September 2024

Heart to Heart Newsletter

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

We believe that corporate and school partnerships are essential to achieving our mission.  We would love to have your company or school join us in saving lives of children from all over China with congenital heart disease (CHD). We hope you have a commitment to social responsibility. By supporting us, you can make a meaningful contribution to this life-saving, life-changing and life-enhancing cause.

How can you do this?  We have many ways that you can volunteer as a group with us.  Details of the majority of them can be obtained by contacting Lusia at (WeChat – LusiaSL).  If your company or school would like to help us out by working to sort donated goods or other manual activities at one of our hospital locations, here’s what we currently have available:

• VOLUNTEER at our mini-warehouse at Yida Hospital in Qingpu district. All are welcome (with chaperon if under 15 years old).  We can accommodate up to 12 people at a time.  Three-hour sessions can be scheduled any days except Mondays.
• VOLUNTEER at our assembly room in Yoda Hospital in Xuhui district.  All volunteers 15 years old and above are welcome in groups up to 12 people at a time.  Generally, three hour sessions on Tuesday afternoons or Thursdays are preferred

Contact Lusia (WeChat – LusiaSL) and she’ll help you get it scheduled through the correct volunteer.  Come join in the fun and help children with congenital heart disease at the same time.我们相信企业和学校合作伙伴关系对于实现我们的使命至关重要。我们诚意邀请您的公司或者学校加入我们，一起拯救中国各地患有先天性心脏病(CHD)的儿童的生命。我们希望我们的合作伙伴跟我们一样承诺践行社会责任。通过跟我们合作，您也将为这个拯救生命、改变命运的事业做出有意义的贡献。

参与我们的志愿服务有很多种方式，可以联系志愿者Lusia（微信：LusiaSL）了解详情。如果贵司或贵校希望帮助我们整理捐赠物品或者参与其它在医院进行的后勤活动，我们目前有这些需求：

• 成为⻘浦区医大医院的后勤志愿者 ——所有员工、学生、朋友、家人(15岁以下需有监护人陪同) 都欢迎参与，每次活动人数不超过12人。 除了周一外，每天都可以开放一个3小时的服务时段。
• 成为徐汇区远大心胸医院的后勤志愿者——只要是15岁及以上的志愿者都欢迎，每次活动人数不超过12 人。如无特殊情况，每周二下午和周四全天都能安排一个3小时的服务时段。

有意向跟我们合作的伙伴们，欢迎联系志愿者Lusia（微信：LusiaSL）。她会协助您计划活动，并且帮您对接相关的负责人。加入我们吧，帮助先心病的小朋友们，并且体验丰富多彩的志愿服务活动。

Over several months Heart to Heart volunteers meticulously prepared for the event by handcrafting 166 heart bears (including 30 specially designed bears). These special bears honored women from various professions, such as female astronauts exploring the universe, athletes embodying the spirit of resilience, as well as female scholars and writers. Each bear was unique, symbolizing not only love but also recognition and admiration for female strength. The event received widespread support from various social sectors, collectively voicing love and spreading warmth. In just one month, the “Overflowing Heart” event helped multiple children with congenital heart disease undergo surgical treatment.

We are deeply grateful to IF (溢福) for their support for children with congenital heart disease and we look forward to IF continuing to bring more compassion and hope on their charitable journey.  The “Overflowing Heart” H2H Heart event allowed many “hearts” to chase dreams and we hope to continue our efforts in gratitude.
2024年三八妇女节前夕，if溢福携手上海仁德基金会心连心专项基金，推出“一心一溢”爱心小熊公益活动，关爱患有先天性心脏病的儿童，希望通过慈善捐助和关爱行动，帮助患病的儿童进行手术治疗，呼吁更多的社会人士关注先心病儿童的健康。

心连心的志愿者们为活动准备了几个月的时间，一针一线手工编织166只爱心小熊，其中特别设计了30款特别版小熊，致敬不同行业的女性职业者，有勇敢探索宇宙的女宇航员，传达铿锵玫瑰精神的运动员，以及女博士和女作家等等。这些志愿者们是来自各行各业的女性，每只爱心小熊都是独一无二的存在，不仅是爱心的象征，更是对女性力量的认可和赞美。此次活动得到各界社会人士的爱心支持，共同为爱发声，传递温暖。“一心一溢”公益活动在短短一个月内，帮助多位先天性心脏病儿童完成手术治疗，直到目前，更多的救助仍在进行中。

