Summer 2026

Heart to Heart Newsletter

On October 25 the 6th annual Golf4Hearts golf tournament and awards banquet will be held at the Shanghai West Golf Club.  The tournament is a lot of fun.  It is open to everyone – adults and children.  Come by yourself or come as a team.  All are welcome.  We promise that everyone will have a great time that day and your participation will definitely go towards a life-savings surgery for a Chinese child. Thus, you’ll have a great day of golfing, have a lovely dinner, perhaps win some prizes, benefit society and completely change the lives of some very lucky children.  It’s a winning combination.

Just scan the QR code on the attached poster and Jordan can help get everyone registered or answer your questions about the tournament.

Get involved!  Make a difference!

10月25日，备受期待的第六届 Golf4Hearts 高尔夫慈善赛及颁奖晚宴，将在周庄光明高尔夫（Shanghai West Golf Club）挥杆启幕！这不仅是一场充满欢乐的体育赛事，更是一次充满意义的爱心之旅。无论你是高尔夫老手还是零基础小白，无论你是大人还是小朋友，都热烈欢迎！你可以独自前来结识新朋友，也可以组队并肩作战，我们敞开怀抱欢迎所有人！你的每一次挥杆，都在拯救生命我们承诺，您的参与将直接化作中国患病儿童“挽救生命”的救命手术基金。在这里，你可以享受酣畅淋漓的高尔夫时光，品尝精致的晚宴，还有机会赢取丰厚奖品。更重要的是，你在回馈社会的同时，将彻底改变那些幸运孩子的一生。这绝对是一个完美的组合！

如何报名？长按识别下方海报中的二维码，添加 Jordan 的微信。他将协助大家完成报名注册，并解答关于赛事的任何疑问。
您的参与，让改变发生

Blooming Kindness: A Special Floral Workshop with Poi (a H2H volunteer)

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made our floral workshop a success.
On April 22nd, a floral workshop took place at Abbey Road, hosted by long-term volunteer Poi. With expertise, patience, and a generous spirit, Poi taught community members how to arrange fresh spring blooms into beautiful floral creations.

Poi is a long-term volunteer and a dedicated member of our assembly team. She helps sort donations and supports the sales team. When she was helping pack some ceramic vases that were donated to Heart to Heart, an idea came to her: “Why don’t I use my strength to help Heart to Heart with these?”  She proposed hosting a floral workshop using the vases to create arrangements. The idea received enthusiastic support from the team.  Anita helped spread the word,  May designed the poster and Rebecca provided the Abbey Road venue at a minimal cost.  Poi set aside suitable vases and designed a seasonal arrangement featuring energetic colors like yellow and purple, along with seasonal flowers such as iris, orchid, larkspur, scabiosa, and more. She hosted a 12-person workshop with 50 RMB from each sign-up going directly to Heart to Heart.

“It was a fun afternoon learning techniques to build a beautiful flower arrangement. Everyone used the same flowers, yet each arrangement was unique and beautifully crafted.”   — Brenda, workshop attendee (and H2H volunteer on the Yida “A” Team)

“During the workshop, Poi guided us step by step, breaking down what could have been a
challenging craft into something quite effortless and allowing us to use our own creativity. Also,
it’s a wonderful opportunity to generate some funds for Heart to Heart”   — Anita, workshop attendee (and H2H volunteer on the Yoda assembly team)

“I’m thrilled to see how people created their own floral art pieces while helping more children
with my expertise and strength. I’m happy to make this a regular event.”   — Poi

This was already our second floral workshop.  The first was hosted last November with all profits fully supporting children’s surgeries.  The child supported by the April 22 workshop was an 8 month old boy from Guizhou province – Xiao Yao.  His picture is attached.

What’s Next?
Inspired by this workshop, we plan to host a floral workshop every two months. If you’d like to let your kindness bloom as well, please scan the QR code to join us.

4月22日，Abbey Road 举办了一场花艺工作坊，由心连心长期志愿者 Poi 主持。凭借她专业的知识、耐心的指导和慷慨奉献的精神，Poi 带领社区成员学习了如何将春日鲜花插制成美丽的花艺作品。

Poi 是心连心的长期志愿者，同时也是分拣团队（Assembly Team）的成员。她经常帮助整理捐赠物资，并支持销售团队的工作。在一次协助打包捐赠给 心连心的陶瓷花瓶时，她萌生了一个想法：为什么不利用我的专长来帮助 Heart to Heart 呢？”

于是，她提议来举办一场花艺工作坊，利用这些捐赠的花瓶进行花艺创作。这个想法得到了团队的热烈支持。Anita 帮助宣传活动，May 设计了活动海报，Rebecca 则以极低的成本提供了 Abbey Road 作为活动场地。

Poi 精心挑选了合适的花瓶，并设计了一款充满季节特色的花艺作品。作品采用明快的黄色和紫色作为主色调，搭配鸢尾花、兰花、飞燕草、松虫草等当季鲜花，展现出了春天的生机与活力。

