Make A Child Smile

Two SAS clubs — Make A Child Smile in Puxi and Operation HOPE in Pudong — worked together to host the Amazing Grace Charity Concert at the Four Seasons Hotel, Puxi. The concert brought together the best talents from both campuses; the audience of 500 people was entertained with a cappella singers, photo exhibitions, and orchestra, string quintet, and dance performances. The aim of this concert was to sponsor two children, Han Mu and Ming Ming, at the Hui Xin Orphanage. They each need 2,000 RMB per month for physical therapy sessions. Han Mu is a seven-year- old boy who was born with cerebral palsy and is unable to walk. Ming Ming is a girl who has trouble moving her neck, mouth, and hand muscles due to her cerebral palsy. She is now receiving physical therapy at a treatment center, where she waits for a family to adopt her. The concert was extraordinary from beginning to end. The process of organizing it began with the Four Seasons Hotel generously giving a huge discount, because of having worked with Hui Xin Orphanage in the past. The concert itself ended with a full house audience of 500 people applauding the best performers from both campuses. Nearly 25,000 RMB was raised. As Adrienne Hoe, a sophomore from the Puxi campus, said, “Amazing Grace, was, to say the least, amazing. It was possibly one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to.”