Social Contributions Campaign 2005

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Social contributions
activities markToshiba Group has made June and July the period around the company's July 1st Founding Day, the focus period for social contributions activities, and organized promotion of "Social Contributions Campaign 2005" at all Toshiba Group companies worldwide.

During the campaign period in Japan, regional clean-ups, blood drives, 130-yen charity donations, and collecting of used books and stamps were initiated by Social Contributions Office for employees to participate. Many other activities besides the above, such as summer festivals, lending company facilities to regional sports teams and donations to regional social welfare organizations were also promoted at each site. 20,179 employees in total at 97 Toshiba Group companies worldwide participated in 299 activities during the campaign (the number of employees excludes participants in the 130-yen charity donations and collection of used books).

Regional clean-ups

Fifty-five companies and 4,698 employees participated in 70 activities, cleaning the area along the routes to work to each company and factories, and the area around the companies. Extra effort was placed on activities to tidy up riverbanks and riversides by companies and factories near rivers.

Examples of activities

Toshiba Denzai Marketing Co., Ltd. Six employees of the Yokohama office started, on October 1, 1999, taking turns cleaning the street in front of the office and area around the parking lot on business days. Flower beds were planted along the street as part of a local event. Toshiba Logistics Corporation Sidewalks around the offices and the premises were cleaned for 30 minutes everyday. Date: February 1, 2005 - June 30, 2005 (Every weekday) Place: City streets around the company Number of participants: 500 in total Tama River Cleaning Campaign The Toshiba Microelectronics Center, the Corporate Research and Development Center, and the Komukai Operations in Kawasaki City cleaned two kilometers of riverbank along the Tama River. Date: July 13, 2005 Place: About 2 km of riverbeds along the Tama River Number of participants: Eighteen Toshiba Group companies and about 600 employees Clean-ups by Tosokai Eight companies from the Toshiba Group in Kumamoto Prefecture cleaned about six kilometers of sidewalk between the Kumamoto Branch of Toshiba Electrical Materials Marketing and Kumamoto Castle, and Ninomaru Park, which surrounds Kumamoto Castle, and collected enough garbage, including plastic bottles and empty cans, to load a two ton truck. Date: July 23, 2005 Number of participants: 92 employees Clean-ups during the period of a Social Contributions Campaign 2005 (activities in Japan by Toshiba Group) Toshiba Headquarters, Microelctronics Center, Corporate Resarch & Development Center, Fukaya Operations, Kitakyushu Operations, Yokkaichi Operations, Fuchu Complex, Komukai Operations, Kyushu Branch, Hokuriku Branch,Shikoku Branch, Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd., Toshiba TEC Corporation, Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation, Toshiba Information Equipment Co., Ltd., Toshiba Personal Computer System Corporation, Toshiba Digital Media Engineering Corporation, Kaga Toshiba Electronics Company, Buzen Toshiba Electronics Corporation, Toshiba Microelectronics Corporation, T.D.P Inc., TERM Corporation, Toshiba IT & Control Systems Corporation, Toshiba E&I Control Systems Corporation, Toshiba System Technology Corporation, Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corporation, Nishishiba Electric Co., Ltd., Toshiba Electro-wave Products Co., Ltd., Toshiba Electronics Engineering Corporation, Toshiba Lighiting & Technology Corporation, Toshiba Carrier Corporation, Toshiba Carrier Airconditioning Systems Corporation, Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd., Toshiba Logistics Corporation, TOSHIBA TRADING INCORPORATED, Inan Electric Co.,Ltd., LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, ELECTORO DESIGN CENTER CORPORATION, TOSHIBA ELEVATOR PRODUCTS CORPORATION, OITA PRECISION CO., TOSHIBA LIGHTING SYSTEMS CORPORATION, TOSHIBA SHOMEI PRECISION CORPORATION, TS Total Service Co., Ltd., TL LOGISTICS SERVICE CORPORATION, TOSHIBA DENZAI MARKETING CO., LTD, Tokuyama Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd., Nagasaki Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd., TOSHIBA NANOANALYSIS CORPORATION, Harison Toshiba Lighting Corporations, Wako Electric Co., Ltd., Tosokai Companies and operations that carried out clean-ups in periods other than those above Corporate Research & Development Center, Fukaya Operations, Yokkaichi Operations, Fuchu Complex, Mie Operations, Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd., Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation, Toshiba Personal Computer System Corporation, Iwate Toshiba Electronics Co., Ltd., Toshiba LSI Package Solutions Corporation, Buzen Toshiba Electronics Corporation, Kitashiba Electric Co., Ltd., Toshiba E&I Control Systems, Inc., Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corporation, Nishishiba Electric Co., Ltd., Toshiba TELI Corporation, Toshiba Design & Manufacturing Service Corporation, Toshiba Electro-wave Products Co., Ltd., Toshiba Carrier Corporation, Toshiba Logistics Corporation, Toshiba Components Co., Ltd., TL PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICE CORPORATION, TOSHIBA DENZAI MARKETING CO.,LTD,Toshiba Business & Life Service Corporation

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Blood drive

Twenty-five companies, and 2001 employees participated in 37 drives, and 740 liters of blood were donated.

