In 1978, a group of patients who were discharged from psychiatric ward of the Urakawa Red Cross Hospital has established the "Acorn Club" with their wish to create something beneficial for the local community. In 1984, thanks to the great amount of efforts of many volunteers, the "Urakawa Bethel’s House" was established. The path was not always smooth, but for 25 years, those starting members have directed themselves under the notion of "Doing what we can for the local community" and have developed business activities such as delivering the Hidaka-dried kelp directly to customers, publishing materials, marketing a video series, selling and renting care-taking goods, to now earning an annual sales of over 100 million yen, which is about 8700 US dollars.