最终，Poi成功组织了一场可容纳12人的花艺工作坊。每位参与者报名费中的50元人民币直接捐赠给了心连心。
“这是一个非常愉快的下午。在学习花艺设计的过程中，我们亲手完成了一件件美丽的花艺作品。虽然大家使用的是同样的花材，但每个人的作品都各具特色，呈现出独特的美。”
—— Brenda，工作坊参与者（同时也是心连心医大物资整理组志愿者）

“在整个工作坊中，Poi 一步一步耐心指导我们，把原本看似具有挑战性的花艺创作变得轻松易学，同时也让大家能够充分发挥自己的创造力。另外，这也是一个为心连心筹集善款的好机会。”
—— Anita，工作坊参与者（同时也是心连心远大心胸医院物资整理组志愿者）

“看到大家运用自己的创意完成一件件独特的花艺作品，同时也通过我的专业技能和经验帮助到了的更多孩子，我感到非常开心。我也很乐意将这项活动持续举办下去，让它成为一项固定活动。”
—— Poi

这已经是我们举办的第二场花艺工作坊。第一场活动于去年11月举行，所有收益均用于支持患儿手术项目。
本次4月22日工作坊所支持的孩子，是一位来自贵州省、年仅8个月大的男宝宝——Xiao Yao。他的照片附在文末。
下一步?

受到本次活动成功举办的鼓舞，我们计划今后每两个月举办一次花艺工作坊，让更多人能够在体验花艺之美的同时支持公益事业。
如果您也想让自己的善意如花朵般绽放，欢迎扫描下方二维码加入我们。

Receiving the help of volunteer groups from companies has been a long tradition at our Xuhui district branch (Yoda Hospital) of Heart to Heart.  But recently we haven’t had as many working opportunities there since our needs for help have shifted to our location at the new Yida hospital.  We were pleased to welcome, however, a small, but highly motivated group of Festo EHS volunteers to the Yoda assembly room on the afternoon of April 23 to help process our newly arrived batch of 1,008 small bears.  The small heart bears – we call them baby bears – are hot sellers at markets and events.  They are very cute and come as bears just with a red heart or with a cute little outfit made by our volunteers.  Baby bears require quite a bit of preparation work before they are ready to go out to find new homes: factory labels and sewed-on ribbons need to be cut off from each little bear, little red hearts are sewn on the bear or the bear gets a little outfit with a heart, red ribbons are put around their tiny necks and finally they are placed into a little red bag together with a name card of a H2H child who has received surgery before.

The tasks were perfect for our volunteer guests. With lots of fun and enthusiasm, they set a clear goal: “We are going to finish the entire batch!” And they did—at an incredible pace. I was kept busy bringing new bears to the table and providing baskets for the finished ones. In just three hours, all 1,008 baby bears had their factory labels and ribbons removed and were ready for the next steps. “That’s our Festo style!” I learned from Qin, who also spoke German and had lived in Germany. Although everyone worked with great focus and efficiency, we still made time to talk and get to know one another—group volunteering at its best.  And the girls were not tired, the last half hour they enjoyed dressing and finishing the first 20 baby bears with small dresses, red ribbons, name cards and bags – ready for the next market.  That afternoon session was a lot of fun for all of us and a big help for our work at Heart to Heart. Thank you very much, dear volunteers from Festo!
Juliana Zeiske, Yoda assembly manager

一直以来，企业志愿者团队都是上海心连心徐汇分部（远大心胸医院）的好伙伴。不过，随着我们的工作重心慢慢转移到新的医大医院，远大心胸医院这边适合企业团体参与的志愿活动变少了。所以，4月23日下午，当Festo EHS的一支志愿者团队来到心胸医院手工室时，我们都特别开心。

这一天，他们要完成一个看似简单，却一点都不轻松的任务——整理刚刚到货的1008只小熊。这些小熊，我们都亲切地叫它们**”小熊宝宝”**。它们一直都是心连心义卖会上最受欢迎的”明星”之一。有的小熊怀里抱着一颗红色的小爱心，有的穿着志愿者亲手做的小衣服，每一只都可爱得让人忍不住想带回家。不过，在它们找到新主人之前，还要经过不少”打扮”。首先，要把工厂留下来的标签和缎带一一剪掉；然后，有的小熊要缝上一颗红色的小爱心，有的要换上漂亮的小衣服；接着再系上一条红丝带；最后装进红色小布袋，放进一张曾经接受过心脏手术孩子的姓名卡。这样，一只承载着爱与希望的小熊，才算真正准备好了，等待在下一场义卖中遇见它的新主人。

这些工作特别适合大家一起完成。志愿者们刚坐下没多久，就给自己定了一个目标：
“今天，我”    这就是我们Festo的风格！”团队里的秦笑着说道。她会说德语，也曾经在德国生活过。虽然大家工作起来都特别认真、效率也特别高，但现场一点都不沉闷。大家一边剪标签，一边聊天，分享彼此的故事，不知不觉就熟络了起来。这正是团体志愿服务最美好的地方——一起做一件有意义的事情，也一起收获快乐。最后半个小时，几位志愿者还兴致勃勃地给前20只小熊穿上了漂亮的小裙子，系上红丝带，放进姓名卡，再装进小红袋。看着一只只小熊整整齐齐地排在桌上，准备迎接下一场义卖，大家都特别有成就感。那天下午，我们收获的不只是1008只整理好的小熊，更是一段充满笑声和温暖的时光。