我们非常感谢if溢福关注和援助先天性心脏病儿童，期待if溢福在未来的公益之路上，带来更多的感动和希望，为构建更加美好的社会贡献一份力量。

“一心一溢”爱心小熊公益活动，让一颗“心”追逐属于自己的梦想，让我们一起感受“溢”出来的幸福感。

我们非常感谢if溢福关注和援助先天性心脏病儿童，期待if溢福在未来的公益之路上，带来更多的感动和希望，为构建更加美好的社会贡献一份力量。

“一心一溢”爱心小熊公益活动，让一颗“心”追逐属于自己的梦想，让我们一起感受“溢”出来的幸福感。

The band consists of Audrey, the lead singer, Cindy on the keyboard, Ethan playing the lute/pipa, Venus on flute, and both Aileen and Iris playing cello. They fused Chinese opera and popular songs in Chinese and English in a clever manner to showcase the collision of Chinese and foreign, ancient and contemporary cultures. The program included adaption of Chinese Opera “Ode to the Pear Blossom of the Imperial Concubine of the Tang Dynasty”, Kunqu Opera “Peony Pavilion”, pop music “Trouble is Friend”, musical “When Will My Life Begin”, Chinese folk music “House of the Flying Daggers” and “Dance Music of the Yi Ethnic Group”, an original song “The World of Flying Fire and Fireflies”, etc. They passionately told stories through their music to the audience.   All funds raised by the concert went to CHD surgery.

The curtain raised three years ago when the Firefly Band premiered at the Heart to Heart Christmas bazaar. Youthful and hopeful, they shared a happy and joyful time with everyone through their music. The band members have been proactively engaged in many of the H2H events since then with the hope that their love can be just like their music – planting seeds of hope in people’s hearts to flourish and to bloom into brilliant flowers.

We hope these young adults grow up in the company of music and compassion to convey hope continuously and create infinite possibilities.

在这个充满热情与希望的夏天，我们迎来了飞火流萤国潮乐队三周年的公益专场音乐会。飞火流萤国潮乐队是一支由上海包玉刚实验学校的六位初中生自发组织的音乐团队，他们成功表演了精心打磨的曲目，通过音乐的力量传递心意和爱，帮助先天性心脏病儿童进行手术治疗，让他们的生命之花得以在爱的阳光下重新绽放。

乐队成员有主唱符涵菲Audrey，键盘狄芊芊Cindy，琵琶孙奕程Ethan，长笛陆晔莹Venus，大提琴陆清蔚Aileen，大提琴鄧璧晴Iris。他们把中国戏曲与中英文流行歌巧妙融合，完美展示中外古今文化的碰撞，表演曲目包括改编京剧《大唐贵妃梨花颂》，昆曲《牡丹亭》，流行音乐《Trouble is friend》，音乐剧《when will my life begin 》，中国民乐《十面埋伏》和《彝族舞曲》，原创歌曲《飞火流萤的世界》等。他们通过音乐来讲述他们的故事与热爱，并传递给每一位听众。音乐会上通过义卖爱心小熊筹集的全部款项将用于帮助先天性心脏病儿童的手术治疗。
回首三年前，飞火流萤的首场演出正是在心连心的圣诞节义卖活动中拉开帷幕，他们带着青涩与梦想，用音乐在欢乐的氛围中与大家共度美好时光。自那以后，乐队成员们积极参与心连心的各项公益活动，希望自己的爱心能够像他们的音乐一样，在人们心中播下希望的种子，让它们生根发芽，开出绚烂的花朵。

希望音乐和爱心可以伴随着这帮孩子们一起长大，继续传递希望，创造无限可能！

I’m Silvia.  I’m Brazilian-German.  I met Karen during a meeting at an expatriate association at the beginning of 2023 where she was giving a speech.  I knew the moment we talked, Heart to Heart was exactly what I was looking for! The next week I started volunteering with Karen at Yida Hospital assembling basic necessities bags and delivering them to the kids as they arrived at the hospital. Twice a week, at least, I was there with her!

