親愛的希望工程贊助者:

由於大家(華人和美國朋友)慷慨的贊助﹐及踴躍的捐款﹐聖路易斯希望工程有了意想不到的收穫。在此我們非常高興的告訴大家﹐到現在為止﹐（2/2/2005）我們所獲得的捐款。我們收到了$7800捐款能夠幫助160名貧困學生重返校園一年的費用。這個數目跟去年比起來﹐有了120％的增長。你們連續的和有愛心的支持﹐是對我們聖路易斯希望工程自1999年起最大的支持。

聖路易斯希望工程是由曾經赴中國參觀旅遊的一些聖路易斯社區大學的教職員工發起。僅五十美金就可以讓一個學生回校學習一年。希望工程開始于很少的贊助者和微薄的捐款﹐至今發展到近一百多人﹐八千美金的捐款。完全是由於你們的愛心與支持。現在我們很榮幸的跟你們分享一些在贊助過程中感人的故事。首先我們要感謝聖路易斯時報的主編岳方濟先生和世界日報的記者金能爾﹐在他們的大力宣傳報導以後﹐很多來自外州的朋友也熱心的參與了這項公益活動。他們為那些因為經濟原因而就要輟學的學生帶來了光明和希望。

來自現代中文學校的張岳平女士﹐向她所教的班級解釋了這項活動﹐該班的每個學生捐出幾美金﹐決定贊助一名貧困學生重返校園。該班崔菡崎學生的家長被深深的感動﹐決定另外以他們家庭的名義幫助一名貧困學生。張岳平女士也私人捐助了兩名貧困學生。

來自紐約的Steven Kauder, Adrianne Kauder夫婦,在她父親去世時收到了她一些朋友的基金﹐她通過報紙知道了這項活動以後﹐也捐出了她所有收到的基金。她用這種有意義有愛心的方式幫助中國失學的兒童。這是一個多麼美好的方式來紀念她的父親啊﹗Alva and Marcia Lee的家庭和他的孩子決定將用來買聖誕禮物的錢﹐捐給聖路易斯希望工程。他們用了一個簡單而又有意義的方式度過了一個特別的聖誕節。來自于密蘇裡州哥倫比亞的胡春華先生兩次寄來支票來支持我們的希望工程。

在美國這些有愛心華人及美國朋友的影響下﹐我們第一次吸引了來自中國的贊助者:張劍波先生是湖南涉外經濟學院的董事長。他保證以我們在聖路易斯收到所有贊助的捐款的兩倍的數目去贊助更多的失學兒童重返校園。

在這裡﹐我們要特別感謝楊柳。楊柳在森林學院上學﹐她負責所有希望工程收來的支票及報表工作。在她的影響下﹐她父母楊仲初和王衛及叔叔阿姨楊新岳和袁虹一共贊助了四名學生。

我們非常感謝我們有愛心的捐助者﹐也很歡迎有新的捐助者參加我們這次活動。五十美金就能改變一個孩子的一生﹐是一件多麼有意義的事情啊﹗對於那些希望參加這項活動的朋友﹐我們歡迎您將支票寄到﹕

St. Louis Chinese Association
P.O. Box 82
MO 63017

謝謝.

希望工程召集人: Margaret Johnson & Grace Liu

贊助組織:
中國人協會, 會長: 宋克明
聖路易時報, 主任: 吳毓真

聖路易中國人協會和聖路易時報衷心感謝所有希望工程的贊助者。你們無限的愛心和資助將會給中國貧窮失學的孩子帶來生活的希望。受到贊助的孩子們和他們的家庭非常榮幸在最困難的時候受到你們的贊助。再次謝謝你們！這裡公佈的是到2月2日截止收到支票共$7800。如有願意參加者，請將支票寄到：
St. Louis Chinese Assoation
P.O.Box #82
Chesterfield MO 63006

An open letter to all the Hope Project Sponsors from
St. Louis Chinese Association & St. Louis Chinese American NewsTHANK-YOU

An open letter to all the Hope Project Sponsors:

Thanks to the wonderful generosity of American and Chinese sponsors, combined with unexpected increasing contributions to the St. Louis Hope Project, we are very pleased to report that we have, as of today (2/2/05), received more than $7, 800 in donations which will help more than 160 poor Chinese students go back to school for a year. This is a 120% increase from what we had last year. Your continuing and overwhelming support is one of the greatest demonstrations of love and compassion that the St. Louis Hope Project has seen since we started the project in 1999.

As you know the St. Louis Hope Project was started in 1999 by a group of faculty from St. Louis Community College, who visited China. Fifty dollars can sponsor a student's tuition for a year. The Project started with a few people and a few hundred dollars and has increased to almost a hundred sponsors and $8,000 today.

This year, thanks to the publicity and reports by Francis Yue from St. Louis Chinese American News and Jin, Nenger from the World Journal, sponsors from many other states have joined us in our efforts to bring hope to students who otherwise have to drop out school because of the financial difficulties. We would like to share with you some very moving and touching stories during the period we received the donations.

Ms. Zhang, Yueping from St. Louis Modern Language School explained the project to her class, and the class decided to sponsor a student in China. Each student donated $4. Cui, Hanqi from this class also decided to sponsor 1 students and Ms. Zhang, Yueping also sponsored 2 students by herself.

Ms. Steve Kauder and Adrianne Kauder in New York City received some funds from her friends when she lost her father. She decided the best way for her to use the funds is to help poor Chinese students remain in school. What a beautiful way to remember her father! Another family from xxx, Alva and Marcia Lee and their children preferred to donate to the Hope Project rather than spend it on Christmas gifts.. Hu, Chunhua from Colombia Missouri has sent two checks and would like to continue supporting Hope Project.

Our efforts in the United States have attracted people in China to join us. Mr. Zhang Jien Bo is the President of Hunan College of International Economy. He has pledged to match the funds we collect in St. Louis. So this year, every student we sponsor with funds from the United States will sponsor a second student with funds from China. .

A very special thanks to Liu Yang, a student at St. Louis Community College, who assists us in sorting checks, sending out letters, and corresponding with people. Because of her involvement, her parents, Yang, Zhongcu and Wang, Wei, Uncle Yang, Xinyue and Aunt Yuan, Hong sponsor four students.

We appreciate all of our sponsors, and we welcome new sponsors. With fifty dollars, you can make a big and permanent difference in someone's life. For people who would like to sponsor a stua dentstudent/students, and make a donation, please make your check payable to: St. Louis Chinese Association and send it to: P. O. Box 82, Chesterfield, MO 63017.

With warm thanks,

Hope Project Coordinators:
Margaret Johnson & Grace Liu

Hope Project Sponsors:
Dr. Ke Ming Song, Ph. D, President of St. Louis Chinese Association
May Wu, Director of St. Louis Chinese American News

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