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Hometown Education Foundation is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization
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Hometown Education Foundation is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization
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Education Foundation (HEF) was founded by Dr. Tonghai Yang in 2004 to
help the poorest kids in his home county Ningguo, Anhui, China to
continue their VERY BASIC Elementary through High School Education. These kids are in danger of dropping out of school just because their family could not afford the mandatory school fees and book fees ($60-$150 a year). Some of them lost parent(s) due to accident or disease, others have a family member with severe chronic disease with a major medical bill, and others have a disabled parent. A little support goes a long way to help these kids establish a basic educational background for their future. A mere $60 helps an elementary school kid to stay in school for a whole year, and a mere $80 helps a middle school kid to stay in school for a whole year. Getting into high school is a big achievement for a rural student in China, only 50 percent of them can get into high school via a highly competitive entrance exam. $150 can help a poor high school student stay in school for a year. Your generous support will make a huge difference to the needy students and their families. Please be assured that your donation goes directly to the needy students 100 percent. Dr. Yang pays the overhead in US, and his colleagues in China pay the overhead in China. Your donation is tax deductible. To make a donation, please make a check payable to the Hometown Education Foundation, and send it to Hometown Education Foundation c/o Tonghai Yang 9 W. Geneva Cir. Madison, WI 53717 You are also welcome to use google checkout (above) to make a donation. In that case, please drop me an email at thyang@math.wisc.edu so I can send you a receipt with thank you note and record your donation correctly. Sponsoring one or more needy students are very welcome and greatly appreciated too if you prefer direct contact with students. Please feel free to contact Dr. Tonghai Yang at thyang@math.wisc.edu or (608)263-4219. The Hometown Education Foundation is officially recognized by the IRS as a publich charity. You can also help HEF by using Good Search for your online search and your online shop. Everytime you search using www.goodsearch.com, it will donate 1 cent to the HEF. It is very simple. The first time you use it, you indicate that you are supporting `Hometown Education Foundation', then start your search. That is it. Even though 1 cent is almost nothing, we could collect $3.65 a year from your effort if you use it once a day on average, which is real money fro the students in real need. From the webpage, you can click `goodshop' and shop online then as usual. The good part is that everytime you shop online from `goodshop', we will get a certain percentage donation from the retailer at no cost of yours (part of the retailer's charity donation). Thanks a lot for your help in advance. As always, your check donation is greatly appreciated. Please spread the words to your friends too. www.goodsearch.com use Yahoo engine to search and has a clean front page similar to Google.
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