Thanks to everyone’s efforts, our charity camp was very successful!
Hello everyone, my name is Patrick Liu, and currently in 10th grade. I have been learning Chinese instruments at Galaxy Arts Center since 2015. It’s now been 4 years, and within each year, new students join, and older students graduate. During our time at Galaxy, each one of us students has gained valuable skills and experience. Moreover, our mentors here provided us with many opportunities to perform and share our artistic talents. Earlier this year, Mr. Pu and I discussed whether we could put our students’ musical talents to use, and perhaps organize an abroad music and arts charity camp. I was initially inspired due to my knowledge of the many children in China, whose parents often travel long distances for work, leaving their children behind. Many of these children do not get to see their parents often, and can only live in the countryside with their elderly grandparents. Their access to entertainment is very limited, and these children have very few opportunities to enjoy simple things like music and dance. I want to bring these children the gift of the music and arts, so they can have the opportunity to enjoy and also learn about various musical instruments. Perhaps this will even help them find their own interests, and enrich their social lives. My mentor, Mr. Pu, was very excited about this idea, so I made a bold move to be a leading member of our volunteers. In the end, with the help of Mr.Pu, our Music & Arts Summer Camp officially began on June 27 of this summer!
Before we set off however, we organized a charity performance here in Orange County. It was very successful, and with the help of our student body and audience, we raised more than 2,000 Chinese yuan for this summer camp, in order to donate to underprivileged areas in China.
We have a group of more than 20 students who performed music and dance for special needs children and elderly communities. We also used the funds we raised to purchase stationery, musical instruments, and simple household items to those we visited. This charity camp was a great experience for all us us, and we’ve all learned so much through helping those in need. We have established a long-term relationship with the people we met, and have even exchanged letters and emails. In the future, we will continue to raise funds through our performances, and will keep on working harder ourselves. Thanks to everyone’s efforts, our charity camp was very successful!
在大家的努力下，我們這次藝術慈善之旅非常成功!
大家好，我叫劉天舒，現在是10年級，我從2015年開始就在銀河藝術中心學習樂器，至今已經4年了。我們藝術中心每年都有新的學員加入，每年也都有年長的學員畢業，在這來來往往中，我們每個學員都有了很大的進步和收穫，而且，藝術中心的老師給大家提供了很多演出和實踐的機會。就在今年年初，我和蒲老師探討，可不可以利用我們每個學員所學的樂器，組織一次藝術慈善之旅，因為我聽說在中國，有些父母需要外出打工，而他們的孩子就成了留守兒童，留守兒童長期見不到他們的父母，只能和他們年邁的祖父母生活在農村，他們的業餘生活不是很豐富，看演出的機會就更少，我想我們可以通過我們的音樂帶給他們一些歡樂，同時可以讓他們有機會了解各種樂器，幫助他們找到自己的興趣，豐富他們的文化生活。藝術中心的蒲老師認為這個想法很好，於是就讓我大膽地參與組織，最終，在蒲老師的幫助下，我們這個藝術慈善之旅於今年暑期6月27號正式開營了！
在出發之前，我們組織了義演，大家都積極響應，最終為這次藝術慈善之旅籌得善款2000餘元。
我們一行二十多人，不僅為留守兒童和老人們演出，我們還用籌集到的善款為他們添置了文具，樂器和簡單的生活用品，我們鼓勵支持他們努力讀書，如果他們想學習樂器，我們還可以幫他們提供學習的機會。另外，我們還走進了綠夢殘障兒童中心，那裡的孩子都有不同的身體殘疾，但他們努力學習自立，他們感動了我們，我們也努力的給他們帶來歡樂，而且還教他們怎麼樣彈撥樂器。這次藝術慈善活動，我們雙方都有很大的收穫，我們和他們建立起長期的聯繫，互通書信和郵件，在未來的時間，我們還會通過各種途徑，籌集善款，為這些老人和兒童提供幫助。在大家的努力下，我們這次藝術慈善之旅非常成功，我倡議大家一起努力，能有更多的同學參與到我們的活動中來，下面是我們這次藝術慈善之旅活動的一部分非常有紀念意義的照片和小視頻，有興趣參與的同學可以聯繫我們。
