Summer 2025

Heart to Heart Newsletter

Don’t miss reading our 2024 annual report.  It is available on our website at www.h2hsh.com or on our WeChat site (just scan the code).  Thanks to everyone who contributed to our efforts in any way.  It was a great year!

别错过我们的 2024 年年度报告！您可以在我们的网站 www.h2hsh.com 或微信公众号（扫码查看）上获取。感谢所有以任何方式支持我们工作的人，这是精彩的一年！

On this April day, the sunshine is particularly warm. Three volunteers – Veronica, May, and Sophia – arrived at the hospital to visit little Dong Han, who had just undergone heart surgery. The moment we opened her room door, a smile blossomed on her pale face and her eyes sparkled as she looked at us. Her parents stood by the bed, filled with relief that their child could finally grow up healthy like ordinary children.

We had brought carefully prepared gifts: toys, new clothes, and storybooks. Some were donated by several volunteers from Renheng, along with heart-shaped pillows and small blankets personally knitted by Tingting. Dong Han buried her face in the fluffy pillow, nuzzled it, and wrapped herself in the blanket. She looked like a happy little bear. In that moment, sunlight poured through the curtains onto the colorful blanket, bathing the entire ward in a gentle warmth.

Dong Han, who is a five-year-old girl from Inner Mongolia, was diagnosed with congenital heart disease at birth, but her family could not afford the surgery. She is the 3,558th child sponsored for heart surgery by Heart to Heart. Part of the donation funds came from the sale of heart bears, whose outfits were designed and hand-knit or sewn by volunteers. It was this gathering of countless acts of kindness that provided her heart surgery on March 27.

Looking at Dong Han’s sweet smile, we are thankful that a miracle like this was caused by the warmth of ordinary people reaching out with a helping hand. Her laughter is like the tender sprouts breaking through the soil on the grassland and makes us more determined to continue on this path—because every time we help a child overcome congenital heart disease, we are rewriting the future of a family.
四月的这一天，阳光格外温暖。三位志愿者Veronica，May和Sophia来到医大医院，探望刚完成心脏手术的董涵小朋友。推开病房门的瞬间，小女孩苍白的脸上立刻绽开笑容，眼睛亮晶晶地望着我们。她的父母站在床边，眼里满是欣慰——曾经被病痛笼罩的孩子，如今终于能像普通小朋友一样健康长大。

志愿者们带来了精心准备的礼物：可爱的玩具、柔软的新衣、彩绘的故事书，有些是仁恒几位志愿者老师捐赠的，还有婷婷老师亲手编织的爱心抱枕和小毯子。董涵把脸埋进毛茸茸的抱枕里蹭了蹭，又用毯子裹住自己，像只幸福的小熊。那一刻，阳光透过窗帘洒在彩色毯子上，整个病房都浸在温柔的暖意里。

这位内蒙古的五岁女孩，出生时就被确诊先天性心脏病，却因负担不起手术费而无法治疗，直到获得心连心捐助，她是心连心第3558位援助的孩子，部分捐助款项来自义卖心连心的爱心小熊，而小熊的衣服都是志愿者们亲手设计并编织或缝纫制作的，正是无数爱心汇聚，才让手术台上的无影灯在3月27日为她亮起。

看着董涵甜美的笑容，我们更有感悟：所谓奇迹，不过是普通人伸出援手时掌心的温度。她的笑声像草原上破土而出的嫩芽，让我们更坚定地在这条路上走下去——因为每帮助一个孩子战胜先心病，就是在改写一个家庭的未来。

Hello everyone! I am Veronica, a volunteer with Heart to Heart. My connection with Heart to Heart began ten years ago when I was working at a law firm and a partner’s wife was a Heart to Heart volunteer. This initiated a long-term collaboration between the law firm and Heart to Heart. My husband and I are deeply touched by this 100% volunteer-operated organization.

After retiring last year, I felt lost for a time. Joining the Heart to Heart knitting group and starting to learn knitting from scratch has provided me with immense satisfaction and a sense of purpose. It helped me escape from the emptiness I was experiencing and regain the meaning of life. The knitting gatherings every Tuesday have become the moments I look forward to the most. Now I can skillfully make clothes for heart bears and even teach at companies.

