Book drives and book fair(s) to be held to help Earthquake victims in Sichuan, China

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Vital Stats

Grace L

Manvel, TX
  • people helped3000
  • People Doing It 600

The Problem

The deadly earthquake in Sichuan, China (May 2008) affected vast number of people. High school students face great challenges. Even while the school has not yet been restored, these students are expected to cope with not only the aftermath of the earthquake, but also their schoolwork and the extremely competitive college entrance examination. Since English is a required course in high school in China and the students don't have access to English books, we would like to help The No. 1 High School in Dujiangyan, Sichuan build an English book section.

Plan of Action

We will organize about 50-100 volunteers to participate in book drives and fundraising activities to collect English books and raise funds to help this high school.

Project Updates

Our book fair, book drives, and fundraising activities have been very successful. We raised total $1231 for Sichuan’s earthquake victims and collected nearly one thousand books! We are still sorting and counting the books, and collecting more books.

Our first set of 210 books is on the way to Dujiangyan Qingcheng Mountain High School, the new name of The No. 1 High School in Dujiangyan, Sichuan!
Thanks to Dr. Yi Li, who carried the two boxes of books when he went to visit Yangzhou, Jiangsu, at the Chinese New Year. Thanks to Dr. Song Gao who shipped the books from Yangzhou to Sichuan!

We continue looking for inexpensive ways to send books to Sichuan (from Houston). Please let us know if you could help.

In addition to help the earthquake victims in Sichuan, China, our team leaders have also been conducting clothing drives and fundraising activities to help Haiti’s earthquake victims. We sent 230 items (baby’s and children’s clothes, toys, shoes, etc.) and $1003 to the Haiti victims this month. We are raising more funds and collecting more items to help these victims. Please visit our site www.wecareact.org for more details.

We have some exciting news to share!

Our website is finally up and running! Please visit us at www.wecareact.org

Our organization We Care Act is officially a non-profit charity organization certified by the Secretary of State (Texas), and your donation will be tax deductable!

Recently, we have team leaders/members joined our effort from Canada, China, and US. We are recruiting new team leaders/members to join us to help others in need. Please post your comments here or contact us directly at wca@wecareact.org

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