谢谢Festo EHS的每一位志愿者！

谢谢你们用一个下午的时间，让1008只小熊离新主人更近了一步，也让更多孩子离希望更近了一点。
—— Juliana Zeiske们要把这一整批小熊都完成” 说到做到。整个下午，她们几乎没闲着，一直忙着把一箱箱新的小熊搬到桌边，再把已经完成的小熊收起来。短短三个小时，1008只小熊全部完成了第一道工序——工厂标签和缎带全部清理干净，为后面的制作做好了准备。

Hello,

I am Lucky, the child patient from Yueyang who received aid at Shanghai Yuanda Cardiothoracic Hospital back in 2012. I underwent major surgery for complex congenital heart disease when I was four and a half years old; the procedure was made possible entirely through the funding provided by the “Heart to Heart” Special Fund. I still vividly remember how foreign volunteers made special trips to the hospital ward to visit me.

So many years have passed and I have grown up well with a stable state of health. Now that I have connected with you on WeChat, I wanted to express my sincere gratitude. Without your assistance back then, my family would never have been able to afford the surgery; you truly changed my life. Moving forward, I will continue to follow Heart to Heart’s charitable initiatives and do my small part to pay this kindness forward. Thank you once again for your years of steadfast benevolence!

您好，我是当年2012年在上海远大心胸医院接受救助的岳阳患儿李思。小时候四岁半做复合型先心病大手术，全靠咱们Heart to Heart心连心专项基金的资助，还有外籍志愿者专程到病房看望我，这件事我一直记到现在。
这么多年过去我已经顺利长大，身体状况一直稳定，今天加上您微信，特别想郑重说一声谢谢。当年如果没有基金会的帮扶，我的家庭根本承担不起手术费用，是你们改变了我的一生。

往后我也会一直关注基金会的公益行动，尽自己微薄之力传递这份爱心，再次感谢你们多年坚持的善意！

Children’s Day on June 1 is a much anticipated day for Chinese children.  Just because children are in the hospital for heart surgery doesn’t mean they are any less excited about it. In fact, maybe they are even more excited.  They will not only get something special from their parents, but they will also get gifts from the hospital and Heart to Heart.  For days before the event, they reminded me it was coming…. just in case I lost my mind and forgot about it/them.  As if I could!

Normally, the children take naps after lunch and don’t wake up until 2 or 3.  This year, however, most were too excited to sleep.  They had been told they could come to the playroom at 1:30 and so the normally sleeping kids started showing up right at 1:45.  They were greeted by us and employees from Heart to Heart’s wonderful sponsor – Morgan Stanley.  (Morgan Stanley donated 50 gift bags so we would be sure to have enough!  We had enough to hand them out to the children too weak to come down for the festivities and those in ICU as well as the children who participated.)  As soon as the children started showing up, Morgan Stanley employees began handing the bags out.  The kids really enjoyed the bags and also the time in the playroom they were able to enjoy on this special day.  Smiles were everywhere – on the children’s faces as well as the adults.  It was a day most of them won’t forget for a long time!

对中国的孩子们来说，六一儿童节是个满心期盼的日子。 即便因心脏手术住院，孩子们对儿童节的期待也丝毫不会减半 —— 事实上，他们说不定还要更兴奋。这天他们不光能收到父母准备的专属惊喜，还能拿到医院与Heart to Heart慈善组织的节日礼物。节日前好几天，小家伙们就纷纷来提醒我节日快到了…… 生怕我忙晕了头，忘了过节、忘了他们。我怎么可能忘呢！

往常午饭后，孩子们都要睡午觉到两三点才醒。可今年这天，大多数孩子都兴奋得睡不着觉。之前通知他们下午1:30可以去游戏室，于是这些往常还在酣睡的小家伙，1:45就陆续凑了过来。 迎接他们的，有我们的工作人员，还有Heart to Heart的爱心赞助方摩根士丹利的员工们。（摩根士丹利一共捐赠了 50 份礼品袋，保证数量充足！身体太虚弱没法下楼参加活动的孩子、ICU 里的患儿，再加上到场参与的所有孩子，人人都能领到一份。） 孩子们一到，摩根士丹利的员工们就开始分发礼品袋。孩子们都特别喜欢这些礼物，也很享受在这个特别的日子里在游戏室尽情玩耍的时光。笑容绽放在孩子和家长每个人脸上。这一天，会成为他们大多数人久久都不会忘怀的快乐回忆。

Heart to Heart receives many requests each week from parents who want to show their children the value of charity towards others.  It’s a great thing they want to do, but if we allowed everyone who wanted to bring their children to the hospital to visit, we would have a constant stream of visitors.  It would be difficult to maintain respect for the recovering children’s privacy;  the visits to the ward really excite most of the children. Thus, visits to the children who have undergone heart surgery are restricted to the sponsor(s) who paid or helped pay for their surgery.  Therefore, if you have helped one of the children have heart surgery through a monetary donation, a visit (up to 5 people) is allowed/encouraged so you (and your children) can meet the child you sponsored.  It’s a great way to show your children how kindness can change someone’s life.

