March Madness in our Half the Sky Online Store

March 01, 2010

We’ve taken Spring Cleaning to a new level this year - we’ve moved into a brand new office. Rather than pack our unsold but much-treasured store inventory into a storage facility, we decided to slash prices and give our friends a chance to do some holiday shopping very, very early.

So welcome to MARCH MADNESS. For the entire month of March you can visit our store and take your pick of some fun cards, posters and miscellaneous items at less than half-price. Tell your friends and maybe we’ll be able to kiss that storage space goodbye. We’d sure rather spend the money making life better for children in China!

We are still taking applications for our annual volunteer build, May 8-18. If you would like to be part of this spring’s effort to open a Blue Sky Model Center in Fujian Province (Xiamen), please download our work crew application. If you have any questions about the build or have any trouble downloading our application, please contact Carol Kemble.


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A Note to China Care’s Loyal Supporters

February 12, 2010

The Chinese have an expression –  Ru Hu Tian Yi – as if the tiger has wings – if the tiger only had wings, it would be a force that cannot be stopped.

At the beginning of this Year of the Tiger, we are so happy to report that the partnership China Care and Half the Sky forged last year has begun to sprout wings and bit by bit, child by child, our union is becoming a remarkable, unstoppable force for the children.

In the first year of our partnership we opened a new China Care Home and arranged for life-saving surgeries and procedures for 129 orphaned infants. Each of those babies received pre and post operative care from adoring caregivers whom we trained, and were monitored daily by our house physician and nurses.

In that inaugural year, we enrolled the first tiny graduates of the new China Care Home - now healthy and ready to get on with life - in Half the Sky’s programs at their home orphanage, ensuring that they were placed in a nurturing, stimulating environment where they can continue to thrive.

We begin our second year together confident that we are providing the best possible medical and long-term care for the most vulnerable orphaned children in China.

And we begin this new year eager to blend China Care’s and Half the Sky’s dedicated supporters into one united community. Without the continued, determined support of all of our friends, none of this work would be possible. That is one thing that will not change.

Together we are stronger and at the same time, we can turn more of our resources toward saving more precious young lives. In the future, you will hear from Half the Sky, but please know, that means you are hearing from this very happy partnership….

So this New Year greeting comes from both of us. Together, we are a tiger with wings!

Xie Xie! Xin Nian Kuai Le!

Thank you! Happy New Year!

Matt Dalio                                    Jenny Bowen

President & Founder                    Executive Director & Founder

The China Care Foundation         Half the Sky Foundation


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Gong Xi Fa Cai!! Xin Nian Kuai Le!

February 06, 2010


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Thank You

January 29, 2010

After we lost the Chase Community Giving contest last week one of our loyal supporters wrote to us: “I was so disappointed that you didn’t win. Must mean there is a bigger blessing on the way.”

And she was right–already we are counting our blessings:

Through the contest we learned that 9077 supporters surmounted the sometimes daunting technological challenges to vote for Half the Sky. THANK YOU!

Through the contest we learned that so many others wanted to vote for Half the Sky but couldn’t surmount the technological challenges. THANK YOU for sending your words of support.

Through the contest we learned that there is a huge youth movement on Facebook and other social networking media who care about making a difference in the world.

So technically we did not win, but, for all these reasons, we feel blessed to be part of a wonderful, global community that is helping to ensure that no child – no matter how humble her beginnings - is forgotten.

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Last day to vote for Half the Sky!

January 22, 2010
  

We are so thankful to everyone who has voted for Half the Sky. 

Here’s a (final!) reminder for those who haven’t yet voted.

The Chase Community Giving contest ends at 11:59pm EST today -

and, boy, are we glad!

 

There’s still a bit of time to vote!  Please tell everyone you know.

No matter where we end up in the contest,

a vote for Half the Sky is a vote for every forgotten child.

Only 1 day left.  Vote TODAY!

http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/670139

 

THANK YOU!

 

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On my mind….

January 19, 2010
Most of the world’s attention is focused on Haiti right now. Here in China, the images I see on tv bring me right back to those horrible days I spent in Sichuan in May, 2008. Our hearts and our resources must go to help the Haitian people, however we can. So I ask you please NOT to make a contribution to Half the Sky this month. Send your dollars to Haiti. But, rather than money, give us a moment of your time.

Yesterday, I went to a government meeting in Beijing that presented Half the Sky with an opportunity to help China’s children in a way we couldn’t have even imagined a few years ago.

There’s more to learn in the coming days and I will share with you as soon as I can.

But I have to tell you that we REALLY need your help in the Facebook Chase Community Giving contest. Right now.

Given the current standings, I guess the idea of a $1 million win is pretty remote, but if we could all come together and ask everyone we know to PLEASE vote for Half the Sky TODAY, we’d sure have a shot at $100,000. That would absolutely jump-start the exciting new chance we have to help more children. I just can’t wait to tell you more.

