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ti - “Milli ()tHIHRONItZLE IWednesday. September 5. 201: Canada Cares founder gets to see work done m’ China 9 Bvloluwv Blur "But I mean, just being there for that fundraising and conversing with stu- . «t3: *___({’grfl‘f$latf »__~__ amount of time. wow. lt's inefiable â€" it's dents. “melted my heart.” f, . «2:. reallyhardto put in towords." "A lot of my contact before was was t was a trip three years in the making ’lhree years ago â€" after he had helped through emails and phone calls, and .;;§;;£ Iand worth every minute. including the raise about $3,000 to purchase tables. them sending us pictures every year of ' L live-day jaunt across China's llunan chairs. desks and other equipment and the results, which was nice to see,” he 3 prt)\'|nt‘t'. finance scholarships for a school in a said. “But to see the school. touch every- 3 David lhang. an l8»year-old graduate quake-«stricken region west of the capital thing that we‘ve been able to raise and .‘ of Sir lohn A. Maicdonald Secondary ofllunan provinceâ€" [hang tried to visit really talk to the kids and understand 5'. School in Waterloo, finally got to witness and see the results first-hand, only to them and hear that a little bit of spare ’ I 8 the eileci of his ( ‘anada (Ares fundraising have the trip cancelled at the last minute change in Canada really goes a long way 4 2 concerts on impoverished children in a due to the MINI scare. to helping them with their daily lives , qtiakevravaged area of central China Yhang and his family would have had brought it home for me. “It took us nearly five days to get to to stay in quarantine for 10 days upon “liven when they're living in such poor the school from Beijing and in the end arrival in China. so they waited until conditions and going to a school that's we were only at the‘school for a couple of 2012. when they combined a trip to visit falling apart. they're always so upbeat. hours. because then we had to go on the family in Beijing with a stop in Hunan They're positive about life. They don‘t feel return journey." said Zhang, who used province. ' like the world has wronged them, but his prize money from a piano competi- Despite the swift turnaround, there they‘re just always happy and really tion to get the ball rolling on Canada were no regrets for Zhang, who said the thankful for everything theyalready have. Cares in 2009. few hours seeing the results of the even though it's not much.” _ r] A A 71: a C ‘ i3} 3 :31] 9J3} ’ ”an. N; A“; C ‘ â€" _7 ME ~ ' ' ‘ . flax . ‘ "‘ 'V on NOW! Sir John A. Macdonald grad David Zhang’s Canada ’ 1 V » ; Cares fundraiser collected almost 510,000 to help a . 5 . earthquake ruined school in Hunan province, China. He , \ got a chance to see how the money has helped. MOW“) . / I ‘2, Over the last four from Mayor Brenda Hal- 0 ,’ L; 4 years. the Canada Cares loran and other local . , \ concerts have raised politicians to his piano MINYOUIUSEDCLUBS andgetanetmmtradenvaluemdanynewdub ' . .. L...,_‘______/ about $10,000. all of teacher and classmates _"__-â€"_â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"- I which goes to the school â€" the effort would have How IT WORKS New (M, Price 5500 i and students. Zhang said never gotten off the _ his parents take care of ground. Bring in your old clubs and we’ll give you a quote Trade In (lub Value '5!” the rest â€" from adminis- They all have a part in on theirvalue. Buy new clubs, apply the value plus 20% Extra trade "' value 7519 trative fees to airfare to Canada Cares' success, save by paying the sales in on the lower net price. Net Price mo / visit China. he added. 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