A wonderful example of this happened recently when Chris sponsored a heart surgery with his son Chace.  Luckily, the boy (Buyinyideli) they sponsored was almost the same age as Chace.  Chris and Chace brought him some paper airplane papers.  Little Buyinyideli  was slightly discouraged at first since he said he didn’t know how to make paper airplanes.  Chris and Chace quickly rectified that situation by showing him how to do it.  They made quite a few airplanes and Buyinyideli was definitely interested.  He was soon making them like an expert.  Then they were able to go into the hall to test out the airplanes. A great time was had by all!  We really appreciate that Chris and Chace sponsored Buyinyideli for heart surgery and then took the time to visit him in the hospital and show him the joys of self-made airplanes.  I know neither he nor his mother will ever forget the surgery they provided him with and it will be a long, long time before the fun visit is forgotten.

每周，“心连心”都会收到很多家长的咨询。他们想带孩子来医院看看，让孩子学会关爱他人、体会慈善的意义。这种想法很棒，不过，如果让所有想带孩子来探访的家庭都过来，病房里恐怕就人流不断了。

这样一来，我们很难保护那些正在康复的孩子们的隐私，而且大多数小朋友看到这么多访客也会特别兴奋，反而不利休息。所以，我们只允许承担了孩子手术费用的捐助者前来探望。

如果您通过捐款帮助某个孩子完成了手术，我们非常欢迎您（可以带家人，不超过5人）来探望这个孩子。这也是让您的孩子亲眼看到：一份善意，真的能改变另一个孩子的生命。

最近就有一个特别温暖的例子。克里斯和他的儿子切斯一起捐助了一个名叫布音依德利的孩子做心脏手术。很巧的是，布音依德利和切斯差不多大。探望时，克里斯和切斯特地带上了一些折纸飞机的彩纸。

刚开始，小布音依德利有点不好意思，说自己不会折飞机。克里斯和切斯马上笑着坐下来，一步一步教他。他们折了好几只纸飞机，布音依德利眼睛亮了起来，学得特别专心，没多久就像个小行家一样折得有模有样了。后来，几个人一起跑到走廊上试飞飞机，笑声飘得好远好远。

我们特别感谢克里斯和切斯，他们不仅帮助布音依德利完成了手术，还亲自来探望他，带他体验亲手制作纸飞机的快乐。相信这个孩子和他的妈妈，永远不会忘记这场给予他健康的手术，也会在很长很长时间里，一直记得这个充满欢笑的午后。
谢谢你们，克里斯和切斯！

Everyone who donates towards a child’s heart surgery receives an invitation to visit that child while he/she is in the hospital.  The visits make a huge impression on the children and their families.  They are able to remember who helped them…. and it means a lot to them.  I’ve been in their homes and sometimes seen huge pictures of sponsors when the house had little else in the way of decorations.  They remember your generosity and how it completely changed their lives!  The visits are also – at least for me – incredibly moving experiences when you visit children whose lives you affected so deeply.

So come to the hospital to visit when you get the message that your child has completed surgery and is ready for visitors.  You won’t regret it.

每一位为儿童心脏手术捐款的爱心人士，都将获邀在受助孩子住院期间前往医院探望。这样的探望，会给孩子及其家人留下非常深刻的印象。他们会记住是谁帮助了自己……这对他们来说意义非凡。我曾走访过许多受助家庭，不少家中陈设简单、几乎没有什么装饰，墙上却醒目挂着捐助爱心人士的大幅照片。他们感念每一份善意捐助，更铭记这份善举彻底改写了家庭的命运。于探访者而言，至少在我看来，亲自看望这些因自己的帮助而重获新生的孩子，更是一段直击心灵、令人动容的经历。

因此，当您收到通知，得知自己捐助的孩子已顺利完成手术、可以接受探望时，请前来医院看望孩子。你一定不会后悔这次到访的

Many of our sponsored children and their families live in cold remote areas.  When they return home, they are always happy to have a new blanket to take back with them.  (Since the rooms are air-conditioned in the hospital, they also tend to keep their rooms pretty cold and can use blankets there.)  We are always trying to get people to donate single bed sized blankets since we know how well they are received by the families.  Thus, when Quartus asked if he and his fellow Eagle Scouts could do an Eagle Scout project focused on making blankets for us, we naturally said yes.  The approval, material purchasing, cutting, sewing, etc. took around 5 months.  The scouts did an amazing job though.  They donated 20 beautifully made blankets which are now being given out to our children who live in particularly cold areas of China.  Their parents are particularly pleased and I know the kids will be as well once winter sets in!

THANK YOU Quartus and the other Eagle Scouts who came up with and fulfilled this wonderful project!!!

