fundraiser

I’ve always loved the phrase “Everyone smiles in the same language.” Next week at the International School of Beijing (ISB) -- through efforts of the Middle School Student Council (STUCO) – students, faculty and staff will learn what it means to truly give the gift of a smile during their annual Smile Week.

For the fifth year in a row, STUCO organizes awareness events and fundraisers to help provide cleft lip and cleft palate orphans from Ping An Medical Foster Home the corrective operations they need. A plastic surgeon from a Chinese hospital essentially donates his time, but the operations themselves cost about RMB 12,000 each (up from RMB 9,000). Over time, this student organization has paid for 20 successful operations!

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A devastating earthquake struck New Zealand’s second largest city Christchurch in February, inflicting huge casualties and destruction of property. Although it’s “shaping up to be New Zealand’s worst-ever natural disaster,” as Sam Pearson of KEA Beijing points out, “it’s sort of dropped out of public view – this has been kind of a crazy year news-wise – and there is still a lot of work to be done. They need as much support as they can get.”

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Spend tonight (Thurs 10th) mixing business with pleasure at a fundraiser at Mughal’s Restaurant to benefit CAI. Sponsored by beijingkids, the evening will include plenty of delicious food, original artwork from migrant students, and a silent auction.

CAI才- meaning talent- is part of a non-profit organization that works with the children of migrant families in both rural and urban China, through providing arts and sports programs as well as funding teacher training in rural China. 
To read more about CAI’s work and mission towards education and supporting migrant children in China check out their website here.

Reservations for tonight's event can be made by e-mail at janel@cai-china.org or by phone (134 3922 9636) and there will be sittings at both 6pm and 8pm. Tickets are RMB 220 and half of the night's profits will go directly towards CAI’s work in China. For the event listing, click here.