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Celebrity Volunteer Wen Features Charitable Music Event |
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2010/12/20/ Monday |
 Mr. Jiang,
President of Shanghai Xingyu Autism presenting one of his paintings on autistic
children to Wen
The air is imbued with warm festivities as yearend
approaches. One Foundation invited celebrity volunteer, who is also the founder
of Dafu Fund, Mr. Wen Zhang to participate in a charitable event. The event
featured a fund-raising auction.
He event is
supported by 353 Plaza. As part of the event, the charitable auction featured
30 guitars personally signed by various celebrities. The signatures come from
pop star Van Fan, actress Li Bingbing, pop band Fahrenheit, singer Yoga Lin,
Sun Nan, actor Eddie Yu-yen Peng, and Taiwan pop stars like Chang Chen-yue,
Shunza and Landy Wen. The 30 guitars are hanged on a Christmas tree at the
courtyard of 353 Plaza and are auctioned on 353 Plaza’s website. All fund raised will be transferred to One Foundation Dafu Fund
to support various projects aiming to help children suffering from autism.
 Interviewing students from mixed classes  Wen Zhang and President Jiang leading the mixed classes in the
gallery.  Guitar signed by Wen Zhang  Parents of autistic children sharing their experience
With
the support of
the 353 Plaza, One Family, Dafu Fund and Shanghai Xingyu Autism held an
art
exhibition at the 353 Gallery. More than 50 paintings have shown the
rich
emotional and aesthetic abilities. On December 19th, Wen Zhang came
to the Gallery and enjoyed dancing performed by students from Xingyu’s
mixed classes. He also shared his story setting up the Dafu Fund with
presenting audiences and media. Wen called for more public attention to
children suffering from autism and a more tolerant and equal
environment.
“My experience with autistic children allowed me to find
exceptional
sensitivity and creativity in them. Perhaps this is because they are
often shut
away from the rest of the world. That’s why you can’t directly
intervene, or it will cause more problems. So we think, why don’t we
start from their artistic gifts, so more can be drawn to notice the
group suffering from autism, understand autism and treat autistic kids
with
more equality? ”Wen said frankly that “for a celebrity, doing
philanthropy may encounter many difficulties.
Although the road ahead is long, a promising future is beckoning. The
cause
needs everyone’s support.”
The event called for more participation
into helping autistic children through guitar auction and an art exhibition.
This way the children may gradually overcome their mental barriers and embrace
a brighter future.
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