很多我们资助的儿童和他们的家人生活在寒冷的偏远地区。当在这里的医疗结束后，他们总是很高兴有一条新毯子可以带回家去。（在医院病房里，他们也会将室温调低些，因为他们习惯用毯子。）我们知道单人床大小的毯子很受这些儿童和他们家人的欢迎，因此一直特别鼓励人们捐赠这样大小的毯子。当华图斯提出他和他的鹰级童子军伙伴专门做一个为我们制作毯子的童子军项目时，我们当然欣然同意了。尽管审批、材料采购、裁剪、缝纫等花了大约5个月的时间，童子军最后取得的成果真是太棒了。他们捐赠了20条制作精美的毯子。我们正在把这些毯子分发给生活在特别寒冷的地区的孩子们。他们的父母特别高兴，我知道冬天一到，孩子们也会很高兴的！

感谢华图斯和他的鹰级童子军伙伴们构想并完成了这样一个非常棒的项目！！！

At the start of the new semester, we noticed our school café’s operating hours had been reduced to just 15 minutes during breaks with a limited and monotonous selection of commodities. This was extremely different from the café we remembered and we found it quite hard to adjust. By chance, we heard a teacher suggest the idea of establishing a student-run secondary café. The concept immediately attracted us. We believe such a student-led café would not only help us develop leadership skills, but also provide students on campus with more delicious and affordable food options.

“Baking has never been merely a hobby—it’s my way of exploring beauty and creativity. I’m fascinated by the magical “chemical reactions” of ingredients, watching flour, sugar, and butter transform into something new and delicious. I enjoy this creative process filled with surprise and anticipation.” — Maggie

So far, we have done multiple sales throughout the school year, including Wisstival, International Day, and multiple sales during snack time. We have been collecting the profit and developed self-management skills and upheld the responsibility in taking the minimum amount from the profit to buy ingredients. We have undergone many challenges, such as gathering the starting amount, finding time to maintain the continuity of the project and many more. In spite of all these, by the end of every sale we had a sense of fulfilment from hearing the positive responses from our customers.

“I wanted to participate in a long-term duration project in service as action. This year I wanted to participate in a project where I can improve on my communication skills. From what I reflected on the previous school year this was a skill that I was lacking, and I wanted to improve on it this year.” — Anagha

On the 14th of May 2026, we donated the money we have earned in the past sales to Heart to Heart, donating a total of 2400 RMB. As Interactors we are truly grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute to a meaningful cause, and we owe this small achievement of ours to the support of those who helped us and the customers who wanted to take action. While the amount is small, we hope it can bring a little warmth to those in need. This is our first donation, and our journey has only begun. We hope to keep learning, improving, and finding more ways to give back to our WISS community that has supported us so warmly along the way by selling more treats which bring pleasure to the pallet and lighten up people’s day. We sincerely hope they can plant a seed of kindness that continues to grow. With humility and gratitude, we look forward to walking this path further and continue to support the marvelous Heart to Heart organization.

By: Maggie Xue and Anagha Ramesh

新学期伊始，我们注意到学校咖啡馆的营业时间缩短至课间仅15分钟，且商品种类有限、单调乏味。这与我们记忆中的咖啡馆相去甚远，让我们感到很难适应。一次偶然的机会，我们听到一位老师提议开办一家由学生运营的副咖啡馆。这个想法立刻吸引了我们。我们相信，这样一家由学生主导的咖啡馆不仅能帮助我们培养领导能力，还能为校园里的同学们提供更多美味且价格实惠的食品选择。

烘焙从来不只是我的爱好——它是我探索美与创造力的方式。我着迷于食材之间神奇的‘化学反应’，看着面粉、糖和黄油变化成崭新而美味的东西。我享受这个充满惊喜与期待的创作过程。”—— 麦琪（Maggie）

到目前为止，我们在整个学年里进行了多次售卖活动，包括Wisstival、国际日，以及多次点心时段的售卖。我们一直在累积利润，同时培养了自我管理能力，并承担起从利润中抽取最低限度的资金来购买原料的责任。我们经历了许多挑战，比如筹集启动资金、寻找时间以保证项目的持续性等等。尽管如此，每次售卖结束时，听到顾客们的积极反馈，我们都会获得一种满足感。

我想参与一个长期的服务性行动项目。今年，我想参加一个能提升我沟通能力的项目。根据对上一学年的反思，沟通是我欠缺的技能，我希望今年能在这一点上有所进步。” —— 阿纳加（Anagha）

2026年5月14日，我们将过去几次售卖活动所赚得的款项捐赠给了“心连心”（Heart to Heart）组织，共计2400元人民币。作为Interactors，我们由衷感激能有这个机会为有意义的公益贡献一份力量，而我们这一微小的成绩，离不开那些曾给予我们帮助的人以及愿意付诸行动的顾客们的支持。虽然金额不大，但我们希望它能给需要帮助的人们带去一丝温暖。这是我们的第一次捐赠，而我们的旅程才刚刚开始。我们期望继续学习、不断进步，并通过卖更多能带来味蕾愉悦、点亮大家心情的美味点心来寻找更多方式来回馈一路以来给予我们如此热情关怀的上海西华国际学校（WISS）社区。我们真诚希望，这些行动能种下一颗善意的种子，并不断生长。怀着谦逊与感恩，我们期待在这条路上走得更远，持续支持了不起的“心连心”组织。
作者：Maggie Xue 和 Anagha Ramesh