This year, my husband invited me to hike the Camino de Santiago in Spain. At first, I was resistant, until I thought of Karen’s annual fundraising hike—why not make this journey meaningful as well? So we decided to bring along a pair of little heart bears that I knitted by hand to raise funds along the way with a goal of 30,000 yuan (the cost of surgery for a child with congenital heart disease).

Surprisingly, during the arduous 115-kilometer trek over just 5 days (which included heavy rain, blazing sun, and even an a blackout), we and four friends not only achieved our goal but also raised 47,588 yuan! Some friends donated within five minutes, an old acquaintance who had been out of touch for years suddenly showed support, some people who had only met us once also supported us, and even a 9-year-old child contributed his New Year’s money… These gestures of warmth made us forget the hardships of the journey, the blisters on our feet, and the pain in our bodies. But not a single person left the trek. We gained so much love and emotion along the way – cheering and celebrating thanks to the support from friends, feeling as though an invisible hand was pushing us onward.

Now, the friends who donated have all received beautiful little bear gifts. This journey has made us feel profoundly that no matter how much we have been hurt or disappointed in life, this hike has truly purified our souls, allowing us to witness the warmth of humanity, filling our hearts with light. One teammate is still immersed in joy, saying, ‘Every day I go to sleep with a smile.’

Thanks to Heart to Heart not only has it healed the children’s hearts, but it has also healed the souls of us adults.

大家好！我是心连心志愿者Veronica。与心连心的缘分始于十年前–当时我在律所工作，一位合伙人太太正是心连心志愿者，由此开启了律所与心连心的长期合作。我和先生深深被这个100％志愿者运营组织所感

去年退休后，我一度陷入迷茫。加入心连心编织组后，从零开始的编织学习让我得到巨大的满足感和意义感，摆脱空虚与失落，重获生活意义。每周二的编织聚会成了我最期待的时光，现在我已能熟练制作小熊衣物，甚至可以去企业教学了。

今年，我先生邀请我参加西班牙朝圣之路徒步。起初我很抗拒，直到想到Karen每年的徒步筹款–何不让这次旅程也充满意义？于是我们决定带着我自己亲手编织的一对爱心小熊沿途筹款，目标是3万元（一位先心病儿童的手术费）。

令人惊喜的是，短短5天115公里的艰苦跋涉中（期间经历了暴雨、暴晒甚至世纪大停电），我们和四位朋友一起不仅完成了目标，最终筹得47,588元！有朋友五分钟内就捐款，有失联多年的旧识突然支持，有的人只见过一面也支持我们，还有9岁的孩子捐出压岁钱…这些温暖让我们忘却了一路的艰辛、脚底的水泡和身体的疼痛。但是没有一个人做了逃兵，因为我们收获了非常多的爱和感动，一路都因为朋友们的支持欢呼雀跃，感觉身后有无形的手在推着我们走。

现在，捐款的朋友们都收到了精美的小熊礼物。这次旅程让我们深刻感受到：不管在生活中被伤害或失望过，这次的徒步真正意义上净化了我们的心灵，让我们看到了人间的温暖，心中洒满了光。有位队友至今仍沉浸在喜悦中，说＂每天都是笑着入睡的＂。

感谢心连心，不仅治愈了孩子们的心脏，更疗愈了我们这些成年人的心灵.

After years of dealing with donated toys, it seems to be a fact that we just don’t get much for children under 3 years old.  Oftentimes, we are at a loss as to what to give them to make them smile.  That’s where you can help.  This age children love musical instruments, things to keep their hands busy, balls, duplo, rattles, soft books, things that play music, etc.  If you’re looking for a way to help us, send things of this type!  We’d love to have them.

NEW toys can be sent to:  上海市青浦区徐泾镇倪家角路99号  Karen 13916295852

2^nd hand toys in good shape can be sent to: 徐汇区龙漕路218号远大心胸医院3FL   Juliana 18221187714

We’ll take care of getting the toys to the children who need them.  Thank you for helping!