Volunteering at H2H also allowed me to see the many branches of organization they run – from heart bears, bingo nights, walking challenges, sales for kids, library field trips and so many more.

I’m leaving China today for my new home in France and will miss those days and remember them dearly!

I’m really grateful for having been able to take a small part of this huge Heart beat!

我叫Silvia，是一名巴西籍德国人。2023年初，我在一个外派人员协会的聚会上我认识了Karen，当时她正在发表演讲。在我们开始交谈的那一刻，我就知道“心连心”是我一直在寻找的！一周后，我就开始和Karen一起在益达医院做志愿者，包装基本的生活用品包，在孩子们到达医院时亲手交到他们手中。其后，每周至少两次，我都会和她一起去医院！

在“心连心”做义工还让我了解了他们运营的许多项目——从爱心小熊、宾果之夜、徒步挑战赛、儿童义卖到图书馆春游等等。

今天，我即将离开中国，前往法国的新家。我会怀念那些在“心连心”的日子，并深深记住它们！我非常感激能够参与到这个充满爱心和活力的活动！

So how were the games??? Many winners!!!  (Thank you for all who donated prizes!)  We even had several first time BINGO players who won prizes and saw how fun things could be.  I hope they’ll return the next time we play.  Also, it should be mentioned that we added a different twist to the evening….. the BINGO caller(s) changed each round depending upon who won the last game.  There are a lot of great fledgling BINGO callers now.  Thank you for being such good sports.  Everyone was really good at it.

We’d like to say a big thanks to Abbey Road for putting up with our craziness for a whole evening and for Brits Abroad Shanghai for matching the funds that we raised during the event.  H2H-Abbey Road-Brits Abroad is a great combination. It obviously got things done this time.

没能参加六月二十一号心连心宾果聚会的朋友们，真心错过了一个好时光。很开心许多心连心的支持者共聚一堂聊天、欢笑、得奖之外，最重要的是合力资助一位病童的心脏手术。我不认为我们帮助的孩子听过宾果游戏，但是志工当中会有人跟他/她解释我们是通过这个游戏筹集帮助他们得到治疗经费的。感谢冒雨出席的朋友们！希望能在术后探访各位资助的病童时与各位再见面。深信那将又是一个美好经验。

那么比赛怎么样呢？？？有许多赢家！！！（感谢所有慷慨捐赠奖品的人）有几位头一回玩宾果游戏的赢家更感受到它的趣味，希望他们在下一次的活动卷土重来。值得一提的是我们为当晚的活动添加了一个刺激元素 — 游戏叫号员根据每一回合赢家而有所更动。现在我们有许多初出茅庐很棒的叫号员了。谢谢大家都如此有风度，每位都擅长此道。

非常感谢“艾比之路”对我们整晚高亢奔放的容忍，“上海英侨协会”为我们当晚筹集的款项提供百分百匹配。上海心连心-艾比之路-上海英侨协会真是个好搭档。这次很显然我们顺利完成任务。

At H2H we love interns.  This summer we had a high school student from Ningbo spend a week with us volunteering in the playroom and helping to pack/deliver bags for the children and their families.  Here are his impressions of the H2H and his experience. Thank you, Robin, for being a great intern!  …

At Heart to Heart, we believe in the power of kindness and the profound impact it can have on a child’s healing journey. Our mission is very simple but meaningful: to bring joy and comfort to children who are facing the challenges of disasters and sickness, especially those recovering from surgery. We understand that the hospital can be a scary place for young children because of the unfamiliar environment, sounds and some painful feelings. That’s why we’re dedicated to helping them.

Every child who receives help from Heart to Heart receives a special bag including some toys and clothes. These gifts are more than just toys or treats—they are filled with hope and love, reminding each child that they are not alone in their journey. We will accompany them until they are fully recovered. Whether it’s a soft stuffed animal to keep them accompanied when they feel lonely or bored, each gift is meant to brighten their day and make their time in the hospital a little easier and recovery much faster. We help them reduce the uncomfortable feeling of the life in hospital.

But our support doesn’t end with a bag of gift. We are committed to being a source of comfort and encouragement, offering a heart-to-heart connection that can let these brave young children know that we care deeply about their wellbeing. Our efforts focus on creating a moment of happiness that can truly make a difference when children are going through some difficult times.