我叫狄芊芊，在美国寄宿高中读10年级。今年，我以救助先天性心脏病儿童为主题制作了一部定格动画小电影“Heart To Heart”，在美国马塞诸塞州Scholastic Art & Writing Award获得了金奖，并同时赢得American Vision奖项。这一切离不开我在心连心伴随下近5年的成长。

我与心连心的结缘起于在国内初中时期，我们Firefly飞火流萤乐队的第一次演出是参加心连心的义卖小熊活动，冬日的阳光下，我们用稚嫩的乐器和歌声为小熊加油添彩！后来，无论是飞火流萤的慈善音乐会，还是和乐队小伙伴们一起前往德达医院探望先心病患儿，心连心为孩子们所做的一切都深深刻在了我的脑海里。

所以，去年暑假当我开始艺术创作，受到心脏病困扰和获得救助的小朋友和爱心小熊立刻跳入了我的脑海。我以小熊和生病的小朋友为主题创作了爱心救助故事的脚本，并用绘画故事板（hand painting story board）和毛毡手作玩偶(wool-felt puppy)作为动画视频的主体，最终在画室老师的指导下完成了这个定格动画片的创作。定格动画拍摄的过程十分挑战，每一格的动画里玩偶和背景的微小调整都要极具耐心，但是我十分享受，无论是做毛毡玩偶还是进行动画摆拍，都让我感到无比治愈！

感谢心连心让我对生命和生活有了更多真实的接触和思考，也为我和小伙伴们的乐队、以及我的艺术创作带来了源源不断的活力。希望我以“心连心”为题创作的定格动画片能帮助更多的人了解心连心，帮助更多需要帮助的心脏病儿童。

My name is Di Qianqian.  I’m in the 10th grade at a boarding high school in the U.S. This year I made a stop-motion short film called “Heart to Heart” focusing on helping children with congenital heart disease. It won the Gold Award at the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in Massachusetts.  I also received the American Vision Award. None of this would have been possible without nearly five years of growth with Heart to Heart.

My connection with Heart to Heart started back in junior high in China. Our band, Firefly, had its first performance at a Heart to Heart heart bear sale.  We cheered on the little bears with our simple instruments and songs! Later on, whether it was Firefly’s charity concerts or visiting children with congenital heart disease at Delta Hospital with my bandmates, everything Heart to Heart did for the kids left a deep impression on me.

So, last summer when I started my art projects, the kids struggling with heart disease and the heart bears immediately popped into my mind. I created a script for a heartwarming rescue story featuring little bears and sick children,  It hand-painted storyboards and wool-felt puppets as the main parts of the animation video. With guidance from my studio teacher, I finally completed this stop-motion animation video.  The process of shooting stop-motion animation was really challenging—every tiny adjustment of the puppets and background in each frame required a lot of patience—but I really enjoyed it. Whether making the wool-felt puppets or setting up the animation shots, it felt incredibly healing!

I’m grateful to Heart to Heart for giving me a more real connection and reflection on life and for bringing continuous energy to my band with my friends and my art creation. I hope the stop-motion animation I created with ‘Heart to Heart’ as the theme can help more people understand Heart to Heart and help more children with heart disease who need support.

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At the Eagle Shop in the Shanghai American School Puxi Campus volunteers personally dressed the school mascot ‘Eagle’ in beautiful sweaters and cute hats. In an instant, Eagle seemed to come to life becoming the ‘ambassador of love’ that every child wanted to take home.  The kids knew that taking Eagle home meant helping children with congenital heart disease regain their health. All these colorful sweaters and hats that Eagle wore were hand-knitted by volunteers, stitch by stitch, each filled with heartfelt care. From Santa Claus and the reindeer at Christmas to the joy and blessings of the New Year, volunteers designed themed outfits for different holidays—each piece was both delicate and warm. From November 2023 until now, this chain of love has raised over 60,000 RMB.  All was used for surgeries for children with heart disease.  Two children have successfully undergone surgery and are on the road to recovery, thanks to everyone’s support. For the volunteers, this is the best reward—the hours spent knitting day and night, the joy of dressing Eagle carefully and seeing Eagle happily taken home by the kids.  Stitch by stitch they are knitting not just the warmth of sweaters, but hope for children with congenital heart disease to get a new lease on life.

We salute every volunteer at Eagle Shop who works quietly behind the scenes!

And a special thanks to the Shanghai American School Puxi Campus for their loving support!