无论是2个月大还是99岁，在大手术后住院对于谁都不是一件有趣的事。你大概率会觉得时间过得很慢，有时甚至会感到无聊和沮丧。这种心态肯定是不利于康复的。这就是我们设立“心连心”游戏室的原因之一。让孩子们能下床并让他们感到开心，可以加速康复过程。然而，游戏室每天只能开放2小时（以免孩子们太累），所以孩子们还是有很多时间需要找点事情做。这时，我们的欢迎袋就派上用场了！每个由“心连心”赞助的孩子都会得到一个。除了洗漱用品和衣物，袋子里还有美术用品、书籍、玩具等，可以充足我们小患者的时间，让他们在床上也可以忙碌起来。

多年处理捐赠的玩具的经验，让我们发现3岁以下儿童的玩具似乎很少。很多时候，我们不知道该给他们什么才能让他们开心。这就是你可以帮忙的地方。这个年龄段的孩子喜欢乐器和可以让他们的小手忙起来的东西， 比如球、大颗粒积木、摇铃、软皮书、和能播放音乐的东西等。如果你想帮助我们，就寄这些玩具过来吧！我们非常高兴能收到它们。

新玩具可以寄到：上海市青浦区徐泾镇倪家角路99号 Karen 13916295852

状况良好的二手玩具可以寄到：徐汇区龙漕路218号远大心胸医院3楼 Juliana 18221187714
我们会负责将这些玩具送到需要的孩子们手中。感谢你的帮助！

On April 26, 2025, SCIS celebrated the 10th anniversary of its beloved ECE Charity Art Auction—an annual fundraiser that supports Heart to Heart Shanghai. Over the past years, this event has raised enough funds to sponsor life-saving surgeries for 35 children.

This year’s event, themed “A Colorful Life,” welcomed 90 guests to an evening filled with creativity, community, and compassion. The program was divided into three exciting segments: a live auction showcasing original artwork from each ECE class, Heart to Heart bear sales and a special piece by the Girl Scouts of Shanghai; a silent auction featuring generous donations from local businesses and school community members; and a lively raffle drawing.

The highlight of the night was the auction of “A Windy Day,” a stunning mixed-media piece by Ms. Julie Jackson’s Nursery class, created under the guidance of parent artist Mao Mao. This artwork captured the hearts of many and ultimately sold for an impressive RMB 6,100—the highest bid of the evening. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who contributed.

The SCIS ECE Charity Art Auction continues to be a testament to the power of art, community spirit, and the shared commitment to making a difference in the lives of children in need. As the event grows year by year, so too does its impact—bringing hope, healing, and heart to families across China.

上海长宁国际学校（SCIS）慈善艺术拍卖会2025 年 4 月 26 日，SCIS庆祝了其深受喜爱的ECE慈善艺术拍卖10周年——这是一项支持心连心上海的年度筹款活动。近年来，这个活动筹集了足够的资金，为35名儿童提供了心脏手术。

今年的活动以“多彩生活”为主题，共迎来了 90 位客人，大家一起度过了一个充满创造力、团结和同情心的夜晚。活动分为三个精彩环节：现场拍卖会展示了每个幼教班的原创艺术作品，心连心小熊售卖以及上海女童军的特别作品；由当地企业和学校社区成员慷慨捐赠的无声拍卖；以及热闹的抽奖活动。

当晚的亮点是由朱莉·杰克逊女士的幼儿班创作的混合媒介作品《有风的一天》的拍卖，该作品在家长艺术家毛毛的指导下完成。这件艺术品俘获了许多人的心，最终以 6,100 元人民币的价格售出，创下当晚的最高出价。衷心感谢所有参与的人。SCIS ECE慈善艺术拍卖会将继续证明艺术的力量、社区精神以及共同致力于改变需要帮助的儿童生活的承诺。随着该活动的逐年发展，其影响也不断扩大，为中国各地的家庭带来希望、治愈和温暖.

Back in late 2022, three “best aged girls” from Austria and Germany – Magdalena, Michaela and Juliana – started to meet regularly to enjoy their hobby of sewing together…and soon by JUMAMI  was born, a logo related to our first names plus the infinity sign for unlimited creativity.

Magdalena has been an active sewing team member for H2H for years already, well known for her perfection and beautifully sewn heart bear outfits. She was the one who sparked the fire in me to learn how to use a sewing machine earlier that year during a H2H project with the German fashion company Gerry Weber and to join the team. Michaela brought in the idea of making bags – all kind of bags – to widen our “product range” beyond cute bear outfits.

We began sewing various bags, from simple pouches and foldable shopping bags to elegant ladies’ handbags. It has been a learning curve, with try outs, sometimes failure but mainly success, big improvement of our sewing skills and necessary upgrades of our technical equipment, and – most important – we always had a lot of fun together!

