昆明王建军老师来函 1/6/2009
亲爱的树华各位老师：您们好！
元旦前后，树华班所在的学校举办了广播操比赛和元旦文艺表演，我们有两个班在广播操比赛中获得第二名；有两个节目被选拔参演，一个是合唱《感恩的心》，一个是印度舞蹈。学校对树华的三个班好评多多。
附件 获奖照片中第二排中间的两个男生，分别是我们的两位班长。特向各位老师汇报。
January 7, 2009
June 17, 2008
SOAR 2008 Fundraising Banquet Reported on SingTao Daily News
樹華基金今年獎學金預算90餘萬
( 本報記者王碩舸古柏蒂奴報道 )
樹華教育基金會（Soar Foundation）昨日舉行了每年一度的大型籌款活動，260名長期支持基金會的捐款人和義工濟濟一堂，以實際行動為樹華今年的中國大陸優秀的貧困學生獎學金計劃籌款，每人捐出了100元。基金會還將在今後幫助更多四川災區學生度過難關。
資助初中生六成考上高中
樹華教育基金會是資助中國大陸貧困學生，保證其中優秀學生有受基礎教育機會的非牟利機構，成立13年來，已經頗有成績。基金會強調，樹華是一個純草根性的社團，長期以來都在低調地支援中國教育。
基金會前會長王肖梅表示，樹華資助的初中學生中，大約有六成考上高中，在樹華資助的高中生中，大學升學率達到四成。在昨日的籌款會上，捐款人和義工們都為長期以來的付出，獲得豐碩的回報感到高興。
樹華董事會主席翟孟斌表示，自從中國政府實行兩免一補政策之後，樹華就將工作重心轉移到了資助高中生上。樹華的資金也因此而遇到了缺口問題。基金會今年將向400名新生發放獎學金，同時也要繼續提供1700個舊生的資助。
靠個人支持大企業少捐款
樹華今年的獎學金預算需要90多萬，但是實際籌款能力大約只有65萬。翟孟斌表示，這個30萬的缺口是因為，一個高中生的4年獎學金是一個初中生獎學金的3倍，而且由於美元的貶值，繼續維持相同金額的人民幣獎學金，無形中樹華又要多負擔2成費用。
王肖梅還指出，基金會在四川地震災區有20多名學生，可以想見災後，基金會會加強對災區的資助，幫助更多災區的優秀學生保留受教育的機會。
樹華副會長高大偉表示，長期以來，基金會都是依靠民間個人的默默支持，從來沒有過大企業的捐贈，因此，基金會籌款要依靠全社會的支持。 樹華基金會的網址為http://www.soaronline.org/，有捐款意向或提供幫助的義工可以上網查詢詳情，或者致電510-675-0680。
June 4, 2008
Visit to Shangluo
Dear Ben, Davy, Siu-fung, Shirley, and friends of SOAR,
First of all, my apologies for not writing sooner. I think it has been an emotional time for all of us, as we watch on TV and the Internet the enormous devastation and pain suffered by the people of Sichuan. As depressing as some of the situations were, the spirit is at the same time lifted up by incredible acts of heroism, selflessness, and compassion. I hope and pray that with the help of the government and fellow countrymen, it won’t take too long for life to go back to normal for the victims, and China will rise up from all this even stronger and greater.
My trip with the Spring Bud group started on 5/11, and on 5/12, the day of the earthquake, we were in a high school in Ziyang, in the south-western corner of Shaanxi, relatively close to the Sichuan border. Fortunately, everyone at the school and the school itself survived the quake with no damage. We managed to get back to Ankang that afternoon and followed the schedule as planned. The only change made was the cancellation of the school visit in Langao on the 13th. Needless to say, we were all quite “shaken” but we kept our good spirits, and accomplished everything we set out to do.
We visited Mr. Yang Shou-guo’s school on the 16th. We were due to return to Xian later that day. I told Mr. Yang that I would arrive with my group in the early afternoon. It so happened that 3 Spring Bud girls are attending that school. At about 3:15 PM.,I was greeted by Mr. Yang, Party Secretary Qian, and 2 other teachers. While the Spring bud delegation held their meeting with school officials, I visited with with Mr. Yang and his colleagues. Frankly speaking, I was a little embarrassed by the “official” hospitality shown towards me. As you might know, I had intended it to be a brief and personal visit. But it was a nice meeting, and I was very impressed by what I saw. The 2 labs, the SOAR Foundation Audio-visual Systems Lab and the SOAR Foundation Heating/Cooling Systems Lab, are situated across the hallway from each other. In each lab, there are about dozen to 20 “stations”. Currently the H/C Lab is not in use. In the A/V Lab, each station can accommodate 2 students at one time. The instructor has his own monitoring or evaluation station. The students are able to detect up to 100 “problems” and learn how to repair/solve each problem right there at the station. The entire classroom set-up looks totally practical and functional, even to someone like me. By the way, the classroom is well-lit, clean, and orderly. Mr. Yang told me that currently there are about 600 students enrolled in the A/V Lab course. The course duration is 3 months, and upon graduation students also get certification from the local labor department. I don’t have the statistics, but it seems that graduates have been able to find jobs and therefore the labor dept. is giving its approval to the course.