在上海美国学校浦西校区的Eagle Shop里，志愿者们亲手为学校的吉祥物“Eagle”穿上漂亮的毛衣，戴上可爱的帽子，一瞬间，Eagle仿佛被注入了生命，成为孩子们最想带回家的“爱心大使”。而孩子们也知道，带Eagle回家，意味着帮助患有先天性心脏病的小朋友们重获健康新生。这些色彩缤纷的毛衣和帽子全部由志愿者们一针一线手工编织而成，每一件都倾注着满满的心意。从圣诞节的圣诞老人与麋鹿，到新年的喜庆与祝福—志愿者们根据不同节日，设计出不同主题的衣物，一件件，精致又温暖。从2023年11月到现今，这场爱心接力已累计筹得善款6万余元，全部用于先心病儿童的手术治疗。目前，已有两位孩子在大家的帮助下顺利完成手术，恢复健康。对志愿者们来说，这就是最好的回报——那些日夜编织的时光，那些精心装扮的欢乐，那些被孩子们欢欢喜喜带回家的Eagle，最终化作了孩子胸腔里有力的心跳。一针一线，编织的不只是毛衣的温暖，更是先天性心脏病儿童重获新生的希望。

致敬Eagle shop每一位默默付出的志愿者！

也特别感谢上海美国学校浦西校区的爱心支持！

Five years ago Choco Qiaodou Media and Heart to Heart came together because of a shared intention—to help children with congenital heart disease become healthy.  So far, Qiaodou bought over 126 heart bears.  Their goodwill through the bears was passed on to their clients who had helped Qiaodou’s growth along the way.

“I didn’t expect this little bear to have such a story.”  “I’ll take it home and treasure it”.  When clients expressed these thoughts, love spread from Qiaodou to their clients.  Then it spreads to even more people when the stories are shared.  Kindness continuously multiplies and warmth endlessly circulates.’

五年前，Choco巧豆传媒与上海仁德基金会心连心专项基金因一份共同的初心走到一起——帮助先天性心脏病儿童重获健康。迄今，巧豆已累计捐助37800元，126只爱心小熊承载着善意，传递至一路陪伴巧豆成长的客户们。“没想到是这么有故事的一只小熊”“会带回家好好珍藏”——当客户们说出这些感言时，爱心从巧豆到客户，再到更多人，善意不断扩散，温暖持续传递。

巧豆资助的第一位“小天使”——来自贵州、年仅22个月大的女孩，已成功接受心脏手术。此后，巧豆又陆续帮助了西藏7岁小女孩等多名患儿重获新生。

2024年，巧豆的合作伙伴if溢福也加入这场爱心接力，通过“一心一溢”活动，助力8名先天性心脏病儿童顺利完成手术。这不仅是公益理念的延伸，更是爱心传递的见证。

CHOCO巧豆传媒是一家全域品牌内容增长创意型公司，致力于品牌营销领域中的品牌咨询、艺人管理、内容营销、创意及整合运营。未来，巧豆传媒将持续关注受助儿童的成长，积极探索更多有温度的公益行动，推动社会公益事业的可持续发展，为构建更加美好的社会贡献一份温暖而坚定的力量

Ask most children what they want to be when they grow up and you’ll get a myriad of answers.  The same is true about the children who have heart surgery through Heart to Heart.  However, first, they want to be healthy.  They want to be strong.  They want to have time to realize their dreams.  And none of that can happen for them without heart surgery.   So, sponsor a child!  Help them become pianists, paleontologists, football stars, others, firemen, architects, truck drivers, comedians, artists, ship captains, super heroes, models, drummers, doctors, breakdancers, florists, boxers, vets, farmers, mountain climbers, princesses, mermaids or any number of other things our kids want to be.

Helping children with congenital heart disease is within your power.  Contact infoh2h@rendefoundation.org and find out how you can help them.

If you are interested in facts and figures about Heart to Heart, you might want to read our 2025 annual report.  It’s out now and can be found on our website (www.h2hsh.com) in the Activities section or on our WeChat site (scan the attached QR code if you aren’t already a viewer.)

如果您希望了解”心连心”的具体数据和详细信息，可参阅我们最新发布的《2025年度报告》。该报告现已上线，您可通过以下渠道获取：访问我们的官方网站（www.h2hsh.com）进入”活动”板块查看，或关注我们的微信公众号（若未关注，请扫描文末所附二维码获取）。

Karen Carrington
Executive Director (Volunteer)

New Playroom Volunteers
Amelie O’Brien
Andrea Tuca
Anita Luo
Annie CheArielle Wang
Brandon Zhang
Chen Youqi
Christine Nayabutoz
Claire Jeong
Dafni Tsatsaro
Erica Li
Evelyn Liang
Flora Li
Florence Xu
Harrison ZHu Ge
Isabella Tan
Karen Kwok
Kawtar El Asri
Lee Berat
Lynn Lung
Marianne Gunnarsson
Matteo Yu
Natalie Zhang
Pauline Floze
Samira Salamove
Shuang Wu
Sze Kay Tan
Tarisha Chandra
Yoeku Sam
Yoyo Zhang

