Dear Friends and Supporters,
It may not be Christmas just yet, but it’s definitely feeling a lot like winter as Beijing had its first beautiful winter snowfall this month.
On the heels of this Thanksgiving season, we are very grateful this month for the wonderful response we had to last month’s newsletter. We’ve had many of our faithful supporters thinking of creative ways in which they can help raise additional funds for us, including covering costs for immunizations and for this winter’s coal costs to keep our children and staff warm.
We do have so many things to be thankful for this month. We’re especially thankful for our friends in Hong Kong. The owner of Roger Vivier HK organized a fundraising day and gave us a very generous donation; as a part of this, Carina Lau, a very famous singer and actress in Hong Kong made two extremely generous donations to the Beijing running costs. This donation means that we can reopen 3 beds that were closed earlier this year in Beijing. In addition, we will not have to return 4 children (who have had all needed surgeries and are now healthy) back to their orphanages to make room for sicker babies. We are also grateful for our friend Gek Tan who started Love for Orphans in Beijing. Although she recently moved back to Singapore, she has been visiting Beijing for a few days and has brought many of her friends who have donated diapers and lots of rice to help with supplies for Beijing.
Gek and Love for Orphans volunteers helping with this month's birthday celebration
150 bags of rice... 5 months worth of rice!
We are also really happy to let you all know that we have been able to help another foster home in Nanjing. The director there, Linda Huang, approached us for medical advice a few months ago. She cares for 12 babies in her Nanjing Rainbow Center; the needs of the children she cares for are very similar to those cared for in our existing Special Care Centers. She also reaches out to local families who are caring for babies with severe disabilities in Nanjing. We have signed an agreement with her to put one of our nurses in Nanjing. The Nanjing Rainbow Center will come under the existing system that is in place for our existing medical care and Dr. Martin will oversee all treatment plans there. It is really good to be able to help in this way. NHF Beijing will cover costs of the nurse working there and her expenses.
On a personal note, Joyce and Robin would like to say a special thank you to those of you that reached out to help them with personal support. You really blessed and encouraged them tremendously.
With Love and Gratitude,
The NHF Team
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