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And, it’s time, again for Angel Trees! Here’s that annual note from HTS National Volunteer Coordinator, Jen Loane: “A HTS Angel Tree can be a real tree, an artificial one, or a tree made of paper and hung on a wall. They are generally decorated with Chinese red envelopes with the name of an orphaned child in China written on each envelope or on a hand-crafted angel. People are invited to place donations to HTS programs in the envelopes and return them to the tree or to a nearby collection box. They can then bring an angel home to decorate their own tree. Angel trees (or Chanukah bushes or Lunar New Year dragons!) have been set up in schools, churches, restaurants, offices and shops with great results. For more information, or if you’d like to receive an Angel Tree packet, please contact Ivy@halfthesky.org, including your name, address, and the number of red envelopes you’ll need. –thanks from Jen Loane!”

To our HTS supporters in Canada, I’m extremely pleased to announce the official birth of HTS Foundation of Canada! HTSF-Canada was established this year by dedicated Canadian supporters to reach out to Canada’s philanthropic community and provide Canadian donors with the benefits of donating to a registered Canadian charity. For more information, please contact htsf-canada@halfthesky.org.

To our Big Sisters sponsors: The latest Big Sisters bulletin is in the works. We have reports from the kids for both summer and fall but just haven’t had time to compile them for you. Our apologies!

To all of our child and nanny sponsors: New progress reports are being translated right now here in Beijing and should begin to go out next month. We are looking at the possibility of emailing the reports to you beginning next year in order to streamline the process and also to put more funds directly into our programs. This quarter we have received the first reports from our new programs in Jiangxi Province: Nanchang, Fuzhou and Jiujiang. And in February, we’ll begin receiving reports from Henan:Luoyang and Xinyang. It’s possible now to sponsor a child or nanny in either province. Just let us know if you have a specific request. We do need your help! For those of you who have adopted children who participated in HTS programs, we are launching a new effort. We want to fill a space on the walls of our HTS centers with photos of your children! We get many, many requests from our nannies, teachers, and SWI directors asking for photo updates of the children. I can promise that, if you will send a photo, perhaps once a year, you will brighten the days of lots of people working at SWI’s who care very much about your child. Please send your child’s photo to PHOTO WALL at our Berkeley office (764 Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA.) Please remember to note on the back of the photo your child’s Chinese name, date of birth, and former welfare institution.