In a world of overproduction, fast fashion and single use items, our vision is to create sustainable things, using secondhand materials and giving them a new life. That’s what by JUMAMI stands for: all our bags are mainly made from recycled materials.

At H2H we often receive donations of old fabrics and clothes which can perfectly be re-used for our sewing projects.
And we established new channels via personal contacts like Mr. Wally Li, General Manager of Glen Raven Asia Suzhou, a company that produces fabrics for outdoor furniture and sunscreens, who sent us a big package of different heavy fabrics after we introduced our project to him.
Spreading the word about what we are doing and whom we support does often inspire and engage other friendly people to support us: The cooperation with C&A sourcing started as the simple request for outdated fabric samples and is now an established connection for H2H. Two or three times a year we receive many bags of sample clothes and fabric samples and cash donations from C&A.

In Guangzhou, during our “business trip” to visit the famous fabric and accessory markets last March, we were overwhelmed by the immediate action of a shop owner who called us back and gave us several meters of denim fabric right from the panel for free after we asked for samples and told him about H2H.

In spring 2024 we introduced our bags as additional merchandise items for H2H booths at various events, and they are well received. The bags now got a H2H label which clearly show their purpose of raising money for children’s heart surgery.

The money from our first sold H2H bag went to a combined donation to sponsor a nine-month-old little girl from Guizhou, Li Shuxuan, H2H Child #3337. We were so happy to see our work and passion going into the right direction!

Together with the H2H sewing and cutting team we widened our portfolio to make use of all the collected fabrics which are not suitable for bag making and started quilting to make blankets and napkins and more. Those new items were first time successfully offered to public sales at our 6^th Art for Hearts Show last November.
by JUMAMI  for H2H was presented with own space and could contribute over 10.000 RMB in sales to the total achievement of the event.The bags by JUMAMI have already become a true H2H project: engaged assembly team members like Celine, Sandra, Juliet, Camilla and Sophia started using a sewing machine (again) and learn to sew H2H bags and other items. Together we want to continue raising money for many more surgeries!

Juliana Zeiske

JUMAMI ¥和心联心

早在2022年底，来自奥地利和德国的三位“冻龄女孩”——Magdalena、Michaela和Juliana——出于对缝纫的共同爱好，开始定期见面，享受一起缝纫的快乐……很快，JUMAMI ¥诞生了，一个与我们的名字相关，寓意着无限的创意的标志。

Magdalena多年来一直是心联心缝纫组中活跃的一员。大家都知道她对完美的追求和她缝制的精致的爱心熊服饰。那年早些时候，我在心联心与德国时尚公司Gerry Weber举办的一次活动中，萌生了学习使用缝纫机的念头。Magdalena激发了我的学习热情并带领我加入了缝纫组。Michaela提出制作各式手袋的想法，以拓展我们的爱心熊服饰“产品线”。

我们开始缝制手袋，从简单的小袋和可折叠购物袋到优雅的女士手提包。这是一个循序渐进的学习提高过程。我们做各种尝试，有失败，但更多是成功。我们的缝纫技能有了很大的提高，我们的设备也进行了必要的升级，最重要的是，我们在一起总是玩得很开心！

在这个物质生产过剩、快时尚和一次性使用产品的世界里，我们的愿景是使用二手材料，创造绿色可持续的物品，并赋予它们新的生命。这就是JUMAMI ¥所代表的：使用闲置材料制做我们的手袋。

心联心经常收到人们捐赠的旧布料和衣物，用于我们的缝纫项目正合适。

我们还通过个人关系开拓了新的材料渠道。Glen Raven Asia 苏州的总经理Wally Li先生就是其中的一位。Glen Raven Asia是一家生产户外家具面料和防晒霜的公司。我们向Wally Li先生介绍了我们的项目后，他给我们寄来了一大包各色厚面料。

分享我们正在做的事情以及我们帮助的对象往往会激发和吸引更多的善意和支持。C&A采购是心联心的紧密合作伙伴。起初，我们只是向C&A采购要了一些过季的面料样品，现在我们每年会有两三次收到来自C&A的许多衣服和面料样品以及现金捐款。

去年3月我们去广州“出差”，参观当地著名的面料和配饰市场。我们向一位店主介绍了心联心，并向他要了一点布料样品。我们走出店门不久，这位店主叫住我们，并从柜台上拿了好几米的牛仔布料免费送给我们。我们简直太喜出望外了！

