The Shanghai Charity Foundation will help local needy families,
farmers and students from other provinces to have a happy Spring
Festival.
On January 26, the foundation will collect contributions along
with other associations covering the medical and disabled persons'
field, officials said.
The foundation will spend more than 30 million yuan (US$4.1
million) to help 45,900 people.
This will include helping more than 2,000 college students from
other provinces afford the trip home, and farmers with serious
diseases who are not able to afford medical fees, said the
foundation.
On the day, there will be free legal advice, medical
consultations and charity sales at the Jiangwan Stadium in Yangpu
District.
Anyone willing to contribute should call the hotline 968600, or
62584343 for donations on the day.
The one-day event, called "True Love Under the Blue Sky," has
been an annual event in the city since 1994.
(Shanghai Daily January 10, 2008)