In the end, at Heart to Heart, we’re not just delivering gifts—we’re delivering hope. Together, we can make hospital stays a little brighter and the road of recovery a little smoother for these young children. Join us in our mission to bring smiles and warmth to those who need it most.

在心连心，我们非常欢迎实习生的到来。今年夏天，我们邀请了一位来自宁波的高中生和我们一起体验了一周的志愿者生活，我们在游戏室帮助孩子们和他们的家人打包和配送。以下是我们的实习生Robin对心连心的印象以及经历分享，非常感谢Robin出色地完成实习任务！

在心连心，我们相信善良的力量以及它对孩子的康复之旅产生的深远影响。我们的使命非常简单但意义深远：为面临困难和疾病挑战的儿童，尤其是那些从手术中恢复过来的孩子带来欢乐和安慰。我们知道，医院的陌生环境、声音和痛苦的感觉对儿童而言可能是一个可怕的地方，这也正是我们致力于帮助他们的原因。

每个接受心连心帮助的孩子都会收到一个特殊的袋子，里面有一些玩具和衣服。这些礼物不仅仅是玩具或零食，它们充满了爱与希望，提醒着每个孩子，他们在接受治疗的过程中并不孤单。我们将陪伴他们直到他们完全康复。在他们感到孤独或是无聊时，无论是陪伴他们的柔软毛绒玩具，每一份礼物都是为了照亮他们治疗时期的每一天，让他们在医院的时间更轻松一些，恢复得更快一些，我们能帮助他们减少住院生活的不适。

但是我们的支持并不止于一袋礼物。我们致力于成为安慰和鼓励的源泉，给他们提供心灵间的联系，让这些勇敢的孩子知道我们非常关心他们的福祉。我们的工作重点是，当孩子们经历一些困难时期时，真实有效地为他们创造一个可以带来心理慰籍的时刻。

最后，在心连心，我们不仅仅是送礼物，我们还在送希望。我们可以一起让这些孩子的住院生活更加光明，让康复之路更加顺畅。加入我们，为最需要帮助的人带来微笑和温暖。

As Heart to Heart has been running for so many years, naturally things are changing all the time.  One of the things that was added in recent years is a small chat group of supporters into which items which are inappropriate to send to our end users in the countryside can be sold to support heart surgeries.  The group of ladies who make up the special sales team are a diverse group that are constantly giving time and effort to help children with congenital heart disease.   Who does the current team consist of?  There is May, who always has her hand in.  She improves and gets the best out of every situation to make sure that the standard is high and we are listening to our chat group members.  Ceci always thinks out the box about how to support our surgeries.  Deirdre makes the tea and constantly designates which items should be included.  Mary and Jaycee sort, arrange and work with books.  (The book promotions alone have just sponsored a full child for heart surgery.)  Anita is the organizational queen;  she keeps everything in order with her gift of attention to detail. Debbie brings the muscles to come and work when needed. Poi has an eye for quality and works with branded items.  Alicia works tirelessly with staff to maximize efforts.  Rebecca handles deliveries.  Celine brings order to every situation. 

So many children have benefitted from the teams’ efforts.  It was a great thing you started Kate!

Heart to Heart says a very big THANK YOU to everyone involved.

“心连心”运行多年来，不时会有新变化。近几年来的一个新事物是一个小规模的志愿者聊天群。我们在这个群里出售一些对我们的乡村受众不太适用的物品，用获得的善款支持心脏手术。这个特殊销售团队由一群多姿多彩的女士组成，她们持续地投入时间和精力来帮助患有先天性心脏病的孩子们。目前的团队成员都有谁呢？梅，你总能看到她的身影。任何情形下，她总在不断改进，高标准严要求，以期获得最佳的结果。她确保每一位成员的想法都被倾听。茜茜则有各种奇思妙想，为手术争取到更多的支持。德婕擅长茶艺，对选择哪些物品特别有洞见。玛丽和杰西整理并处置各种书籍。 （仅仅通过书籍促销获得的善款，就赞助了一名孩子一次完整的心脏手术。）安妮塔是组织协调女王，她关注细节，把一切都安排得井井有条。黛碧在任何有需要的时候，都会全力以赴。波伊对品质和高端品牌特别有眼光。艾丽希雅工作起来不知疲倦，帮助大家获得最好的结果。丽贝卡负责送货交付。还有塞琳，只要有她在，就不会出岔子。
这个团队的努力让许许多多的孩子受益。凯特，你开创一个多么了不起的团队！

