Title: A Short Story
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- A Short Story
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- The SOAR Foundation
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4Our Mission
- The SOAR Foundation, a non-profit, charitable
organization created in 1995 is dedicated to
provide educational opportunities for the
impoverished but deserving children in rural
China and in Taiwan to acquire, at the very
least, a high school level of education.
5To provide opportunity of getting the basic
education
6To encourage to excel
7To demonstrate nurture the love of giving back
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We are unique in
1. Our grass root tradition 2. Our direct
participation
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Our Grass Root Tradition
We started out with it We grew up with it Well
carry it into the future
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From a few peoples ideas ten year ago
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developed into a clear mission.
12From a few peoples dedication at the beginning
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Developed into a collected force with
multi-department organization.
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With words of mouths, from person to person, the
tradition will be carried through the generations.
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The efforts, drop-by-drop, will form a stream
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Eventually, it will be as powerful as the sea.
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Our Direct Participation
- ???? Direct nomination
- ???? Direct evaluation
- ???? Direct fund transfer
- ???? Direct visit
- ???? Direct mentoring
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20Direct Nomination
- Each year volunteer nominators in each region
recommend
21Direct Nomination
- poor yet deserving students to be scholarship
candidates.
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24Direct Evaluation
- Volunteers and sponsors in the U.S. personally
evaluate students ...
25Direct Ranking
- from their autobiographies, essays, and school
reports.
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Direct Fund Transfer
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SOAR Beijing office sets up bank accounts for
students and transfer the award money directly
into students accounts.
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30Direct Visit
- In the past ten years SOAR dispatched nine
all-volunteer teams
31Direct Visit
- travel to China to visit students and their
teachers.
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34Direct Mentoring
- SOAR organizes hundreds of volunteers
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35Direct Mentoring
- to mentor students outside of their academic
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38In ten years, SOAR has passed
its message to thousands of people
The donation has grown from 0 to 300,000 a year.
It has provided education opportunities to more
than four thousand students.
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2006 Student Distribution Map
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Student Growth by Year
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Sponsor Growth by Year
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Donation Growth by Year
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Touching Stories
????? Lived Above A Pig Pen
??????? The Sunshine Girl
44????? The missing brother
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- This is an old photo of Yang and his younger
brother. SOAR helped Yang to go to school, but
his brother had to go cow tending.
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- A photo of Yang and his mother. He is an
accountant now, but his brother did not return
home one day and has been missing since.
46?????Lived above a pig pen
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Standing in the middle is one of the awardees,
Chen. Now he has graduated from a professional
school.
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Chen grew up living on top of a pig pen. With his
own efforts and SOARs help, he has successfully
brought changes to himself and his family.
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In this photo, Li-juan was vividly describing
what she saw in the future.
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- The bright girl in this photo has become a local
school teacher.
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SOAR Organization
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SOAR Board of Advisors
? ? ? ?? Prof. Wu-Yi Hsiang ? ? ? ?? Prof. Cho
Yun Hsu ? ? ? ?? Prof. Frank Shu ? ? ? ?? Prof.
Wei Min Tu ? ? ? ?? Dr. Andrew Wang ? ? ? ??
Prof. James Wu
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Ex-members of SOAR advisors Board
? ? ? ?? Prof. X. S. Chen ? ? ? ??
Prof. X. X. Hsu ? ? ? ?? Prof. T.Y. Lin
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54 SOAR Board of Directors
Margaret Tan (Chairperson) Shirley
Chen Siu Feng Huang Roberta Tung
George Chao Ben Tze
Yujie Dong Judy Chai
Joesph Lee Kathy Zhu
Jiang Hui Liu Gary Young Wen
Mei Wong Andrew Lin Lily
Hsueh
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SOARs Special Projects
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58Teachers Training Program
SOAR has sponsored or co-sponsored several summer
teachers training camp programs aimed at
providing additional training on English and
computer technology to teachers to enhance
ability.
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62Orphanage Support
SOAR has a project of providing monetary support
to an orphanage in Anhui, China.
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64Alumni Contact
We try to keep SOAR graduates staying in touch.
The next picture was taken in a restaurant in
2005 when SOAR staff met with some alumni who
were attending colleges nearby Beijing.
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68Future Planning
- Supplement to Chinese government policy, to
upgrade our providing limit from high school to
professional schools and colleges and
universities.
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70Future Planning
Raising from being a platform of personal charity
to a platform of serving the community.
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72Future Planning
Introduce and promote in China the concept of
serving the society as volunteers.
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SOAR Needs You!
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75SOAR needs your participation
You may join us as
A member, A scholarship sponsor, A mentor,
and/or A volunteer
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77SOAR needs your donations
Donation can be big or small
Kids selling juices - 85 one-dollar bills. Gifts
among friends one scholarship In memory of
family members with SOAR together to accomplish
your wishes Set up a charity fund through SOAR
to help the world.
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?? 32930 Alvarado-Niles Road Suite
350, Union City, CA 94587 ?? 510-675-0680 ??
510-675-0160 ?? office_at_soaronline.org ??
www.soaronline.org
79Please Contact Us
Address 32930 Alvarado-Niles Road Suite
350, Union City, CA 94587 Telephone
510-675-0680 Fax 510-675-0160 Email
office_at_soaronline.org Website www.soaronline.org
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81For a good cause such as this, Lets quickly
pool all efforts. Lend our helping hands to
those deserving, May the republic be blessed by
the sound of studying.
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Thank you !