March 20th, 2008
Bio Diesel Eco Car engine
The “Bio Diesel Eco Car Adventure” made a stop at Nippon Kan on its cross country tour of the United States to promote alternative fuel source efficiency and cross cultural communication. The Eco Car team lead by Shusei Yamada were treated to dinner sponsored by Domo Restaurant and a tour of the Nippon Kan facility before heading off to the next stop on their US tour. Council Yamagami of the Japanese Consulate at Denver organized the visit to Nippon Kan and accompanied the group on the Nippon Kan facility tour.
The Eco car runs on vegetable oil and is a showcase model of this bio diesel production unit. Using a waterless wash batch processor of unique miniature design, the unit can produce about 10.5 gallons of fuel per day from used vegetable oils.
The tour which started in Vancouver, Canada in February, 2008 will make its way to the East Coast and on to Africa or Europe. Nippon Kan was originally scheduled to organize the complete Colorado visit but decided to turn the planning over to the Japan America Society who organized all of the other Colorado activities for this tour on a statewide scale
Echocar crew welcomed to Nippon Kan by Vice President Emily Busch (in uniform)
Consul Yamagami (right).
AHAN Nippon Kan Homeless Food Service Project Report
Jan 20th 2008 362 meals served
Feb 17th, 2008 312 meals served
March 16th, 2008 307 meals served
Total Meals Since 1991 49,519 meals served
In May, Nippon Kan will pass the milestone of serving over 50,000 meals in 18 consecutive years of service at the Denver Rescue Mission. Recognition ceremonies and celebrations are planned for this meal service at the Denver Rescue Mission which we will be happy to report about in our next April-July Activity Report Updates for 2008.