心连心向你们每个人大声地说谢谢！

Despite the fact that our playroom volunteers do a great job cleaning the toys in the playroom, every now and then everything needs a deep cleaning and sorting. That’s exactly what our some of the volunteers did as things began to come together for autumn volunteering.  The toys were scrubbed, everything was moved around and cleaned, broken toys were disposed of, etc.  The playroom now looks absolutely amazing.  Thanks to everyone who participated!

We hope all our volunteers who are returning after their summer holidays will come and utilize the facilities.  The children are waiting for you!

尽管我们游戏室的志愿者在清洁玩具方面做得非常负责，但这些玩具有时还是需要做一些彻底的清洁和整理。这就是我们的志愿者在秋季志愿服务时做的工作。玩具被擦洗，搬动和清洁，破损的玩具被处理掉，等等。游戏室现在整洁的令人惊叹。感谢所有参与的志愿者！

我们期待暑假后返校的所有志愿者都能来使用这些设施。孩子们在等着你们!

This year Morgan Stanley is cooperating in China with Heart to Heart Shanghai (H2H), a special fund of Shanghai Rende Foundation. H2H has once again been selected as our core charity partner. The first cooperation was from 2018 to 2020. Employees from offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Zhuhai organised and participated in a series of group volunteer activities to spread the ideologies of love and charity, sent warmth and help to Heart to Heart children, eased the financial burden on their families, raised money for children’s surgeries, and donated to rural primary school libraries at the same time.

The following is a brief introduction of the activities organised by the volunteer team at Morgan Stanley this year.

1. Walkathon

As one of the most popular events amongst GVM Events in China, employees from Beijing, Shanghai, Zhuhai, and Shenzhen each organised annual Charity Walkathon events. Participants can choose to walk or run to raise funds for Shanghai Rende Foundation’s Heart to Heart.

2. H2H Heart Bear Sale and Handmade Knitting Items by Employees Charity Sale

The volunteer team sells H2H heart bears to spread H2H’s purpose and operation model as well as organising a charity sale of items hand-knitted by employees.

3. Love Parcels

Love Parcels is a China-wide activity. Employees at various office locations across the country purchased necessary daily necessities, books, and stationery, etc. for H2H children. Then the volunteer team packaged the gifts beautifully and placed them into Love Parcels, which were delivered by the volunteer team to children at Yida Hospital in Qingpu District, Shanghai.

4. Playroom at Shanghai Yida Hospital

The volunteer team participated in the playroom activities at Shanghai Yida Hospital. On the eve of Children’s Day, the volunteers delivered Love Parcels collected from all over the country to the children, played with the children (after heart surgeries), and sent the children Children’s Day blessings and gifts.

5. Sorting donated items and crafting H2H bears

The volunteer team at Yoda Cardiothoracic Hospital in Xuhui District, Shanghai, sorted and packed donated items from public (toiletries, clothing, etc.) and participated in crafting H2H heart bears.

6. Internal Sports Fair

The volunteer team also organised a series of fun and meaningful internal volunteer Sports Fair events to provide financial assistance for heart surgeries through H2H. For example, table tennis and badminton charity competitions were held.  We hope that during the next cooperation circle with H2H, more meaningful activities are held, more children are helped, and more beautiful memories are left.

