Chinese New Year in Ireland

Chinese New Year in Ireland is a very active time for all families connected to China. For our family it is an amazing time for celebration and dedicated work to help make it the best for them, the sharing of cultural diversity, and actively promoting LWB. : - )
My girls’ dance with the Chinese Irish Cultural Academy http://www.cicaireland.com/ and this is show week – more about that in another blog!!

Today I’ll tell you a little about our weekend away in Limerick where our ICCG - Irish-Chinese Contact Group (FCC) https://www.iccg.ie/home.asp held this year's all Ireland celebrations. The ICCG have LWB as their official charity and always keep a table for us to set out our wares. (Thank you ICCG!)

Our table this year was placed directly after all the fun activities arranged for the children. I had loaded it up with Love’s Journey 2 http://store01.prostores.com/servlet/lwbshop/Detail?no=47 and the colouring books that ICCG produce with Chinese/English named items – toys, clothes and animals. http://store01.prostores.com/servlet/lwbshop/Detail?no=23 All proceeds from these books go directly to LWB!!! (Thanks again ICCG!)

They even supplied me with a store helper Emily! I of course had further help (or hindrance) from my daughters. We sold over $800 worth of books – funds going DIRECTLY to the children in China. Whoopee!!!

I got to talk to and thank so many people who throughout the year have been helping the children through LWB. I was approached with offers of new fundraisers too ;-)
On the last morning as I was eating breakfast, a Mom and daughter came towards us with big smiles on their faces. Mom handed me an envelope, which contained the savings her daughter had given her as a birthday present – the present was to help a child through LWB. It took all my power to choke back a tear – what an inspiring end to a wonderful week!

Julie in Dublin, Ireland

Pain for Gain (and totally for the kids)

It all started with our wonderful facilitator in China, Ming, who “agreed” to have his legs waxed to help a child identified by the mobile medical unit in Anhui. We don’t think he actually knew what he was agreeing to, but when he makes a promise it is kept, and so a box of strip wax was hastily mailed to China and on a mobile medical run the PTs hid their smiles as they assisted wth his leg hair removal. Over $1000 was donated to his effort. Xie Xie Ming!

Next, in Ireland a retired neighbor of one of our LWB volunteers, who is a member of the Garda (police) male voice choir, heard about the wonderful chivalry of Ming in China and declared he would do the same! Rip!! Thank you Tom Casey of Dublin, Ireland and the whole choir for supporting his valiant effort. All for the kids!

Then the craze spread to Limerick in Ireland where 6 men heard the call and offered their legs, arms, chest (ouch!) and even shaved their heads all for the cause of the children!
Ger, Billy, John, Neil, Martin & Ger 2....you are brave men. Thank you all!

A few extra Euro was thrown into the pot when some women realized they could be the one to tear the wax strips off their men. All for the kids of course!

See our mobile medical page at : http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/MobileMedical.php
for more information … or to donate. The winners are the children in all this … over $5000 was raised with these “fun” events!

Well done men!! We salute you!!