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We are pleased to announce that the 2023 Antlers Food Education Caravan, which teaches elementary school students in our hometown the importance of food using educational materials featuring top team players, will be held starting Tuesday, September 5th.

The Antlers Food Education Caravan aims to give back to the community the knowledge of diet and exercise cultivated as a professional soccer club, and to promote the healthy development and growth of children in the five hometown cities. With the support of Showa Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President and Executive Officer: Hideyuki Tsukagoshi), our official partner, the program started in 2014 as a project of the Antlers Hometown Council.

So far, we have visited elementary schools in the five hometown cities, conducting a total of 111 lectures over nine years, with 9,700 participating children. Each year, the pamphlets used in the lectures feature top team players and include information on breakfast and the five major nutrients, an introduction to ingredients available in the five hometown cities, meal menus from the youth dormitory, proper eating posture, and how to correctly hold chopsticks. In 2023, Yuya Oki, who is from the youth team, and new recruits Kai Shu Sano and Keisuke Tsukui are featured in the pamphlet.

This year's program will be held starting September 5th for 12 elementary schools in Kashima City, with classes on food using educational materials featuring top team players.

Record of Initiatives (Number of Schools / Number of Participating Children)

・2014: Kashima City (12 schools / 1,880 children)
・2015: Kashima City (12 schools / 1,078 children), Namegata City (6 schools / 880 children)
・2016: Hokota City (16 schools / 1,057 children)
・2017: Kamisu City (15 schools / 1,371 children)
・2018: Itako City (6 schools / 394 children)
・2019: Kashima City (12 schools / 911 children)
・2020: Hokota City (9 schools / 536 children)
・2021: Itako City (5 schools / 356 children), Namegata City (4 schools / 244 children)
・2022: Kamisu City (14 schools / 1,012 children)
・Total: 9,719 children

Implementation Period

September 5, 2023 (Tuesday) - November 30, 2023 (Thursday) *Period varies by school

Target Schools

12 elementary schools in Kashima City



Click here for the pamphlet