Last
spring, Susanna and other students collected money to start a healthy lunch program for
a small, rural elementary school. They
raised 1800 Yuan which is about $300 and that bought 600 meals for students. The program has been so successful that they
are going to continue to collect funds and provide lunches for these children.
Below
is a correspondence I just received from her.
10/7/2012
My dear friend,
I am Susanna, an advanced member of the World Academy for the Future of Women.
I would like to give you an update on the efforts of the Free Lunch for Children team, bringing you up to speed on what we've been able to accomplish.
My dear friend,
I am Susanna, an advanced member of the World Academy for the Future of Women.
I would like to give you an update on the efforts of the Free Lunch for Children team, bringing you up to speed on what we've been able to accomplish.
We received 1800 yuan by this August and donated all the money to the NGO "Free Lunch for Children". It means we offered 600 meals to the poor children who have no lunch in Henan province. In September, Dr. Shawn Chen graciously matched the amounts of funds that we'd raised so far, meaning that a lot more children will enjoy a free lunch.
We launched this project last semester in April to support the Millennium Development Goal, ending poverty and hunger, in order to feed the poor children who have no lunch in Henan province. We planned to raise money at the Honoring Women Awards Show during the Women Symposium in May originally. The minimum donation we would ask was 3.00 yuan (47 cents) per person and try to raise a total of 7000 yuan. It means we could offer the whole year's lunches for 35 students.
However, we got sad news on the day, 4 hours before the Awards Show. The board office advised us that we would not be able to solicit donations, and so we've had to be creative in our fundraising efforts. I would like to show you the process and how we collected money.
Breakout forum --- 227.2 yuan
The WAFW party --- 524 yuan
Donation across the Pacific Ocean --- 13.6 yuan
Donation from the Internet --- 52 yuan
Friends --- a lot
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Total 1800 yuan
Already, we have 1938 yuan in donations for the second round, thanks to Dr. Chen's generous match. That means with just an additional 162 yuan ($25.62) in donations, we will be able to provide 700 further meals, or if we raise another 1062 yuan ($167.93), we'll be able to provide a further 1000 meals.
I would like to call upon everyone, including you, who has heard of my project to help the poor children who have no lunch, no matter you want to donate or offer other kind of help.
Enclosed is a copy of the receipt from China Social Welfare Foundation which shows the amount my team contributed. With your donation, more children will have lunches.
I look forward to receiving your responses and thank you for your generosity. Thank you on behalf of my team members and the poor children in Henan.
Sincerely,
Susanna Ma
Team captain, Free Lunch for Children
Member, Advanced Academy for the Future of Women
Team members: Valerie Wang, Molly Meng, Claudia Xu, Talia Lee, Kerry Kong, Miry Xu, Wency Zhang, Annalee, Lisa Mao.
P.S. Please feel free to forward this update to anyone who may be interested in helping us.
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