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Social Contribution ActivitiesToyota Industries actively promotes support activities thatcontribute to society by providing human resources, facilitiesand fi nancial resources. Toyota Industries’ employees alsomake self-initiated efforts to serve the community via suchmeans as volunteer activities.At present, Toyota Industries and its global subsidiaries areundertaking social contribution activities that are self-initiatedby local bases and tailored to each community. To carry outbalanced Group social contribution activities as our businessoperations become even more globalized, Toyota Industriesestablished the Corporate Citizenship Subcommittee in fi scal2006 and has begun devising medium-term initiatives for oursocial contributions.Participating in the Management of the ToyotaCommemorative Museum of Industry andTechnologyFounded jointly by 13 Toyota Group companies, the ToyotaCommemorative Museum of Industry and Technology strivesto promote an understanding by young people about the“spirit of research and creation” and the importance andpleasure of monozukuri (creating things). The museum alsoaims to preserve and utilize the museum building, designatedas an important urban landmark building by Nagoya City, asa historic industrial site.Toyota Industries provides the museum with humanresources, funds to cover operating costs and articlesfor exhibit, while also participating in the museum’smanagement.Support for the Special OlympicsToyota Industries supports the activities of the SpecialOlympics Nippon Aichi. The Special Olympics is aninternational organization that provides persons withintellectual disabilities with opportunities for daily training insports and for displaying their training results at year-roundathletic competitions. In accordance with the primary missionof its activities, we make our athletic grounds, gymnasiumsand other facilities available for use at these competitions, aswell as provide donations to Special Olympics and support itsactivities and events.In March 2006, 23 athletes from Toyota Industries’ women’ssoftball club participated in the Special Olympics NipponAichi-sponsored Sports Experience Caravan as support staff,providing more than100 participantswith instructionon catchingand batting, andthereby showingparticipants the funof softball.Athletes from Toyota Industries’ women’s softballclub instructing participants at the Sports ExperienceCaravanCommunications on Environmental Protectionand Social Contribution ActivitiesToyota Industries publishes the Social & Environmental Report,which summarizes the initiatives and achievements of ourenvironmental protection and social contribution activities.To obtain a copy of this report, please see the contactinformation listed on the last page of this annual report.The contents of the Social & Environmental Report, alongwith the recent details of our environmental protectionand social contribution activities, are also available onour Web site (www.toyota-industries.com). Through utilizingsuch communication tools, Toyota Industries will proactivelycontinue to disclose information to stakeholders about theways in which we fulfi ll our social responsibilities.Toyota Commemorative Museum ofIndustry and TechnologyCircular loom invented by SakichiToyoda on display at the entrance ofthe Toyota Commemorative Museumof Industry and TechnologySocial & Environmental ReportsToyota Industries Corporation Annual Report 200653