New Events Volunteers
Andrea Tuca
Angela Xiong
Anne Doma
Annie Chen
Arielle Wang
Brandon Zhang
Evelyn Liang
Harrison Zhu Ge
Isabella Tan
Karen Kwok
Kawtar el Asri
Lee Berat
Lynn Lung
Marianne Gunnarsson
Pauline Floze
Rebecca Cock
Sabrina Yu
Samira Salamova
Shuang Wu

New Knitting and Sewing Volunteers
Amelie O’Brien
Andrea Tuca
Anita Luo
Anne Doma
Arielle Wang
Brandon Zhang
Claire Jeong
Erica Li
Flora Li
Karen Kwok
Kawtar El Asri
Naomi Ji
Sabrina Yu
Shuang Wu
Zhang Shuxin

New Assembly Volunteers
Andrea Tuca
Anne Doma
Arielle Wanb
Brandon Zhang
Christine Nyabuto
Claire Jeong
Erica Li
Harrison Zhu Ge
Helen Simmons
Karen Kwok
Kawtar El Asri
Lynn Xie
Marianne Gunnarsson
Minaya Xu
NAtalie Zhang
Rebecca Cock
Samira Salamova
Shuang Wu
Zhang Shuzin

New Management Team
Kawtar El Asri

Tuesday, August 4            09:30 – 12:30
Tuesday, August 11          09:30 – 12:30
Tuesday, August 18          09:30 – 12:30
Tuesday, August 25          09:30 – 12:30
Tuesday,  Sept 1              09:30 – 12:30
Tuesday,  Sept 8              09:30 – 12:30

Address: 徐汇区龙漕路218号远大心胸医院3FL 
(To find the team call Alicia at 19921822971 on August 4, Debbie at 13062885855 for the remainder of August and then Alicia again at 19921822971 in September

Upcoming Assembly Dates – Yida Hospital (Qingpu District):

Thursday, July 30           11:00 – 16:00
Thursday, August 6         11:00 – 16:00
Thursday, August 13       11:00 – 16:00
Thursday, August 20       11:00 – 16:00
Thursday, August 27       11:00 – 16:00
Thursday, Sept 3             11:00 – 16:00
Thursday, Sept 10           11:00 – 16:00

Address: 上海市青浦区徐泾镇倪家角路39号

(Contact Karen 13916295852 upon arrival)

Contact Us! 
General Information:  Karen Carrington   (infoh2h@rendefoundation.org)
Admin Team:  Allan, McDean, Ella Liu, Jie Huang, Karen Carrington, Patricia Prado, Sophia Luo, Sunita Rafiz
Annual Report:  Mei Kang
Assembly Manager (Yuanda Hospital):  Alicia Meng, Debbie Foster and May Botha
Assembly Manager (Yida Hospital):  Allan McDean
Book Sales (Chinese):  Mei Kang
Book Sales (English):  Betty Yan
Chinese Language Communication Team:  Di Wu, Ella Liu, Freya Pan, Jie Huang, Lusia Lu, Lyn Yan, Mei Kang, Ming Zhou, Rose Ding
CSR and Group Volunteering Coordinator:  Lusia Lu
CSR and Group Volunteering Team:  Di Wu (Yida)
Events Manager:  Lyn Wy
Events Team Management Backup/Assistant:  Kawtar El Asri, Kris Wang and Lusia Lu
Executive Director:  Karen Carrington (execdirectorh2h@rendefoundation.org)
Field Trips:  Karen Carrington & Nancy Kong
Finance Team:  Jac Wang, Karen Carrington
Heart Bear Order Manager:  Sophia Luo
Knitting Manager:  Sophia Luo
Knitting Manager Backup:  Helen Anderson
Media and Marketing Manager:  Lusia Lu
New Volunteer Applications:  Patricia Prado
Newsletter Editor:  Debra Carter
Newsletter Proofreader:  Karen Carrington
On-line Projects Manager:  Nancy Kong
On-line Sales:  Alicia, Anita, Ceci, Celine, Debbie, May, Poi & Rebecca
Playroom Manager:   Sunita Rafiz
Playroom Backup:  Karen Carrington
Processes & Procedures:  Turner N
Project Management:  Jordan Zhou and Ming Zhou
Sewing Team Manager:  Juliana Zeiske
Sponsorship & Hospital Visits:  Karen Carrington
Video Support:  Lyn Yan
Webmasters:  Eric Wang (database), Jung-wo Lee (website) & Karen Carrington (content)
WeChat Account Manager:  Mei Kang
WeChat Account Backup:  Catherine Li

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Donate Goods
Donate New or Gently Used Goods
Clothing, toys, toiletries, books, company swag – as long as it is not electronic or breakable, we will find a use for it.  Please contact infoh2h@rendefoundation.org.

Donate Your Time
Help out in our hospital playroom, join an assembly session, schedule a special group volunteering session for you and your coworkers, knit or sew bear clothes at home or with friends.  There are countless opportunities.  We definitely need your help!

Tell Your Friends About Us
Talk to a volunteer at an event and pass on the information. Bring a friend to a volunteer session. Enlist your friends from home to make a donation (contact our executive director to find out how you can make this happen).