At about 4, it was time for us to leave. I didn’t have time to tour the school which has a fairly big campus and is situated outside the town area. Later I was told by my friends in the Spring Bud group that it’s a very good vocational school.
That wraps up my report. I took some pictures of the classrooms which Ben may already have. If you’re interested, I’ll find a way to send them to you. And if you have questions, please let me know.
Best regards,
Lily
021-5879-2869
May 18, 2008
四川地震
大家都很关心树华在四川的学生是否安全，两天前和树华北京义工通过电话，树华在四川的学生们都安全，只有一位在汶川的学生目前还没有联络到，北京义工还在继续联络。
Kathy.
May 7, 2008
歷年樹華教育基金會獲獎學生進入大學之統計资料
根據所能查到的資料，將歷年獲獎學生進入大學的人數列表如下。樹華1996年開始發獎學金，获奖學生ID為“1”開頭，共5個數字，2002年以後獲獎學生大部分尚未高中畢業，故沒把入大學资料放在表中。1996至2001年獲獎學生平均約有 23% 進入大學。(楊湘韻)
受獎學生 開始受 *新受獎 入高中 入大學 入大學 %高中生
ID 獎年份 人數 百分率 人數 百分率 入大學
1xxxx 1996 253 64% 66 26% 40%
2xxxx 1997 345 46% 87 25% 55%
3xxxx 1998 244 61% 45 18% 30%
4xxxx 1999 328 56% 84 26% 45%
5xxxx 2000 385 40% 70 18% 45%
6xxxx 2001 294 59% 64 22% 37%
* 當年新获奖的学生人数 (不包括续领奖学金的旧生)
May 3, 2008
2008 SOAR Fundraising Banquet
Our Dearest SOAR Friends:
The annual fund raising party of the SOAR Foundation will take place this coming May 25th, a Sunday at a dinner at the Dynasty in Cupertino.
We urge your participation with more of your friends whom you believe will be good donors and supporters like yourself to SOAR.
In the past 13 years, your generous donations have enabled the SOAR Foundation to change the lives of close to 10,000 young students by allowing them the opportunities for their continued academic pursuits. We urge you to exert sustained and even enhanced financial support to the Foundation this year for these reasons:
1) Rapid growth of number of students puts about 2,500 students in our current year scholarship portfolio.
2) SOAR has extended its operation to emphasize the support of vocational school education to further our efforts in augmenting the Chinese of their “elimination of poverty” undertakings.
While we know we are making even better and greater use of your funds, the Foundation will also face a budgetary deficit of about $300,000 for 2008.
We plan to use this dinner opportunity to conduct on-site fund raising at a low key, non-pressure mode. So as to gather more charitable funds without hurting SOAR’s humble and moderate image as a soft talk persuader that we have always been.
Please feel free to contact Mr. Davy Kao at davykao@ca.asatound.net telephone (925)287-0094, for any questions or suggestions that you may have. We look forward to your strong support at the party and on going.
Sincerely Yours,
Siu Fong Chang
President 2008
March 14, 2008
世界日报的专题报道（3/12/08): 王建煊捡回失落的珍珠
最近在读世界日报时，发现了这篇专题报道。如果各位有空请查询：
www.worldjournal.com ， 大陆， 然后查询3/12/08的新闻。
这篇报道主要是关于王建煊帮助优秀贫困学生的故事。
谢谢！
杨千秋 Jodie Yang
February 5, 2008
財務報告
財務報告
高穗珠
由於中國近年實施初中兩免一補政策，基金會自2007年起，以補助高中生為主，而高中生的學費是初中生的三倍。由於2007年的捐款並不理想，再加上人民幣的不斷升值，因此，2007年的財務出現了赤字。希望善心人士多多支持，以幫助基金會能夠在每一年度都能夠圓滿地完成任務。
THE SOAR FOUNDATION
Financial Report
January through December 2007
Income
Donation $ 218,000.00
Membership Fees 7,740.00
Sponsorship 349,506.00
Fundraising 36,000.00
Interest Income 49,490.00
Total Income $ 660,736.00
Expenses
Office and Operation Expenses
U.S.A. 26,841.00
China 11,301.00
Sub-total 38,142.00
Fund Raising Cost 10,843.00
Scholarship 578,950.00
Supporting Project 139,568.00
Total Expenses $ 767,503.00
Net Income ($ 106,767.00)
Note: This shortfall was covered by the reserve fund as prepared in the budget plan 2007.
January 17, 2008
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