2024年春天，在各种活动的心联心展位上，我们推出了手工包袋，这些新货品卖的很不错。现在，这些包袋都有了心联心的标识，清晰显示了为儿童心脏手术筹集善款的目的。我们售出的第一个心联心包袋所得的善款成了赞助一个来自贵州的九个月大的小女孩，李树轩，心联心儿童#3337的心脏手术费用的一部分。看到我们的工作和热情获得的正向成果，我们很开心。

心联心收集到的面料中，有一些不适合做包袋，我们与心联心剪裁缝纫团队一起，利用这些布料缝制毯子和餐巾，进一步扩展了心联心产品线。去年11月，这些新货品在第六届艺连心艺术展上首次成功亮相。

在艺术展上，“JUMAMI ¥为心联心”有自己独立的展位，通过售卖手工包袋等，为这次善款筹集活动贡献了超过10,000元人民币。

JUMAMI¥的包袋已经成为名副其实的心联心项目。缝纫积极成员如：Celine、Sandra、Juliet、Camilla和Sophia等又重新开始使用缝纫机，学习缝制心联心包袋等。我们希望继续一起为儿童心脏手术筹集更多的资金！

Juliana Zeiske

Heart to Heart has a long tradition of helping the wider community and this month saw smiles stretching from the city of Shanghai all the way to rural Tibet.

With temperatures starting to climb in here in Shanghai, donations of warm winter clothes were quickly beginning to pile up. Luckily, one of our regular volunteers, Lorenzo, had the perfect solution and contacted a friend who works with families in Tibet. Yongbei was thrilled to learn of a potential source of clothing for the young children in his local area and arranged to come and meet the assembly team at Yuanda hospital, where his smiling face and generous nature quickly won over all our hearts.

On learning of the project, the regular Tuesday assembly volunteers immediately sprang into action and carefully packed suitable clothing into bags and boxes ready for the long journey ahead …we may even have slipped in a few soft toys as an extra treat!!!

We have just heard that the first shipment has reached the children, and the smiling faces below reveal their delight and enthusiasm upon opening the parcels. Here in Shanghai, the whole assembly team are also still smiling at the joy of being able to reach out to another community and perpetuate the Heart to Heart spirit of helping others.

Long may we continue sending warm-hearted smiles across the miles!

跨越千里的微笑

心连心专项基金一直以来都秉持着帮助更广泛地区的传统，而本月的善举让微笑从上海延伸到了遥远的西藏乡村。

随着上海气温逐渐升高，冬季保暖衣物的捐赠也迅速积累起来。幸运的是，我们的一位常驻志愿者 Lorenzo 找到了完美的解决方案——他联系了一位在西藏服务当地家庭的朋友 – 永北。永北得知可能会有一批适合儿童的衣物可供捐赠时非常高兴，立即前往远大医院与我们打包小组会面。他那灿烂的笑容与充满爱心的性格迅速赢得了大家的喜爱。

当我们每周二的打包志愿者们得知这个项目后，立刻投入行动，认真地将合适的衣物装袋打包，准备好踏上长途跋涉的旅程……我们还偷偷塞了一些毛绒玩具作为额外的小惊喜！！！

我们刚刚收到消息，第一批包裹已经送达孩子们手中。从下面照片中孩子们灿烂的笑容中，我们可以看到他们收到包裹时的喜悦与激动。而在上海，我们的整个打包团队也同样心怀喜悦，因为我们能够跨越地域的界限，传递 心连心 助人为乐的精神。

One of our recent little patients with a complex situation was an 11 year old girl from Guizhou province – Huang Han.  She comes from a Dong minority family of four – parents, a 13 year old brother and herself.  They live in a self-built house in rural Guizhou province. Her brother is in junior high school. She is also in school when possible.  The mother stays home to take care of the family. The father is a migrant factory worker earning 40,000 yuan a year.  He sends as much of this home to the family as he can. They still have a debt of 50,000 yuan from Huang Han’s first surgery and couldn’t get loans for the other surgeries she needed.

