From left: Norihito Mori, vice president and general manager of ANA; Paul Osaki, executive director of JCCCNC; and Hiro Miyagawa, ANA manager of sales and administration.

The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California in San Francisco announced that Norihito Mori, vice president and general manager, Northwestern Region, of All Nippon Airways, presented a check in the amount of $1,000 from the 2007 ANA Corporate Ekiden Relay to Paul Osaki, executive director of the JCCCNC, on March 6 to support youth programs.

The ANA Ekiden Corporate Relay took place at Lindley Meadows in Golden Gate Park last November. Participants were treated to a barbecue chicken lunch, and ANA air travel prizes were raffled off to qualified company running teams.

The race began with thunderous drum beats by the young students of Gen Taiko, JCCCNC’s resident taiko group, led by Melody Takata. Part of ANA’s donation will go directly to Gen Taiko to help support its efforts in teaching and sharing the art of Japanese drumming with the youth in the community.

ANA has been a long-time supporter of the JCCCNC, Osaki noted. “We truly value the commitment that ANA has shown to the JCCCNC and the youth of our Japanese American community.”

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