あしなが募金リレーが「完走」　７カ月で６１００万円集まる

　病気や災害で親を亡くした子どもたちの進学を支援する「あしなが育英会」の奨学生らが全国を巡り、街頭で寄付を呼び掛ける「全国募金リレー」が終了し、東京都内で１７日、ゴールセレモニーが行われた。同会によると、約６１００万円が集まった。
　２０１９年１０月の実施を最後に、コロナ禍のため本格的な街頭募金の自粛を余儀なくされていたが、今年５月に約２年半ぶりに再開。約７カ月かけて４７都道府県を回り、延べ３０００人以上の遺児学生やボランティアが参加した。（2022/12/17-14:55）

A relay across Japan for raising educational funding for children who have lost a parent or both parents due to illness or disaster was completed on Saturday, collecting some 61 million yen, according to the Ashinaga Foundation, its organizer.
   The relay, in which students receiving support from the foundation called for donations on the street across the country, started in May. Full-scale street fundraising activities had been halted since October 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
   Over 3,000 students on the Ashinaga scholarship and volunteers took part in the relay and visited all of the country's 47 prefectures in about seven months.
   On Saturday, some 20 Ashinaga scholarship students gathered near JR Shinjuku Station and expressed their gratitude for donations.
   "The situation involving bereaved children has come close to the critical point due to the pandemic and price increases," said Ryusei Teramoto, 22-year-old director-general of the Ashinaga Students Fundraising Association, who himself is receiving support from the Ashinaga Foundation.