When Beijing-based charity Magic Hospital makes a visit, whether to an orphanage or children's hospital, you can usually expect there to be plenty of red plastic noses, balloon animals, professional clowns and magicians and the sounds of kids laughing. But this past weekend, their team of clowns got a day off as Magic Hospital held its first ever T-Shirt Day in Beijing. On June 3rd, groups of volunteers visited a number of local shelters and hospitals, presenting over 1500 kids with Magic Boxes filled with everything they needed to create their own t-shirt.
Heading one these volunteer groups was Ted Maloney, the spokesperson for Magic Hospital and English Professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University. Many of his students from BFSU helped out on T-Shirt Day, including Sunni Chen from Jiangsu Province. I caught up with both Ted and Sunni at the BFSU campus this week to talk about how T-Shirt Day went and the importance of volunteering.
If you'd like to see pictures from T-Shirt Day, you can visit the CDQ Art Studio in the 798 Art Zone. That's located in the Dashanzi district in Beijing and the show will run from June 10th to 18th. |