每年6月是摩根士丹利的年度全球志愿活动月，摩根士丹利始终秉持和遵循着回馈社会这一企业核心价值观。通过组织一系列公益和志愿服务活动来践行这一观念，积极承担并践行企业社会责任，来回馈社会，为与我们工作和生活息息相关的社区做出贡献。

今年，摩根士丹利在中国与上海心连心——上海仁德基金会设立的专项基金合作，并将H2H再次选为我们核心的慈善合作伙伴。第一次合作是在2018年至2020年。分布在北京、上海、深圳、珠海办公室的员工们组织并参与了一系列团体志愿者活动，传播爱与公益的理念，为心连心的孩子们送去温暖和帮助，缓解其家庭的经济负担，为孩子们筹集手术费用，同时还捐赠乡村小学图书馆。

以下就是摩根士丹利今年组织的志愿者服务团队活动的简要介绍。

1. 慈善行活动

作为中国GVM Events最受欢迎的活动之一,北京、上海、珠海、深圳的员工们分别组织了一年一度的Charity Walkathon活动。参与者通过选择步行或跑步等方式，来为上海仁德基金会心连心专项基金机构筹集资金。

爱心小熊义卖与员工手工编织物义卖活动

志愿者服务团队出售爱心小熊，传播心连心的意义和运作模式，以及员工手工编织物义卖活动。

爱心包活动
爱心包活动，是一项全中国范围的活动。由全国各办公地点的员工们给心连心的孩子购买了必要的生活用品以及书籍、文具等，然后组织志愿者服务团队对礼物进行精美打包后装入爱心包，最终志愿者服务团队送去上海青浦区医大医院的孩子们手中。

上海青浦区医大医院游戏室

志愿者服务团队参加了位于上海青浦区医大医院的游戏室活动，志愿者们在儿童节前夕为孩子们送来了全国各地收集来的爱心包，陪孩子们（心脏手术后）玩耍，并为孩子们送上儿童节的祝福和礼物。

捐赠物品分类和爱心小熊制作

志愿者服务团队分在上海徐汇区远大心胸医院，开展对社会捐赠的物品（洗漱用品和衣物等）进行分类归纳和分类打包活动，还参与了爱心小熊的制作流程环节之中。

志愿者服务团队还组织了一系列乐趣十足、意义非凡的志愿者内部运动会活动，来为心连心组织提供包括资金上的援助。例如，乒乓球和羽毛球公益慈善比赛。

在此，也希望在接下来与心连心的合作期间能举办更多有意义的活动，帮助更多的孩子，留下更多美好回忆。

Little Li Muyang was found to have VSD during a newborn physical examination at birth.  He came from a family of seven – the parents, 4 older sisters and Li Muyang (the youngest).  His parents are farmers in Anhui province who grow wheat and corn on their 6 mu of land.  They don’t make much, but they are normally able to get by on that amount.  They are in debt, however, since most of their children have needed special medical care over the years.  Their eldest daughter was born deaf and is currently attending a special education school. The second daughter (now 12 years old) was born with congenital heart disease and underwent surgery at Yuanda Hospital years ago through Heart to Heart sponsorship.  And then little Li Muyang was born with CHD as well.  Once again, they turned to Heart to Heart…. And thus, the mother was someone I really did recognize!  And it was like little Li Muyang knew we were all connected somehow too since he would smile and reach out for me each time I saw him.

The great news is that Li Muyang’s mother reports that the daughter who had heart surgery earlier is thriving.  She is doing well in school and her health is excellent.  As for little Li Muyang … It took him a while to come out of the ICU after his surgery, but once he did, he began to recover quickly.  His mother has great hope for the future now that both of these heart patients should be fine and do things with their lives that she could never achieve.  She is a big Heart to Heart advocate to say the least!

心连心资助的3292多名儿童中，每一个孩子都以其独特的方式被铭记。他们的模样印刻在你的记忆中，然而，他们的样子会因为场景差别而有所不同，比如当我们在医院里见他们时和在他们家里见到他们时是不一样的。他们父母的形象也会被我们记忆。看到一个一岁半的小男孩走进医院，我完全没认出他，但他的母亲看起来很眼熟。更奇怪的是，他的母亲害羞地对我笑了笑，并走过来抓住我的手，眼里含着泪水。我不想问她是谁而让她尴尬，所以我也紧握着她的手。我不知道她是因为儿子在医院做心脏手术而情绪激动，还是因为她认识我。几天过去了，她的儿子在为手术做准备。她似乎尝试在医院里找我并沟通她儿子的情况，她甚至出现在一个小组志愿者活动上，和小组一起整理衣服。过了一段时间，我想起来我在什么地方见过她了，但直到我开始看她儿子的档案，一切才变得清晰起来。

