Tyler Foundation

2012 Shine On! Team Beads of Courage Members

joyfajardo — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:46:19 +0000

These amazing Shine On! Team Beads of Courage Members are using their challenges to raise much needed funds for the Tyler Foundation to help kids fighting cancer in Japan.

Read on to learn about the amazing places members are taking Shine On! Beads of Courage. Support their journeys by buying a bead for them to carry on your behalf.

Register using the form below.
Pay using the Paypal link below.
A bead will be sent to the challenger before their challenge.
You will be sent a card to write a note of encouragement to a child fighting cancer in Japan.
You send the card back and the member sends the beads back to our office. The two will be reunited and then sent to the hospitals.

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Shine On! Beads of Courage Team GSAstuto-The 5 riders of GSAstuto are racing and riding for Tyler Foundation! Click here to learn more about their charity rides and how you can buy a bead for a rider to wear at their next race.

May 5 – David Macklin, GM of the Four Seasons in Sydney, will be treking across the Blue Mountains, a World Heritage List site in the 2012 Wild Endurance Challenge. Thank you for making Tyler Foundation’s Beads of Courage part of the journey and Shine On!

Inspired to carry beads
Want to be a Shine On! Team Beads of Courage Member too?
Click here

Shine On! Spring blooms at Hara Museum

joyfajardo — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:28:06 +0000

Shinagawa – Tucked in a neighborhood, surrounded by trees with a cafe running the length of the museum overlooking a statue garden, Hara Museum really is an idyllic spring setting. Lucky us, we had the whole place to ourselves. 7 kids, 4 adults and 1 dog, had the chance to get a private tour of the current art collection, run around in the sunshine and participate in 2 amazing art workshops.

Junko Watanabe, Director International Program, began with a private tour of Hiroshi Sugimoto’s “From naked to clothed,” a mesmerizing display of larger than life photography that looks at some of 20th century’s seminal fashion designers, including Gabrielle Chanel, Yves Saint-Laurent and Rei Kawakubo. Ms.Watanabe initially had reservations about the kids enjoying black and white photography, but to her delight found the kids’ questions refreshing and insightful.

After the tour, lunch was a picnic on the sunny grass of the sculpture garden thanks to Coca Cola and Krispy Kreme. Bailey, our Shine On! Therapy Dog, happily enjoyed the sun with the kids, posed for photos and showed off the tricks he knows!

In the afternoon, everyone eagerly looked forward the mini workshops by Gon and Akiko. Gon is an artisan who delighted the kids with a chance to craft their own hats out of matierial normally used for flower decoration. Colorful and whimsical, kids and adults alike enjoyed the fabric and the results. Akiko, a painter, stretched kids’ imaginations and right brain thinking with a workshop combining colors and numbers.


Akiko showing the kids what they were going to do for the day.	From left to right, Gon, TF staff Keiko and one of our student volunteers pose with their new hats!

Thank you to the families, volunteers, staff and Hara museum for making Shine On! Spring 2012 a beautiful event.

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2012 Extravaganza!

joyfajardo — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:15:15 +0000

Tyler Foundation’s 2012 Extravaganza!

Friday, September 28

Grand Hyatt Roppongi

This year will follow in our tradition of delighting you with extravagance in cuisine, entertainment, atmosphere and a great time. Details are to come, but be sure to save the date, mark your calendars and make reservations because if there is a party you don’t want to miss, it’s this one.

cris@tylershineon.org | akiko@tylershineon.org


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PayPal (Credit Card – JPY Yen)

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30000yen per guest. (Please insert the amount without a comma. For example: 30,000yen → 30000)

For other payment options, please contact akiko@tylershineon.org

Shine On! Team Beads of Courage 2012 – GS Astuto

joyfajardo — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:52:22 +0000

Tim Smith, GSAstuto's representative rider, will be taking Shine Team! Team Beads of Courage with him to Haute Route 2012!

Tyler Foundation is proud to be represented by Tim Smith of GSAstuto at the 2012, August 19th to 25th Haute Route. Billing itself as the toughest and highest cyclosportive, it is a 7 day, 7 stage race covering 780 km and 21,000 meters of ascent. Each stage will be dedicated to a charity and Tyler Foundation will be one of them! The race will feature seven world-famous cities and mountain resorts: Geneva, Megève, Courchevel, Alpe d’Huez, Risoul, Auron and Nice. Leading up to the race, GSAstuto riders will be hosting charity events and rides.

Join GSAstuto’s efforts to support the Tyler Foundation!

Buy a bead for a rider to carry!
Next race is MAY 13!

Buy a bead for a rider to carry at one of their races this year. Join their journey, boost their support and ultimately help give their courage to a child fighting cancer in Japan. Purchase and register below.

Join an event or a ride!