Toshiba Headquarters, Fukaya Operations, Kitakyushu Operations, Fuchu Complex, Kansai Branch, Chubu Branch, Kyushu Branch, Hokuriku Branch, Tohoku Branch, Hokkaido Branch, Shutoken Branch,Shutoken-South Branch, Toshiba TEC Corporation, Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation, Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation, Toshiba Personal Computer System Corporation, Kaga Toshiba Electronics Company, Toshiba Microelectronics Corporation, T.D.P. Inc., Toshiba E&I Control Systems, Inc., Toshiba System Technology Corporation, Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corporation, Toshiba Design & Manufacturing Servcice Corporation, Toshiba Electro-wave Products Co., Ltd., TOSHIBA ELECTRO-WAVE COMPONENTS CO., LTD., , Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Tshiba Logistics Corporation, TOSHIBA TRADING INCORPORATED, Toshiba LE solution Company, LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, OITA PRECISION CO., TOSHIBA LIGHTING SYSTEMS CORPORATION, TOSHIBA SHOMEI PRECISION CORPORATION, Sekikawa Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd., TL LOGISTICS SERVICE CORPORATION, TOSHIBA NANOANALYSIS CORPORATION, TOSHIBA HOMELIGHTING CO.,LTD., Wako Electric Co., Ltd.

Keihin Product Operations Hokkaido Branch, Toshiba Matsushia Display Technology Co., Ltd., Toshiba Elevator & Building Systems Corporation, Toshiba Personal Computer System Corporation, Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation, Iwate Toshiba Electronics Co., Ltd., Buzen Toshiba Electronics Corporation, Toshiba Microelectronics Corporation, Nishishiba Electric Co., Ltd., Toshiba TELI Corporation, Toshiba Design & Manufacturing Service Corporation, Toshiba Electric Appliances Co., Ltd., Toshiba Logistics, Corporation, Toshiba Lighting Systems Corporation, Harison Toshiba Lighiting Corporation

Toshiba receives the Emperor Showa Memorial Award for Encouraging Blood Drives

Toshiba received the Emperor Showa Memorial Fund Award for Encouraging Blood Drives at the 41st national convention of the campaign for encouraging blood drives, held in Wakayama Prefecture on July 13, 2005. The achievement of the blood drives, which had been conducted actively by the whole company over a long period, were praised. Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. and Toshiba TEC Corp. received the Award of the Minister of Labour, and Sekikawa Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd. received a certificate of gratitude from the Governor of Niigata Prefecture.

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130-yen charity donations

On September 29, part of the
money donated in 130 yen
donation, 8,272,613 yen, was
contributed to the Ashinaga Ikuei
Kai at the headquarters of Toshiba.To commemorate the 130th anniversary of the foundation of Toshiba, a collection of 130 yen charity donations was conducted, as an activity in which all employees could participate. For this activity, a matching gift program was adopted, and the company added funds equivalent to 30% of the amount of money collected from employees to the total sum, so that the total amount of all contributions is equivalent to 130% of the money collected from employees. The total amount of money collected from employees was about 11,370,000 yen, and the added amount, equivalent to 30% of this, was about 3,440,000 yen, the total amount of contributions was 14,820,000 yen. Ashinaga Ikuei Kai, an organization which supports children who have lost their parents due to sickness, disaster or suicide, was selected as a recipient of company-wide donations; it received 8,270,000 yen. The remainder was donated to social welfare organization in each region, local elementary schools and the like, by operations departments, branch offices, and group companies. The money collected from workers at the headquarters was used to donate printers and Japanese drums to the following local elementary and junior high schools: Shiba Elementary School, Shibaura Elementary School, and Mita Junior High School.