LI MUYANG在出生时的新生儿体检中被发现患有VSD。他来自一个七口之家——父母、四个姐姐和LI MUYANG (他是家里最小的孩子)。他的父母是安徽省的农民，在他们6亩的土地上种植小麦和玉米。他们赚的钱并不多，但也能勉强度日。然而，他们负债累累，因为他们的大多数孩子多年来都需要特殊的医疗照顾。他们的大女儿天生失聪，目前正在一所特殊教育学校上学。二女儿(今年12岁)出生时患有先天性心脏病，多年前通过心连心赞助在远大心胸医院做了手术。然后LI MU YANG出生时也患有CHD。他们再次求助于心连心….因此，这位母亲是我真正认识的人。LI MUYANG似乎也知道我们之间有某种联系，因为每次我看到他，他都会微笑着向我伸出手。

好消息是，LI MUYANG的母亲告诉我说，她做过心脏病手术的二女儿现在已康复，正在茁壮成长。她在学校表现很好，身体也很健康。至于LI MUYANG, 手术后，他花了一段时间才从重症监护室出来，但出院后他就开始快速康复了。他的母亲对未来充满希望，现在这两个心脏病患者都很好，并在她的生活中实现了一些他们永远无法实现的事情。至少可以这么说，她是一个心连心的拥护者!

Hello readers, my name is Wang Haihong, and my English name is Kris Wang. I am retired. Before retirement, I worked in human resources management for a foreign enterprise for nearly twenty years so I have rich experience in this field. After retirement, since my son has also started working and my husband strongly supports my volunteer work, I have ample personal time to pursue my own interests and contribute to society. My biggest dream and interest is traveling.  I want to travel around the world on routes I design myself. In addition to traveling, I also enjoy swimming and music.  I like to make friends with all kinds of people. So on days when I am not traveling, I hope to use my personal abilities and professional knowledge to contribute more to society.

By a very accidental opportunity, I got to know the Heart to Heart. At that time, I felt, “this is the organization I want to join.” It is dedicated to helping Chinese children with congenital heart disease who can’t afford the surgery.  The staff doesn’t receive compensation.  I think this is a great cause! I have participated in many Heart to Heart activities such as field trips, knitting groups and bear sales.  I also volunteer in the Yida Hospital playroom. I remember once when I went to the playroom of YIDA as a volunteer, I was late, and when I saw the children who were locked outside the door with a thirsty look, hoping to open the door and enter that room, I felt, ah, my heart melted, I think as long as I have time, I will go as much as possible and support them as much as possible.   I hope they can be happy in the playroom, can recover quickly from surgery and also return to their hometown as soon as possible smoothly.

你好， 读者们好，我叫王海红，我的英文名字叫 Kris Wang。现在的我是一个退休人员，在这之前，我在一家外企做人力资源的管理工作。将近二十多年，所以有着丰富的人力资源管理方面的经验。退休以后，因为儿子也已经工作成人，老公也非常支持我的志愿者工作。所以我也有充足的个人时间从事自己的兴趣爱好并发挥余热为社会做贡献。我最大的梦想和兴趣爱好就是旅游， 我想通过我自己设计的路线走遍全世界。除了旅游之外，平时我还喜欢游泳和音乐，喜欢结交各类的朋友。所以在不旅行的日子里，我就希望能够通过我的个人能力，我的专业知识为社会多做一点贡献。一次很偶然的机会，我认识了仁德心连心专项基金这个公益项目。当时我就觉得啊，这不就是我想参加的一个组织嘛。。。它乐于助人，尤其是一些外籍人士，能够在中国还义无反顾的，不计任何的报酬去帮助中国的一些残障、困境儿童治疗疾病。我觉得这是一个多么伟大的事业啊！记得那是两年多前的一个及其炎热的夏天。我第一次参加心连心组织的一次志愿者新手培训会。然后在会议的自我介绍的过程中，我也提到了我是一个人力资源管理的退休人士。然后我记得当时就有一个老外主动跟我说：他希望我能够帮他，因为他的雇主不给他支付加班费并克扣他的工资等等。。。我说当然可以没问题。紧接着下一周，记得那是一个近四十度的高温天。这个老外朋友接到了一个通知，要求去上海市劳动仲裁委员会和他的雇主做调解。但是他又没有专业人士帮他，所以当天我义无反顾的就陪他一起去。在那边我们三方一起见了面，记得通过一个下午近三小时的协调沟通，翻译和再沟通，最终他们双方达成一致，都获得了满意的结果。然后那天，政府机构的仲裁老师也非常的感谢我，帮助她成功完成了调解工作。尽管整个调解过程很艰难很辛苦，但我很开心，因为我觉得，我的专业知识帮助了大家，帮助了他们，这是我很乐意看到的一个情形！后续我也参加了心连心组织的其他一些活动，比如 field trip， 编织小组和小熊售卖的一些 event 活动，还有医大的playroom 的志愿者。我记得有一次去医大 playroom 做志愿者的时候，我迟到了，当我看到那些在等候在门外的孩子们渴望进去的眼光，希望开门，然后进入到那个房间的时候，我觉得，哎，我的心都融化了，我觉得只要我有时间，我会尽可能的多去，多支持他们，我希望他们能够开开心心的在这个 playroom 里面，能够快速的恢复他们的身体，包括开心的玩，然后也能顺利尽快的回到他们的家乡。

