From Heart to Heart: Angel Heart International holds benefit concert
Angel Heart International held their second annual benefit concert on Saturday, January 23rd at Pacific Academy.
Aiming to allocate funds for Angel Heart International, the concert, hosted by Pacific Academy and co-hosted by Angel Heart Intl. and Opus119, featured four piano performers, Allison To, Juliana Wang, Phoebe Pan and Umi Garrett. Pacific Academy owner Kelly Chu emceed the concert. Founder Shouvan Li spoke at the concert about his inspiration to found Angel Hearts Intl. and experiences with the organization.
“The concert was rather amazing and the whole evening was touching, “Pacific Academy principal Keith Corpus said. “[It is] wonderful that [the performers] are able to play so well that it does not feel like high school kids.”
Angel Heart Intl. is a non-profit organization found in 2007 in California that sponsors heart surgery for impoverished kids in developing nations. It also organizes the Gansu Support Group Program in which volunteers travel to Lanzhou, China and build relationships with sponsored patients and their families.
“I decided to perform because it was for a very good cause,” performer and Pacific Academy sophomore Umi Garrett said. “It is a great way to do what I can, and piano is the one thing I can do.”
Founder and biomedical engineer Shouvan Li’s inspiration of founding Angel Hearts Intl came from an unfortunate incident in his own life—his daughter was born in 2002 with heart disease. As he read a story about a man named Mr. Zhang sponsoring the surgery of a child with Ventricular Septal Defect in China, he decided to found Angel Hearts Intl to help the unfortunate people in the world.
“I would use all the success in my career to trade for [my daughter’s] health and well-being, “Li said. “Her disease changed, little by little, my opinion of career success.”
On average, a child needs $4000 to undergo heart surgery. The organization has helped 102 kids, mainly in Gansu, China, get surgery for their heart diseases.
将心比心：天使心基金会举办募款音乐会
天使心基金会于1月23日 在Pacific Academy举行了第二届年度募款音乐会。
这场Pacific Academy主办，Opus119， CAAOC与天使心基金会协办的音乐会旨在为天使心基金会筹集捐款。钢琴表演者Phoebe Pan, Allison To, Juliana Wang与Umi Garrett表演了7首经典曲目。天使心基金会创办人Shouvan Li也在场讲述了自己成立基金会的灵感和于基金会共度9年的历程。
“这场音乐会给我带来了无与伦比的惊喜和感动，” Pacific Academy校长Keith Corpus表示。 “表演者们的演奏水平远远超越了我对高中学生的期望。”
天使心基金会是一个于2007年在加州成立的非营利性组织，旨在帮助发展中国家需要开展心脏手术的贫困儿童。每年夏天，基金会都会组织一群志愿者去兰州访问病患并于他们的家属交流沟通。
“我决定来表演是因为表演的慈善目的，”表演者和Pacific Academy十年级学生Umi Garrett表示。 “钢琴也是我尽我所能帮助孩子们的一种方式。”
天使心基金会创始人和生物医学工程师Shouvan Li的灵感来自与他个人生活中的困苦--他的女儿一出生就不幸患有先天性心脏病。此后他偶然读到了一篇关于资助患有室间隔缺损的贫困儿童的文章，深受感动并决定成立天使心基金会来帮助世界上更多的不幸者。
“我愿用我职业生涯所有的成功换取我女儿的健康，”Shouvan Li表示。 “她的病一点一点改变了我对职业生涯成功的看法。”
音乐会共有200多人出席，共募款26,800美金。天使心基金会成立9年来已帮助了102名患有先天性心脏病的儿童。具体信息请参看angelheartintl.org.
撰文：Genevieve Slosberg
编辑： Renyuan（Jack) Ma
Angel Heart International held their second annual benefit concert on Saturday, January 23rd at Pacific Academy.
Aiming to allocate funds for Angel Heart International, the concert, hosted by Pacific Academy and co-hosted by Angel Heart Intl. and Opus119, featured four piano performers, Allison To, Juliana Wang, Phoebe Pan and Umi Garrett. Pacific Academy owner Kelly Chu emceed the concert. Founder Shouvan Li spoke at the concert about his inspiration to found Angel Hearts Intl. and experiences with the organization.
“The concert was rather amazing and the whole evening was touching, “Pacific Academy principal Keith Corpus said. “[It is] wonderful that [the performers] are able to play so well that it does not feel like high school kids.”
Angel Heart Intl. is a non-profit organization found in 2007 in California that sponsors heart surgery for impoverished kids in developing nations. It also organizes the Gansu Support Group Program in which volunteers travel to Lanzhou, China and build relationships with sponsored patients and their families.
“I decided to perform because it was for a very good cause,” performer and Pacific Academy sophomore Umi Garrett said. “It is a great way to do what I can, and piano is the one thing I can do.”
Founder and biomedical engineer Shouvan Li’s inspiration of founding Angel Hearts Intl came from an unfortunate incident in his own life—his daughter was born in 2002 with heart disease. As he read a story about a man named Mr. Zhang sponsoring the surgery of a child with Ventricular Septal Defect in China, he decided to found Angel Hearts Intl to help the unfortunate people in the world.
“I would use all the success in my career to trade for [my daughter’s] health and well-being, “Li said. “Her disease changed, little by little, my opinion of career success.”
On average, a child needs $4000 to undergo heart surgery. The organization has helped 102 kids, mainly in Gansu, China, get surgery for their heart diseases.
将心比心：天使心基金会举办募款音乐会
天使心基金会于1月23日 在Pacific Academy举行了第二届年度募款音乐会。
这场Pacific Academy主办，Opus119， CAAOC与天使心基金会协办的音乐会旨在为天使心基金会筹集捐款。钢琴表演者Phoebe Pan, Allison To, Juliana Wang与Umi Garrett表演了7首经典曲目。天使心基金会创办人Shouvan Li也在场讲述了自己成立基金会的灵感和于基金会共度9年的历程。
“这场音乐会给我带来了无与伦比的惊喜和感动，” Pacific Academy校长Keith Corpus表示。 “表演者们的演奏水平远远超越了我对高中学生的期望。”
天使心基金会是一个于2007年在加州成立的非营利性组织，旨在帮助发展中国家需要开展心脏手术的贫困儿童。每年夏天，基金会都会组织一群志愿者去兰州访问病患并于他们的家属交流沟通。
“我决定来表演是因为表演的慈善目的，”表演者和Pacific Academy十年级学生Umi Garrett表示。 “钢琴也是我尽我所能帮助孩子们的一种方式。”
天使心基金会创始人和生物医学工程师Shouvan Li的灵感来自与他个人生活中的困苦--他的女儿一出生就不幸患有先天性心脏病。此后他偶然读到了一篇关于资助患有室间隔缺损的贫困儿童的文章，深受感动并决定成立天使心基金会来帮助世界上更多的不幸者。
“我愿用我职业生涯所有的成功换取我女儿的健康，”Shouvan Li表示。 “她的病一点一点改变了我对职业生涯成功的看法。”
音乐会共有200多人出席，共募款26,800美金。天使心基金会成立9年来已帮助了102名患有先天性心脏病的儿童。具体信息请参看angelheartintl.org.
撰文：Genevieve Slosberg
编辑： Renyuan（Jack) Ma