Come and Join Us at Our Upcoming Events (Sep 2011- Jan 2012)

Half the Sky's Inaugural Community Celebration in Washington, D.C

Date & Time: September 30, 2011, Evening
Location: The St. Regis Washington, D.C.

For more details, please click http://www.halfthesky.org/help/dc.php

Step Up for China's Children
SF Bay Area Community Walk/Run Fundraiser

Date & Time: October 2, 2011, 9:00AM
Location: Marina Park in San Leandro, CA

For more details, please click http://www.halfthesky.org/help/sfwalk.php

Half the Sky New York Cocktail Party

Date & Time: October 6, 2011 at 6PM
Location: Thomson Reuters, New York City

For more details, please click http://www.halfthesky.org/help/NY.php

Half the Sky's Chicago Celebration Gala

Date & Time: October 14, 2011 at 6PM
Location: River East Art Center, Chicago, IL

For more details, please click http://www.halfthesky.org/help/chicago.php

Half the Sky's Art from the Heart Gallery Show

Date & Time:

• Gallery Show: January 4-29, 2012
• Special Opening Event:
  Saturday, January 7th, 2012 from 1-3PM

Location: Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland, CA

For more details, please click http://www.halfthesky.org/help/galleryshow.php

Congrats to Vivian and Peter Li, Jefferson Award winners, who have helped so many orphaned children in China!
http://cbs5.com/jeffersonawards/Jefferson.Awards.Li.2.1067405.html

A group of committed volunteers helped Half the Sky opened its newest Blue Sky Model Children's Center in Urumqi, Xinjiang: Check out Days 1-4 of their blogs at: http://www.halfthesky.org/journal/?p=197.

Half the Sky just opened its 44th Children Center in Urumqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Province. Security was tight and there was no internet or international phone service because Urumqi was the site of recent violent clashes.

Undaunted, four of our work crew volunteers, Will from New York, Kathryn from Tulsa, Lauren from San Francisco, and Mike from Portland kept blogs; Kei from Shanghai wrote daily, touching emails to her young children. We will be posting excerpts from their wonderful accounts just as they wrote them—daily for the next 12 days.

A huge thanks to our entire work crew, and to all of our donors who made the opening of our 8th Blue Sky Model Center possible.

Homegrown Volunteers help families on Disability Awareness Day in China :
http://www.halfthesky.org/work/hgvolunteers.php

Half the Sky established huge tents (Big Tops) in Sichuan near the epicenter of the devastating 8.0 earthquake that shattered so many lives. These Big Tops are healing, safe spaces where children who lost family members, schoolmates, friends, and homes are learning to smile and play again.