Tuesday, September 10       9:30 – 12:30
Tuesday, September 17       No session
Tuesday, September 24       9:30 – 12:30
Tuesday, October 1              No Session
Tuesday, October 8              No Session
Tuesday, October 15            9:30 – 12:30
Tuesday, October 22            9:30 – 12:30
Tuesday, October 29            9:30 – 12:30
Tuesday, November 5          9:30 – 12:30

   Address: 徐汇区龙漕路218号远大心胸医院3FL    

New Playroom Volunteers
Daini Gong
Feiling Zhang
Iman Faisal
Jessica Chan
Lara Ramos
Liam Austin
Madeline Hulin
Ruilin Wu
Runze Lin
Sadie Lumsden
Serin Oh
Vicky Tan
Yee Lok Chong

New Assembly Volunteers
Liam Austin
Madeline Hulin
Pam Gray
Ruilin Wu
Sadie Lumsden
Vicky Tan

New Events Volunteers
Feiling Zhang
Iman Faisal
Jessica Chan
Liam Austin
Ruilin Wu
Vicky Tan
Yixiao Sun
Yvonne Yeung
Zhuoyun Sun

New Knitting Volunteers
Kepan Gao
Liam Austin

New Sewing Volunteers
Angie Ho
Liam Austin
Ruilin Wu

New Manager Volunteers
Arlyn Nacionales

Contact Us! 
General Information:  Karen Carrington   (info@h2hsh.net)
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:  Jaycee Zhang and Mary Isobel
Chinese Language Communication Team:  Angel Zhou, Ella Liu, Freya Pan, Jie Huang, Lusia Lu, Mei Kang, Rose Ding & Yen-ling Von Meister
CSR and Group Volunteering Managers:  Lusia Lu & Bev Darle
CSR and Group Volunteering Team:  Juliana Zeiske (Yuanda) & Karen Carrington (Yida)
Events Manager:  Lusia Lu
Events Team Management Backup/Assistant:  Kris Wang
Executive Director:  Karen Carrington (execdirector@h2hsh.net)
Field Trips:  Karen Carrington & Nancy Kong
Finance Team:  Jac Wang, Karen Carrington
Heart Bear Order Manager:  Juliana Zeiske
Knitting Manager:  Helen Anderson (knitting@h2hsh.net)
Knitting Manager Backup:  Sophia Luo
Media and Marketing Manager:  Lusia Lu
Minhang Coordinator:  Michael Chew
Minhang Backup:  Ming Zhou
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:   Arlyn Nacionales
Playroom Backup:  Karen Carrington
Processes & Procedures:  Rina Mybourg
Project Management:  April Shi
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

Visit Us at an Event
Check out our ‘Support Us’ section following the calendar.
Donate New or Gently Used Goods
Clothing, toys, toiletries collected from hotel visits, company swag – as long as it is not electronic or breakable, we will find a use for it.  Please contact donations@h2hsh.net.

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!

Other Donations
You can help support our food card program, our rural school library or sports equipment programs, or become a heart surgery program sponsor.  Contact us to find out how you can 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).