April 29 – The next event will be a beginner’s ride ending with a BBQ! All are welcome to join and the price per participant will be around 6,000yen. Price includes a Shine On! Bead of Courage and the cost of the BBQ. Click here for more details.

Recent News

	April 22, Kusatsu-Despite bleak weather conditions, Tim Smith finished 14th on a fixed gear!
	April 2, Shuzenji-GSAstuto riders Eric Edler and Stefano Giordano competed in the April 1st 2012 JCRC Tour of Japan, second stage. It was a windy day and a challenging course, but both riders finished strong. Eric finished 14th and Stefano 32nd. It was Eric’s 3rd race and Stefano’s first.

About

	GS Astuto was founded by Tim Smith to provide a fresh, ‘oldschool’ approach to bicyle racing and business. Along with some super dedicated individuals (and family), GS Astuto’s mission is bring you the finest selection of Team oriented cycles and components. We are a Japanese registered company with offices in Tokyo, China and Australia.
	19 mythical Alpine cols will challenge cyclists over the 7 timed stages, including Madeleine, Glandon, Izoard, Cime de la Bonette and the famous climb to Alpe d’Huez for an epic individual time trial. The Haute Route will continue to highlight the cols and ascents that have created the legend of cycling.

Sponsor Spotlight – Cathay Airlines

joyfajardo — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:31:05 +0000

By Deb Wenig

2012 is the Year of the Dragon and to introduce Cathay Pacific, Tyler Foundation friend and supporter, we open with a question for this Sponsor Spotlight. What is the name of Cathay Pacific Groups’ sister airline? Read on for the answer and to learn more about Cathay Pacific, who believe “People. They make an airline.”

Let’s talk about people and Cathay Pacific’s business. The Japan office opened in 1959 and currently employs over 300 people. Today, Cathay Pacific operates over 110 flights from Tokyo (Haneda and Narita), Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo and Okinawa to Hong Kong every week. According to James Evans, Marketing and Sales Manager, Japan, ジェームズ・エバンズ日本支社営業本部長 “We have more frequent flights than any other carrier. After nearly a 30-year break, we recommenced services to Haneda last October while continuing flights to Narita.”

The Cathay Pacific Group (including, sister airline Dragonair – the answer to our question!) “believe in the pursuit of superb customer satisfaction. We ensure that what we invest in provides our customers – particularly frequent travelers – a reason to come back and fly with Cathay again.” To that end, Evans explained “we are launching the premium economy and new long haul economy class. Our new long haul business class, which was launched this year, has been receiving excellent feedback from our customers.”

Cathay Pacific believes that premium service is not restricted to the in-flight experience. They have also been investing in their ground products such as the new lounge dubbed “The Cabin.” Its service starts on the ground, with much care and attention to details, so that passengers can enjoy their journey all the way to their final destination.

In today’s world where social networking is a key facet of life, Cathay Pacific boasts over 7000 fans on their Facebook page. But, that’s not all! As of this past November they instituted the mini-site “Meet the Team” which has been accessed more than 4 million times. There you can learn a bit about the individual team members. For example, which Cathay Pacific employee might share your love of dancing? See their website for more employee stories. http://people.cathaypacific.com/people/other/?lang=en

Let’s talk about people, corporate social responsibility, and the Tyler Foundation. Evans noted, “We are very much aware of our responsibility not only to the global environment but also to the future generation. Our tomorrow depends on the young, aspiring individuals who will be the decision makers of the future. So it only makes sense to support them in any way that we can. Cathay Pacific Airlines is strongly dedicated to charitable activities and there are a lot of employees in the Japan office that are working hard in charity campaigns throughout the year.” Mark Ferris, co-founder of the Tyler Foundation, told us that “Cathay Pacific has been supporting the Tyler Foundation for several years now and we’re grateful for their energetic approach! In addition to providing round-trip flights to Hong Kong, they’ve helped us put together great packages involving their hospitality partners such as Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong.”

Of this support, Evans remarked “This has been a great pleasure for us and has given us opportunities to support children and their families through flight tickets, which are the direct products of our work. Tyler Foundation’s activities, filled with creativity such as the production of original CD’s and the “Beads of Courage” program, are always a source of inspiration and great stimulus for us. We empathize deeply with the Foundation’s mission and activities to help and empower children suffering from childhood cancer. We certainly would like to see various individuals as well as corporations join us in this important cause.”

Cathay Pacific is actively involved in a variety of community initiatives under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) banner. For example, Cathay Pacific Green Explorer, I CAN FLY program. At the Japan office they are not only supporters of the Tyler Foundation, but also of the YMCA charity run and the Oxfam Trailwalker charity run. In recognition of its efforts, Cathay Pacific has been awarded the Caring Company Logo every year since the Caring Company Scheme was launched in 2003, while 2010 marked the third time the airline received the “Five Year Plus” Caring Company Logo.

