Party aims to collect toys, school supplies for migrant chidren

 

Beijing Holiday Party aims to collect toys and school supplies for migrant children. Photos provided by Beijing Holiday Party

 

By Annie Wei

Networkclub.com is sponsoring January 13 its second annual Beijing Holiday Party, a charity event to collect toys and school supplies for local migrant children.

The dinner affair features live music by international musicians, delicacies from the city’s top restaurants and a donation-based silent auction at The Orange in Sanlitun’s The Village.

The event aims to generate greater awareness of the plight of migrant children and harness the efforts of concerned individuals and corporations.

Donations will be used to provide selected migrant schools with supplies like textbooks, pens, pencils, crayons, paper and teaching aids. Organizers will also give the schools toys and playground equipment.

Donations at last year’s fundraiser translated into 1,400 gifts for the city’s migrant chiren, as well as 500 free meals for them in winter.

The public can help by bringing toys or nonperishable food to the event, or by volunteering to help at the party, according to network.com, a networking group in town composed of Chinese and foreign professionals.

Migrant schools are schools established to serve communities of workers whose children are ineligible to attend public school because their hukou does not grant access to Beijing public services. Beijing has at least 600 migrant schools that enroll tens of thousands of children ages 6 to 14.

To find out more about Beijing Holiday Party and how to get involved in helping migrant schools in town, check out beijingholidayparty.com.