Huang Han was diagnosed with complex congenital heart disease when she was four months old.  It was known that multiple surgeries were required to correct the situation. She had her first surgery in Guangzhou in 2020. She started suffering from fatigue and her lips turned purple so she had her 2nd open heart surgery through H2H at Yida Hospital in December 2024.  Her 3rd surgery open heart surgery also took place at Yida Hospital in February 2025 through Heart to Heart.  She was nervous throughout the process, but was a brave, upbeat little girl who had a smile for everyone.  She’s doing fine now and wants to thank all the Heart to Heart sponsors who helped her get the surgeries she needed.  The care and attention that so many people have shown her through the process has filled her with hope.  She’s looking forward to a long, happy life now.  We know she’ll do well with the wonderful attitude and loving personality that she showed all of us.  We will miss having her around, but know she’s destined for great things and that maybe we’ll see her another day under the best of circumstances.
Good luck Huang Han!

心连心专项基金资助的孩子们来自全国各地，涵盖不同民族，他们的心脏病情各异——有的属于简单先天性缺陷，有的则较为复杂，若不及时治疗，可能危及生命。只要经医学评估确认可手术，并征得家长同意，心连心便会提供资助，帮助孩子们尽快接受治疗。我们的目标是让每一个需要帮助的孩子都能重获健康。

最近，我们遇到了一位令人牵挂的小患者——11岁的侗族女孩小黄，来自贵州农村。她的家庭并不富裕：父母、13岁的哥哥和她住在一栋自建房里，母亲全职照料家庭，父亲在外地工厂打工，年收入约4万元，勉强维持生计。小黄的第一次心脏手术已让家里背负了5万元债务，而后续治疗的费用更让这个家庭陷入困境。尽管如此，她依然坚持上学，渴望像其他孩子一样健康成长。

小黄在四个月大时就被确诊患有复杂的先天性心脏病，医生告知她的治疗将是一场漫长的征程，需要多次手术才能逐步改善。2020年，她在广州接受了第一次手术。然而到了2024年底，她开始频繁感到疲惫，嘴唇也时常发紫——这是病情加重的信号。幸运的是，心连心专项基金及时介入，资助她前往上海医大医院接受治疗。2024年12月，她成功完成了第二次开胸手术；短短两个月后，2025年2月，心连心专项基金再次支持她进行了第三次心脏手术。

尽管手术带来的疼痛和恐惧让她紧张不安，但小黄始终以惊人的勇气和乐观面对一切。医护人员常常被她温暖的笑容打动——即使在最艰难的时刻，她依然用微笑回应每个人的关心。如今，她的恢复情况良好，身体一天天强壮起来。”谢谢所有帮助我的好心人，”她真诚地说，”是你们让我重新看到了希望。”现在的她，正满怀期待地憧憬着未来——一个健康、幸福，充满可能的未来。
我们相信，这份坚强与善良，一定会引领她走向更广阔的天地。虽然离别难免让人不舍，但我们更期待她绽放光彩的那一天。或许在某个阳光明媚的日子里，我们会再次相遇，见证她实现所有的梦想。
小黄，勇敢向前吧！你的未来，一定如星辰般璀璨！

On Saturday 26th April, the children, families and staff of DUCKS, Dulwich College Kindergarten School, came together to raise money for children with congenital heart disease. Taking part in the DUCKS Dash, an obstacle course run on a route around the whole campus, our students aged 2 to 7 had fun together while raising money for our valued community partner, Rende Heart to Heart Shanghai.

Our DUCKS Dash is just the latest initiative undertaken over the many years we have partnered with Heart to Heart. It is a relationship we are very proud of and continue to develop year by year. Organiser and Assistant Head of DUCKS, Carol Dutch commented, ‘Our idea is by exercising and keeping our hearts healthy, we raise money for children who need surgery to fix their hearts. The support from our school community was outstanding, and the event was a highlight of the school year!’
Service learning is at the heart of our ethos here at Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong. Our college values underpin everything we do; Respect, Inclusivity, Kindness, Integrity, Resilience, and Responsibility. Furthermore, our value statements of ‘Value every voice, ‘Do the right thing’, and Make a difference’ really guide our young learners in helping them understand the importance of each of us playing our part.
Sharing the photos and stories of the children who receive their heart surgery as a direct result of our DUCKS sponsorship, brings our community together. There is something very beautiful, and powerful- about children helping children.

Thank you, Heart to Heart, for all you do and allowing us the privilege of joining you on your journey.

