On October 16, the Lendlease volunteers were up early for You Dao’s family home renovation project.  You Dao worked closely with Lendlease to select the five neediest families with the most difficult living conditions, and to choose the volunteers who would donate their time and energy to the project.
Little Gu Aoyun lives in a greenhouse.  The floor is the earth, without a flat spot in it.  There is barely any furniture, all that there is was collected by the family from items discarded by others.  Clothes were just scattered on the bed, so there was hardly any space to rest or study.   Very dangerously, the space was hung with electrical wires dangling from the ceiling, which could have given dangerous shocks any time they were touched.  But after a hard day of work from the Lendlease volunteers, the space was transformed.  The electric wires were installed properly, ensuring the safety of the family and their children.  The team installed new lamps, and bedding and clothing were put away in neatly stacked boxes.  Two new desk with lamps were installed for the children’s study.  Mother Aoyun said she couldn’t imagine the transformation the volunteers brought to their home, and promised the children would make good use of the new desks to improve their studies.
Little Zhang Zihan’s home was nothing but an abandoned cottage, of about 20 square meters.  Warm sunshine streams through a south-facing window, but all the furniture was broken down, and only one of five kitchen drawers was working.  Everything was just strewn about, and all was badly in need of cleaning and organizing.  Lendlease volunteers working with this family brought simple furniture, kitchen supplies, a stove and lamps.  They brought milk powder for the children as well as books and puzzles – and desks at which the children could read and write.  Just a half-day’s work left the home new and full of love and warmth.
Little Zhu Mengchen’s  home is beside a pond.  It’s small and without much furniture, but it is clean.  The family is very poor – the bed was made from boards the father had picked up from construction sites.  A single gas burner served for a stove.  Lendlease volunteers arrived with a new mattress and stove, and fluorescent lamps which they installed for the family.  Everything was installed by noon when Mengchen’s father returned from the construction site where he works – and he invited the volunteers to have lunch with the family.  It was a simple but happy lunch that brought everyone closer together and Mengchen’s father saw off the volunteers with the belief the family’s lives will now be better.
Zhou Xiangming’s family of four lives in a 10-square-meter rented room, with no lighting or ventilation. His brother’s cough has just gotten better. The family of four sleeps in one bed, and the house was crowded with dangerous electrical wires and power strips. Lendlease volunteers worked together with the father to move out household waste and pieces of scrapped machinery – that got rid of the rats and the cockroaches. New wiring and electric sockets got rid of that safety hazard. And the volunteers brought along a new double bed and bunk beds for the children, along with a wardrobe and storage racks. The family of four now have their own beds and some space in which to relax. They left a bright and clean home, and a happy and much safer family.
We’re very grateful to Lend Lease volunteers under the leadership of Managing Director of Construction Steve Willett.They walked hand in hand with the migrant families we serve, working hard to provide better lives to people with little hope.  It just shows what a caring and socially responsible can do when it makes a commitment to social responsibility.  Thank you Lendlease.

On the morning of September 13 volunteers from Yum! came to You Dao’s Qingpu Center for a special day – a September birthday party for all the migrant children!
All the volunteers jumped into the party decorations as they soon arrived, and then the fun began.
We started with the children talking about previous birthday parties, but it turned out that some had never had one because their parents were too busy at work. Some of the children didn’t even know their birthdays. With the help of the volunteers all the children wrote down their names and their birth dates, and then formed a circle in order of the dates. For the first time they learned how old each of them was. The Yum! volunteers took pictures with each group of children born in the same month.
And then of course came the cakes! Three of our little birthday stars including one Yum! volunteers made wishes and blew out the candles, while everyone sang Happy Birthday for the children who may not have had too many happy birthdays before. A happy dance from the children and more smiles and laughter brought the day to a close. More than one of the children said they had never had such delicious cake before, and that they couldn’t wait for their next party!

On September 8th, Mr. Willis restaurant and You Dao will host the 9th Mr. Willis Dinner.

During the dinner, Dr. Warren Kinne, a co-founder of You Dao, thanked the dinner guests for attending and their continued support. You Dao Foundation’s treasurer, Leonard Pratt, a 2014 Shanghai Magnolia Silver Award winner, also spoke about You Dao’s recent operation and activities.

The dinner also had a special musical performance from Australia singer Caitlin Reilly. Dr. Kinne also said a special thank you to Craig Willis, the founder of Mr. Willis restaurant. He said that without Craig’s great help and support You Dao would not have been able to achieve such success. Over the past few years, You Dao has provided around 255 scholarships to migrant children per year. Altogether over a 1,000 migrant children have benefited from these educational scholarships. Mr. Willis restaurant hosts two charity dinners a year for You Dao and donates all of the revenue to the charity. Craig also said a special thank you to his staff, who all generously volunteer their time for the event.

The 9th Mr. Willis Dinner was very successful. You Dao received funding for 10 new scholarships and many attendees expressed great interest in volunteering with the charity.

You Dao is very thankful for all of the support and hopes it can continue to grow and give back to migrant workers who are in need of assistance. You Dao hopes more and more migrant children can sense the love and support from the community and can learn to grow up and become confident, caring, and responsible members of this community.

由Eastern Carpet和四季大酒店主办的忧道慈善地毯拍卖会于2014年10月11日晚顺利落幕。近200位来自各界的朋友们出席了此次拍卖会，50件地毯精品在此次拍卖会中拍出。

此次慈善拍卖会上有来自Metto和他的年轻朋友们带来的乐器表演以及棒棒堂民工幼儿园小朋友带来的舞蹈演出。悠扬的音乐以及孩子们天真烂漫的舞姿吸引了全场的注意力。

现场精美绝伦的地毯，别致的静拍物件无不吸引着前来参加活动嘉宾们的眼球，大家都争先拍下自己心仪的物件，不少嘉宾也由此不得不留下遗憾。整个拍卖会还不时送出丰厚的抽奖奖品。

最令人兴奋的是在外籍小朋友小爱和志愿者的帮助下,我们也顺利完成我们金秋小熊计划的第一期筹款计划，开场半小时不到就售罄所有现场小熊，共计19只，募得3800人民币将全用于林灿和曹心蕊小朋友的治疗费用。

这次活动获得多家企业的赞助，并取得了圆满落幕。我们期待来年的慈善地毯拍卖会能吸引更多的嘉宾参与并给予忧道支持。