Companies and divisions Note1	Recipients of donations
Toshiba Headquarters	Shiba Elementary School/Mita Junior High School/Shibaura Elementary School
	Ashinaga Ikuei Kai Note 2
Corporate Research & Development Center Kawasaki Social Welfare Council	Kawasaki Social Welfare Council
Corporate Manufacturing Engineering Center	Isogo Ward Council of Social Welfare Charity Bank, Yokohama City
Kansai Branch	Childrens nursing home, Sukematsu Ryo
Chubu Branch Note1	Social Welfare Corporation, Nagoya Social Welfare Council
Kyushu Branch	Social Welfare Corporation, Yasukogen Welfare Village, Yasuragi-so
Chugoku Branch	Social Welfare Corporation, Hiroshima Social Welfare Council
Tohoku Branch Note1	Small-Scale Workshop for People with Mental Disabilities, Sakura Family Work
Hokkaido Branch	Social Welfare Corporation, Sapporo Social Welfare Council
Shikoku Branch Note1	Social Welfare Corporation, Ryuun Gakuen
Yokohama Complex	Social Welfare Corporation, Isogo Ward Council of Social Welfare, Yokohama City
Hino Operations Note1	Funds for Encouraging Accessibility Projects, Hino City
Oita Operations	Wakaba-en
Kitakyushu Operations	tozu-no-Mori Park
Yokkaichi Oeprations	Funds for Social Welfare Projects of the Health and Welfare Department, Yokkaichi City
Keihin Product Operations	Tsurumi Ward Council of Social Welfare, Yokohama City Angel's Society for Fureai no Ie, a regional home for the handicapped Children's Society for Motomiya, a regional home for the handicapped
Mie Operations Group	Board of Education, Asahi Town
Toshiba Solutions Corporation, Chugoku Branch	Social Welfare Corporation, Hiroshima Social Welfare Council
Toshiba Medical Ssytems Corporation	National Network for Supporting Children with Serious Diseases
Toshiba Personal Computer System Corporation	Chiba Branch of the Japanese Red Cross Society
Iwate Toshiba Electronics Co., Ltd.	Narita Elementary School, Kitakami City
Kaga Toshiba Electronics Company	Social Welfare Corporation, Nagoya Social Welfare Council The Hana-no-ie (House of Flowers) Small-Scale Vocational Aid Center, Nomi City
Toshiba LSI Package Solutions Corporation	Kitsuki Social Welfare Council Oita Social Welfare Conference
Toshiba Components Co., Ltd.	Mobara Social Welfare Council Kimitsu Social Welfare Council
Buzen Toshiba Electronics Corporations	Social Welfare Corporation, Buzen Social Welfare Council
Toshiba Microelectronics Corporation	Social Welfare Corporation, Kawasaki Social Welfare Council
Toshiba E&I Control Systems, Inc.	Social Welfare Corporation, Yasuragi-so
Toshiba Home Technology Corporation	Kamo Social Welfare Council, Niigata Prefecture
OITA PRECISION CO.	Social Welfare Council, Daizai District
Total amount of contributions 14,815,054 yen (Employee donations 11,377,952 yen : Add on amont by Toshiba (30% of employee donation amont):3,437,102 yen ) Under a Matching Gift Program, Toshiba added funds equivalent to 30% of the amount collected from employees to the total sum, so that the total amount of contributions equaled to 130% of the amount of money collected. Breakdown of donations 6,542,423 yen was donated to social welfare councils and schools in the regions by 28 divisions (companies and departments) 8,272,631 yen was donated collectively to Ashinaga Ikuei Kai by 65 divisions (companies and departments) In addition, collected goods at the Mie Operations, were converted into cash, and 44,559 yen was donated to the Board of Education of Asahi Town.

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Collection activities

Used books, CDs, DVDs, video software, unused telephone cards, spoiled postcards, various kinds of used prepaid cards, and postage stamps were collected and donated to organizations including NPOs. These were contributed to funds for the activities of these organizations. Spoiled postcards, whose total value was 150,000 yen, were donated to the Minsai Center Japan, which supports the provision of educational opportunities to children in Cambodia, and were used for a scholarship fund for children in Cambodia (5 children), Thailand (5 children), and Laos (4 children). Unused postage stamps were donated to and used by the Child Fund Japan, which conducts activities to help children grow up healthy and to improve regional independence in Asia. The donation will be used in the four busineses organized by this organization in the Phillippines and Cambodia.

Collected goods Recipients of donations 1.Used books and CDs 132,950 yen Donated to JEN Note3 (42 carton boxes) 2.Spoiled postcards 150,000 yen Minsai Center Japan Note4 3,069 yen Child Fund Japan Note5 3.Unused postage stamps 5,511 yen Child Fund Japan 4.Used postage stamps 24Kg Asian Rural Institute Note6 5.Used telephone cards 30,400 yen Live with Friends on the Earth Note7 6.Unused telephone cards 768,500 yen Family House Note8

In addition to the above, the Kita-Kyushu Operations donated children's literature to the Kita-Kyushu City Children's Cultural Hall, and donated items such as used postage stamps to the Kokura-Kita Council for Fosterage of Children's Association. The Kansai area branch donated prepaid cards to the Japan Overseas Christian Medical Cooperative Service. Toshiba Electro-wave Products Co., Ltd. donated items such as prepaid cards to NPOs.