
UPCOMING EVENT: 2018 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Learn to Run a Half or Full Marathon In our March issue, in preparation for the Toronto Challenge we gave you a training schedule to help you learn to run 5K. The Toronto Challenge was a great success. The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon is our next big challenge. As promised, we interviewed our resident running […]
Upcoming Event: Lunch’n Learn with the Wynford Seniors Club & Seniors Conference
Japanese Social Services is very pleased to announce they teamed up with Momiji Health Care Society to apply for the Seniors Community Grant Program 2017-2018 offered by the Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat and were successful in obtaining funding.
Charity Piano Concert Report
By Junko Yamamoto JSS’s first ever major charity concert was a huge success with an audience of near full capacity. It was held on September 24th 2016 at the Glenn Gould Studio featured Japan’s renowned duo pianists Ms. Etsuko Terada and Mr. Kikuo Watanabe In spite of much disruption downtown on the day of the […]