2017 SPC’s “Passing on the Spirit of Love” Charity Sale
On March 2 and 3, SPC held a “Passing on the Spirit of Love” charity sale, which aimed at raising funds to help poor students at Shanxi Bo Ai School and the needy villagers living nearby. Shanxi Bo Ai School is a non-government school located at Qin Yuan County, Tai Yuan City, Shanxi Province of China, supported by SPC’s service learning program for the past two years. The first charity sale was organized last April before a group of SPCers organized a voluntary teaching service learning trip to Bo Ai School last May-June.
A total of 22 SPCers from the voluntary teaching team, friends and supporters of the College, plus 50-plus volunteers from different student organizations at SPC took part in preparing for this charity sale of handcrafts and food, all self-made by students, such as chocolate pudding in pots, iced pomelo tea, cupcakes, “deviled eggs”, curry fish cakes and handmade key chains. Students from different floors in SPC also provided their helping hand, making matcha (green tea), mocha (rice cake) and hand-made chocolate for the charity sale.
Even though the charity sale lasted for only two days, it gained strong support from 15-plus non-resident college fellows, college affiliates and senior management personnel. Many students also showed support by buying the sale products, which were all sold out before the end of the day on March 3, raising MOP45,940 for the poor children at Bo Ai School. Shanxi Bo Ai School’s Superintendent Mrs. Christine Chan and her husband Dr. Patrick Chan also came to SPC to show support. They expressed their deeply felt gratitude to the continuous support of SPC and the efforts made by the SPC students.
The charity sale ended in the late afternoon of March 3. Yet the participating students’ realization of making long lasting impact by a small act of charity lingers on. Students at the charity sale site said that they would continue to support this activity, through which they learn how to give, how to serve, how to share and how to love.
2017年度紹邦書院“愛傳承”慈善義賣
3月2日至3月3日，紹邦書院舉行了 “愛傳承”慈善義賣活動，為山西博愛學校的學生以及周邊貧困村民籌集善款。山西博愛學校是一所位於中國山西省太原市沁源縣山區的民辦學校，是紹邦書院過去兩年以來關心和服務的對象。去年紹邦書院於暑假組織學生前往博愛學校開展支教活動前，也曾舉行義賣，支持其為山區貧困兒童提供免費教育。
這次慈善義賣活動由紹邦書院山西支教專案組的22位同學負責，超過50名來自紹邦書院不同學生組織的志願者們參與了前期準備工作。絕大部分義賣物品為同學們親手製作的藝術品和美食，如巧克力盆栽、冰糖柚子茶、紙杯蛋糕、天使蛋、咖喱魚片和手工鑰匙扣等。書院各樓層的同學也提供了自製抹茶麻薯和手工巧克力等物品參與義賣。雖然義賣只進行了短短兩天卻得到了全澳大師生包括10多位非駐院書院導師，大學高層的支持，蒞臨義賣現場捐款，許多澳大的同學也紛紛趕來慷慨解囊。在大家的熱情支持下，義賣物品全部銷售一空，而為貧困老人砍柴的社會服務項目也得到了贊助，共籌集善款約四萬五千九百四十澳門幣。山西博愛學校的董事長陳女士及其丈夫也出席了本次義賣活動。陳女士對紹邦書院一直以來的支持表示感謝，並對山西專案組同學們的辛勤付出表示讚賞。
慈善義賣於3月3日下午圓滿落幕。通過本次活動，不少同學認識到自己平時做出的一些微小努力也可能對遙遠地區的人產生深遠的影響，同學們紛紛表示今後將繼續支持此類慈善活動，學習怎樣付出、怎樣服務、怎樣分享、怎樣將愛傳承。
Group Photos with Staff Members of University Council Office Dr. Chan and Ms. Tam、Shanxi Bo Ai School’s Superintendent Mrs. Christine Chan and her husband Dr. Patrick Chan、Master Leung and Mrs. Leung、Associate Master Dr. Vat and Students
大學校董會辦公室同事陳博士與譚女士、山西博愛學校的董事長陳女士及其丈夫、梁偉賢院長與梁夫人、屈鑑濠副院長和同學們合影
Students preparing the food for sale 同學們準備義賣的食物
Professor Wang from FHS and Professor Chen from ICMS watch the food produced by the students
健康科學學院的王麗教授和中華醫藥研究院的陳美婉教授觀看同學製作的食物
Shiu Pong College student purchase the chocolate pudding in pots
紹邦書院學生購買巧克力盆栽