4月26日星期六，德威浦西幼儿园（DUCKS）的孩子们、家长和教职工齐聚一堂，为先天性心脏病患儿筹款。在这场环绕校园的障碍跑”DUCKS DASH”活动中，2至7岁的同学们不仅玩得开心的同时，为我们重要的社区合作伙伴——上海仁德基金会”心连心”项目献上了爱心。

这场障碍跑只是我们与”心连心”多年合作中的最新善举。这段让我们非常骄傲的伙伴关系，正逐年深化。活动组织者、DUCKS副校长Carol Dutch表示：”我们希望通过锻炼在保持心脏健康的同时，能为需要心脏手术的孩子们筹款。全校师生的支持是非凡的，这是本学年的高光时刻！”

服务式学习始终是上海浦东德威外籍人员子女学校的核心理念。我们以”尊重、包容、善良、正直、坚韧、责任”的价值观为基石，更通过”倾听每个声音”、”做正确的事”、”创造改变”三大行动纲领，引导同学们理解付出自己的那一份努力的重要性。

分享因为DUCKS资助而获得心脏手术的患儿照片和故事时，整个社区都为之凝聚。孩子们在帮助孩子们——这是一份纯粹的美好并有着巨大的力量。

感谢”心连心”的贡献和你们让我们有幸参与这段旅程。

Where in China do our children come from?  All over the place!  Here are some of them we’ve helped in the last 6 months.  They are all back home now recovering and starting their lives as children without CHD.  They and their families are full of hope and the possibilities that life has to offer.  Join our mission to help even more children!

先天性心脏病（简称先心病）是一种出生时就存在的心脏缺陷，患儿自出生起便带有此病症而非后天获得。先心病的种类繁多，有些症状极其轻微甚至可能多年未被察觉，也有些情况十分危急需要立即干预。这是一种全球范围内普遍存在的出生缺陷，世界各地都有病例。上海心连心在中国正是因为我们要帮助那些罹患先心病却因家庭无力承担手术费用的中国儿童。

我们救助的孩子们来自中国哪些地区呢？答案是全国各地都有！以下是过去半年我们救助的部分患儿案例。这些孩子现在已全部回到家里休养，开启了没有先心病困扰的新生活。这些孩子们的家庭也重新燃起了对生活的希望，拥抱充满无限可能的人生。诚邀您加入我们的救助行动，让更多孩子获得新生！

   Address: 徐汇区龙漕路218号远大心胸医院3FL    

New Playroom Volunteers
Chenxi Li
Fatima Ayesha
Jordan Acosta Lee
Karen Lui
Kathy Yu
Keiara Fox
Leah Ju
Minhua Shen
Priscilla Yan
Vivian He

New Assembly Volunteers
Keiara Fox
Karen Liu
Leah Ju
Priscilla Yan
Vivian He

New Events Volunteers
Keiara Fox
Karen Liu
Kathy Yu
Leah Ju
Shashi Yadav

New Knitting Volunteers
Priscilla Yan

New Manager Team
Lyn Wy

Contact Us! 
General Information:  Karen Carrington   (infoh2h@rendefoundation.org)
Admin Team:  Karen Carrington
Annual Report:  Mei Kang
Assembly Manager (Yuanda Hospital):  Juliana Zeiske
Assembly Team Backups:  Mary Isobel, Sandra Powley
Assembly Manager (Yida Hospital):  Allan McDean
Book Sales:  Mary Isobel and Mei Kang
Chinese Language Communication Team:  Ella Liu, Freya Pan, Jie Huang, Lusia Lu, Mei Kang, Rose Ding & Yen-ling Von Meister
CSR and Group Volunteering Managers:  Lusia Lu
CSR and Group Volunteering Team:  Juliana Zeiske (Yuanda) & Allan McDean & Di Wu (Yida)
Events Manager:  Lyn Wy
Events Team Management Backup/Assistant:  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:  Juliana Zeiske
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, Deirdre, May, Poi & Rebecca
Playroom Manager:   Jessie Yao
Playroom Backup:  Karen Carrington
Processes & Procedures:  Rina Mybourg
Project Management:  April Shi, Jordan Zhou and Ming Zhou
Sewing Team Manager:  Rina Mybourg
Sponsorship & Hospital Visits:  Karen Carrington
Webmasters:  Eric Wang (database), Jung-wo Lee (website) & Karen Carrington (content)
Website pictures (remote):  Lenel Roux
WeChat Account Manager:  Mei Kang

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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).

Sign up to volunteer on our website.  Feel free to pass along the information to friends who may want to get involved.