If there are other organizations you’d rather support, that’s okay. You have 5 votes!

It’s hard for us to vote from China. That really puts us at a disadvantage. Won’t you do your best to help from wherever in the world you are?

Please pass this message along to everyone you know. With your help, we can still do this for the children!

Thank you,

Jenny Bowen

Executive Director

Half the Sky

Add me to your Facebook profile

A vote for Half the Sky is a vote for every forgotten child.

To vote for HTS, please follow these simple steps*. THANK YOU!

*If you don’t like Chase having access to your Facebook information, would you consider “Becoming a Fan” for just a few seconds so you can vote? After you cast your vote(s), you can easily remove yourself from Chase’s Fans by clicking on “Remove me from Fans” at the bottom of the left hand side of http://www.facebook.com/ChaseCommunityGiving.

When there are lots of voters the page freezes up. Can you try again?

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Only 6 days left to vote!

January 17, 2010
orphaned babies

Please vote for these babies and for every baby waiting to be cherished.

A vote for Half the Sky is a vote for every forgotten child…

Only 6 days left to vote. It’s free and it should* take only a moment of your time.

Please tell your friends. With your help, we can do it.

*When there are lots of voters the page freezes up. Can you try again?

To vote for HTS, please follow these simple steps. THANK YOU.

Concerned about privacy?

Voting Troubles?

Based on emails, you’re not alone! Before you can vote for Half the Sky, you have to become a Facebook member and you have to become a Chase Community Giving fan. To become a fan, please go here. If you don’t see the “Become a fan” button on top of the page, click on the “Vote Here!” tab and you should be taken to another page with the button. More troubles? Please write to us contact @ halfthesky.org.

Here are the voting instructions.

Thank you!

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Only 7 days left to vote for Half the Sky!

January 16, 2010
children painting

Please vote for these bored and lethargice creative and engaged children.

A vote for Half the Sky is a vote for every forgotten child.

Only 7 days left to vote. It costs nothing but a moment of your time.

Please tell your friends. With your help, we can do it!

To vote for HTS, please follow these simple steps. THANK YOU.

Concerned about privacy?

Voting Troubles?

Based on emails, you’re not alone! Before you can vote for Half the Sky, you have to become a Facebook member and you have to become a Chase Community Giving fan. To become a fan, please go here.  If you don’t see the “Become a fan” button on top of the page, click on the “Vote Here!” tab and you should be taken to another page with  the button. More troubles? Please write to us contact @ halfthesky.org.

Here are the voting instructions.

Thank you!

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It’s time to vote for Half the Sky!

January 15, 2010
baby and nanny

Please vote for this neglected cherished child.

A vote for Half the Sky is a vote for every forgotten child.

Only 8 days left to vote. It costs nothing but a moment of your time.

Please tell your friends. With your help, we can do it!

To vote for HTS, please follow these simple steps. THANK YOU.

Concerned about privacy?

Voting Troubles?

If you’re having trouble voting, please don’t give up! Sometimes when a lot of people vote at the same time, the system slows down.

Before you can vote for Half the Sky, you have to become a Facebook member and you have to become a Chase Community Giving fan. Here’s how.

Thank you!


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HALF THE SKY NEEDS YOU!!

January 12, 2010

If you haven’t heard it already, you’re about to hear some wonderful news.

Half the Sky has the great good fortune of being one in only 100 nonprofits competing for a $1 Million prize in the Facebook Chase Community Giving contest.

If we win, we will be able to do something we’ve only dreamed about. We will be able to transform the lives of ALL of China’s orphans within just a few short years.

I know it’s a long shot, but I just keep thinking of all of the people who pulled together and voted so that I could carry the Olympic Torch on behalf of China’s orphans.

And I think of all the people who pitched in to help Half the Sky provide relief and comfort to thousands of children whose lives were shattered by the Sichuan earthquake.

And I think of a kind supporter named Julie, who wrote to us during the holidays:  “I would give you guys a million dollars if I had it. You are awesome and make such a difference to so many children. Thanks for all you do.”

And I’ve just got to believe that we might have a chance.

We need your help.

If you have a Facebook account, we need you to vote for our “Big Idea” January 15-22.

If you don’t have a Facebook account, we need you to start one – if only for a day or two.

Watch and forward our video and our Big Idea

Post our video and stories about Half the Sky on Facebook walls

Tweet the news

Become a fan of Chase Community Giving and

Vote January 15 – 22

When the vote starts on Friday, you’ll be hearing from me daily. It’s only a week.

And what a difference we can make if we win. Please tell your friends and your family and your co-workers and everybody you know who thinks all children deserve a chance. Tell the world.

A vote for Half the Sky is a vote for every forgotten child.

We can do it!!

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