“We, Cathay Pacific, are looking forward to contributing to the society more and more through collaborating with the Tyler Foundation,” said Evans. The Tyler Foundation looks forward to future endeavors together and joins Ferris when he offers “Many thanks to our friends at Cathay Pacific!”

Lunch Break with Smile Ambassador

atsukonakane — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:51:13 +0000

Tohoku schools are still trying to catch up on their curriculum almost a year after the disaster. Because of that, the Tyler Foundation’s Smile Ambassador often does shows during the after lunch free time.

Student attendance is optional, but this show at a Kamaishi elementary school today drew 270 of the 330 kids!

Shine On! Dr. Kumagai

joyfajardo — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:00:16 +0000

It is with deepest sadness that we announce the passing of one of the most influential and inspiring members of the Tyler Foundation team.

Dr. Masaaki Kumagai was not only one of Japan’s most prominent pediatric oncologists, but he also provided the impetus for the creation of the Tyler Foundation and supported it closely over the past 6 years.

It was because of Dr. Kumagai’s belief in the mission of the Tyler Foundation and its activities that we were able to launch our first
program, the Shine On! Counseling and Support Program, at the National Center for Child Health and Development in 2006. As a key board member, Dr. Kumagai always provided sage and insightful guidance on the implementation of our programs and on the future direction the Tyler Foundation.

Dr. Kumagai graduated from Keio University School of Medicine in 1982 then became a resident at the National Children’s Medical Center in the Hematology Division. He worked as a research fellow at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the US from 1993-1995, and was most recently the Chief of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology at the National Center for Child Health and Development from 2008 until his passing. Tyler was very fortunate to have Dr. Kumagai as his doctor from 2003-2005.

We are grateful for the precious moments Dr. Kumagai shared with us and are left with great respect for his achievements. In acknowledgement of Dr. Kumagai’s nation wide clinical study for neuroblastoma, the most common type of solid tumor childhood cancer, the resulting treatment regimen will be called the Kumagai protocol. May he rest in peace.

March 6, 1958 – March 1, 2012

Below are his powerful words from 2006 regarding the launch of the Tyler Foundation.

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I’m Masaaki Kumagai of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the National Center for Child Health and Development. Since joining the Center in 1986—then called the National Children’s Hospital–I have examined nearly 1,000 child cancer patients. I also have had the opportunity to engage in child leukemia research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a leading pediatric treatment and research facility in the United States, for two years starting in 1993. At the same time, I was exposed to the latest clinical science in a country that leads the world in cutting-edge pediatric cancer research.

Though forty years ago children with cancer were considered incurable, enormous progress has been made in the ensuing years and today more than 70% of patients recover. That said, there is still an enormous burden on patients fighting the disease and their families, as patients undergo severe treatment and the severity of the treatment often advances. On the other side of the coin, there are still patients today with highly intractable cancers. It’s lamentable that we doctors lose about 20 % of our patients. Pediatric oncologists are advancing research to find treatments and cures for intractable cancers. At the same time, we are looking for ways to reduce the hardships on patients and their parents in order to make each day a little brighter in their fight against cancer.

The Tyler Foundation was established to commemorate one of our favorite patients, Tyler Ferris. In August of 2003, when Tyler was just shy of one month old, he came down with infant leukemia. In one cubic millimeter of blood, Tyler had a proliferation of 1.5 million leukemia cells–a number that the measuring device practically could not count. .

The initial treatment combined with artificial respiration and blood dialysis in the ICU proved effective – Tyler’s leukemia cells continued falling until they were no longer detected under examination. Later, with a transplant of Tyler’s mother’s bone marrow, our team was very hopeful for Tyler’s recovery. However, nine months after the bone marrow transplant Tyler’s leukemia relapsed. Then, in June of 2005, when he was almost two years old, the light when out in Tyler’s short life.

Tyler and his family, as well as those of us on his medical team, joined forces to beat Tyler’s cancer…. Unfortunately, we were unable to reach our goal. We were, possibly, just a step away from succeeding in our efforts. However, in order to close that gap, more support from individuals and more research are necessary. One of the ideas behind the Tyler Foundation is to provide a little support to the people working to save the lives of children with cancer.

However, the Tyler Foundation was set up to provide much more than just support for research. It promotes programs that work to bring relief and comfort, even joy, to patients and their families. Cancer treatment is tremendously stressful for patients and their families—it can transcend physical and emotional pain…For the patient, it’s the pain of daily medicine regimens and endless examinations and the despair in not being able to go home….For the parents, it’s the anxiety over whether they’ll lose their child, the pain of leaving their child in the hospital alone, and conversely the difficulty of ‘carrying on’ at home while their child is in hospital. The Tyler Foundation was established with the aim of lightening this burden on patients and families and making every day in the hospital a little brighter.

