For the past two years, Shangyin Suis United International School has participated in a school wide clothing drive. Another charity initiative started by the organization “Community Centre Shanghai,” the River of Hearts is another outreach program that was established in 2003.ROH provides people living and working in Shanghai to donate new and used items, such as clothing, toys, books, and school supplies. The donations are then delivered to communities in need across China.
Last year, Shangyin had two charity drives, one in the middle of the year and another in May. Each time we have done this, there has been an outpour of donations from our gracious school community- a large big bus full in fact!
Many people are involved from our very own students, parents, and teachers donating items to the wonderful parent volunteers. We definitely would not be able to do this as efficiently without our parent volunteers for which we are so grateful for their time and effort. In a matter of hours, our parents pack up and organize piles of donations so that we can easily load them onto the bus for delivery.
Overall, it is a very giving day with so many hearts involved!