SUSTAINABILITY The Lawson Group's "Happiness in Communities" Fundraising

  • Lawson Green Fund (Scholarship Program for Victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake)
  • Support Dreams Fund (Scholarship Program for Children from Single-Parent Families

【Donation Destination in the Past】

Thank you very much for your strong support!

  • TOMODACHI Fund
  • Support Dreams Fund
  • Dream Classes Fund

We launched the Lawson Green Fund in 1992, Support Dreams Fund (Scholarship Program for Children from Single-Parent Families) in 2017.
We conduct all these funds under The Lawson Group's "Happiness in Communities" Fundraising. We implement fundraising activities at stores, working toward the creation of a sustainable society by means of supporting the children who will be the leaders of tomorrow and through greening contribution projects. We also donate contributions from Lawson headquarters, through multimedia terminal “Loppi”, Ponta and d reward points, and contribution portion of sales from donation-linked products.

The Lawson Group's "Happiness in Communities" Fundraising
Cumulative Donations (including those collected in stores, donations from Lawson headquarters, through multimedia terminal “Loppi”, Ponta and d reward points, and contribution portion of sales from donation-linked products):
￥10.8 billion (From September 1992 till February 2022)
Fundraising boxes are installed in all stores of the Lawson Group nationwide (approx. 14,500 stores)

Lawson Green Fund

Activities in a school
Activities in a school
Activities in a mountain
Activities in a mountain
Recipient: The National Land Afforestation
Promotion Organization
The Lawson Green Fund supports greening projects carriedout by school volunteer groups, mainly from elementary schools, junior and senior high schools, and schools for special needs education throughout the country, as well as forest preservation projects conducted by volunteer groups.
Participation in Greening Contribution Projects
Franchise owners, store managers, store crews, and headquarters employees participate in greening contribution projects that benefit from the Lawson Green Fund.
(Cumulative number of times participated since 1994:about 1,690 times)

Support Dreams Fund (Scholarship Program for Children from Single-Parent Families)

Recipient: National Federation of Single Parents and Children's Welfare Associations in Japan
This scholarship program has been organized to support children from single-parent families so that they can continue on to higher education. A total of 400 students are selected for the scholarship every year.
Third-year students in junior high schools and all students of high schools in Japan are eligible to apply. It provides each student with a scholarship amounting to 30,000 yen per month (no repayment required; holders of any other scholarship given by other institutions can apply for this scholarship).
Scholarship Program for Children from Single-Parent Families

【Donations in the Past】

Support Dreams Fund (Scholarship Program for Victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake)

Recipient:Civic Force
This scholarship program has been organized to support students affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. It helped 1,097 recipient students make their dreams come true by providing each student with scholarship amounting to 30,000 yen per month.
Social event for scholarship recipients
Scholarship students participated
in the recovery support event held
in Miyagi Prefecture in February 2016.

TOMODACHI Fund

Recipient:U.S.-Japan Council (Japan)
The TOMODACHI initiative is a Japan-U.S. public-private partnership for U.S.-Japan educational and cultural exchange, the aim of which is to extend support for recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, and for the development of leaders of the next generation. Lawson supported educational and cultural exchange involving students in the Tohoku region with funds raised by the TOMODACHI Fund.
TOMODACHI Leadership Program
"TOMODACHI Female High School Students Career Mentoring Program in Fukushima"

“Dream Classes” Fund

Recipient: Japan Football Association
We supported the Japan Football Association’s JFA KOKORO (HEART) PROJECT "Dream Classes" to deliver the importance of having a dream and making efforts toward the dream to children.
Scholarship Program for Children from Single-Parent Families

Fundraising for Disaster Relief

In the event of a major disaster, our storefront fundraising can be temporarily switched to disaster relief fundraising.

We launched a disaster relief fund for areas of Japan affected by heavy rain disaster in July 2020, which caused serious damage to communities.



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