I’d like to conclude my message by sharing with you what I always encounter when working with young cancer patients. These children do not need pity. Of course, they get depressed and angry, but like all children they are also full of life and happiness. Just like the healthy children many of us are raising, these cancer patients laugh and get into trouble. And, it’s because these children entertain us and cheer us up that we doctors and nurses are able to carry on our daily work to make them better.

Tyler, with an almost surprising bonhomie, spent the better part of his life smiling and laughing. It was his smile that really gave my colleagues and I the courage and push to give it our all to his treatment.

Tyler left behind his legacy in the Tyler Foundation…I’d like to ask for your support to give joy and some hope to children with cancer.

Would you like to be a therapy dog handler?

Tyler Foundation — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:00:03 +0000

Shine On! Therapy Dog, Bailey, at Shizuoka Children's Hospital

The Tyler Foundation’s Shine on! Therapy Dog Program is looking for new therapy dog handlers. Are you ready to try a new challenge with these therapy dogs who are working in hospitals everyday?

Conditions:

Native level Japanese ability
Valid visa
Qualified nurse (in Japan)
Clinical experience (in Japan)
Those who can live with therapy dogs
Japanese driver’s license
Those who can support the principles of the Tyler Foundation

For more details, please contact info@tylershineon.org

Bailey on TV Asahi

aisusuga — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:41:36 +0000

Asahi Telementary (TV) will feature our Shine On! Therapy Dog, Bailey. The show will take a look at Bailey and Yuko, Bailey’s nurse-handler, as they work in Shizuoka Children’s Hospital. This is the only hospital in Japan that has a full-time therapy dog program. Watch for how the Shine On! Therapy Dog program is helping kids with cancer. (Japanese only)

Network : TV Asahi
Title：Telementary
Date：2012 February 27 -（Monday, Midnight 3:10～（Kanto）/ Midnight 1:55～（Shizuoka）/ Other area
Produced by：Shizuoka Asahi TV

*Time and date subject to change without notice.

Celebrating with Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

aisusuga — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:43:02 +0000

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts decorated by children

“I enjoyed decorating the doughnuts. This event encouraged me to participate more in Shine On! House events.” – Shine On! House participant

For kids at the Shine On! House events, they are transitioning away from the 9 to 12 months of cancer treatment and back into a normal life. The Shine On! House is a space for both patients and their families to make that transition and to also enjoy special events.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan came to the Shine On! House last week (February 18th) with 48 doughnuts and doughnut decorating kits in hand. The 30 children were able to decorate, eat and celebrate a fun day. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed their treats. A big thank you to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan for the doughnuts and for taking the time to create a lovely day for everyone.

“I enjoyed wearing the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan hat which made me feel like a staff member. Also, I enjoyed playing with the Krispy Kreme Doughnut staff who came to help this event. Thank you for the good time and the nice present!” - Shine On! House participant

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan Website
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan Facebook Page

Tyler Foundation

2012 Shine On! Team Beads of Courage Members

These amazing Shine On! Team Beads of Courage Members are using their challenges to raise much needed funds for the Tyler Foundation to help kids fighting cancer in Japan.

Inspired to carry beads Want to be a Shine On! Team Beads of Courage Member too? Click here

Shine On! Spring blooms at Hara Museum

Follow us on Facebook to see more adventures of our Shine On! Kids

2012 Extravaganza!

Tyler Foundation’s 2012 Extravaganza!

Friday, September 28

Grand Hyatt Roppongi

This year will follow in our tradition of delighting you with extravagance in cuisine, entertainment, atmosphere and a great time. Details are to come, but be sure to save the date, mark your calendars and make reservations because if there is a party you don’t want to miss, it’s this one.

cris@tylershineon.org | akiko@tylershineon.org

2009 Vegas Extravaganza!

2010 Rhinestone Cowboy!

2011 White Hot Extravaganza!

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For other payment options, please contact akiko@tylershineon.org

Shine On! Team Beads of Courage 2012 – GS Astuto

Join GSAstuto’s efforts to support the Tyler Foundation!

Buy a bead for a rider to carry! Next race is MAY 13!

Join an event or a ride!

Recent News

About

Sponsor Spotlight – Cathay Airlines

Lunch Break with Smile Ambassador

Shine On! Dr. Kumagai

March 6, 1958 – March 1, 2012

Would you like to be a therapy dog handler?

Bailey on TV Asahi

Celebrating with Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

“I enjoyed decorating the doughnuts. This event encouraged me to participate more in Shine On! House events.” – Shine On! House participant

“I enjoyed wearing the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan hat which made me feel like a staff member. Also, I enjoyed playing with the Krispy Kreme Doughnut staff who came to help this event. Thank you for the good time and the nice present!” - Shine On! House participant

Inspired to carry beads
Want to be a Shine On! Team Beads of Courage Member too?
Click here

Buy a bead for a rider to carry!
Next race is MAY 13!