冬天的陽光 – 記明日之光Building Bridges團隊的烘焙義賣
前言
2020年11月，美中下一代基金會明日之光公益獎平台正式成立並得到華人社區的積極響應和參與。平台的職責之一是傳播各個團隊的事迹和經驗，共大家學習，交流和參考。明日之光Building Bridges是一個去年由幾個高中生成立的團隊，目的在於幫助國內中小學生學習英語口語，促進美中學生之間的交流。這篇介紹他們團隊的文章是由團隊的Elizabeth Tian執筆，夥伴Estelle Shen 和 Stephanie Sun修改而成。希望給其他想成立義工團隊的學生和家長一些啟發，有心加入團隊的學生也可以聯繫他們。
特別想要說一下文章里提到的「拾柴義工」。2020年當我們這裡急需保護用品對抗新冠病毒時，遠在中國的拾柴義工找到了基金會，為我們募捐了兩萬隻口罩！這些口罩由基金會五位董事送到了喬治亞州偏遠的醫院，對這些地方的抗疫起到巨大的作用。看到這篇文章的朋友如果想要支持這個組織，可以與這個團隊聯繫。
Sunlight in Winter — Bake Sale
Written by: Elizabeth Tian
Revised by: Estelle Shen and Stephanie Sun
At the end of 2021, our nonprofit organization, Building Bridges, held a bake sale to raise money for Firewood Collecting Volunteer Team, volunteers who help children by teaching, buying school supplies and essential living supplies, such as clothes and food in Da Liang Shan, China, which is an economically underdeveloped area.
Children in Da Liang Shan, China receive items from Firewood Collecting Volunteer team
2021年底我們的非營利組織 Building Bridges 舉辦了一場烘焙義賣，為生活在經濟不發達地區中國大涼山的貧困兒童籌集資金。此次募捐活動的收益將捐給拾柴義工機構，為那裡的孩子們購買生活必需品和學慣用品。
中國涼山的孩子們收到捐贈物品（照片來自拾柴義工）
On December 27, 2021, Building Bridges came together to start baking macarons and cookies. The process was hard work, but worthwhile in the end. The experience showed how amazing it was to see so many people coming together to help raise money for children. Throughout the process, everything was made sure to be sanitary and followed COVID guidelines.
We made and sold berry and chocolate macarons, sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies, and butter cookies.
2021 年 12 月 27 日，我們的非營利組織同工們齊聚一堂，一起烘焙馬卡龍和餅乾。過程很辛苦，但所有的努力都是值得的。十幾位同工聚集在一起為貧困孩子籌集資金，我們的經歷辛苦但精彩紛呈。整個過程都確保食品衛生並遵循新冠防疫準則。
我們製作並銷售漿果和巧克力馬卡龍、糖曲奇、巧克力曲奇和黃油曲奇.
Overall, the bake sale was successful and demonstrated our team』s cooperation and teamwork. As a result, we made about $300 in profits to donate for the children and sold 118 cookies and macarons to family, friends, and neighbors. We accumulated $600 in donations, leaving us with $700 to donate to the Firewood Collecting Volunteer team and $200 for Building Bridges to keep for website and management costs. We thank those who donated money for this fundraiser to help us accomplish our plan. You are the sunlight in the cold winter, warming up those surrounding us, especially the children in Da Liang Shan, China.
Our donation certificate from Firewood Collecting Volunteer team and some pictures of how they used our donations
總的來說，烘焙銷售是成功的，展示了Building Bridges的合作和團隊精神。最終我們向家人和朋友出售118個餅乾和馬卡龍，獲得利潤大約300美元，並籌集了大約 600 美元捐款。我們將其中的700美元捐給了拾柴義工，留下200美元用於Building Bridges網站的建設和維護。我們感謝為此次籌款活動捐款以幫助我們完成計劃的好心人。你們就是冬日之光，照亮溫暖了周圍的人，特別是遠在大涼山的孩子們。
拾柴義工給我們頒發的捐贈證書以及他們如何使用我們的捐款的一些照片
After weeks of planning, baking, and selling, the result proved that the process was efficient and rewarding. This fundraiser was a large undertaking, but demonstrated how thankful we should be for our living conditions and what we take for granted. We should always spread kindness to others, and we will continue to display teamwork and dedication in our future activities as a team and organization.
Building Bridges 籌款團隊
經過數周的籌劃，製作，銷售，最後的結果表明這次籌款是高效的，也是有益的。本次籌款活動規模很大，我們為製作食物付出許多努力，也非常感恩我們的生活條件和所擁有的必需品，這些都深深影響了我們的未來。誠然我們應該感恩所擁有的，未來我們的活動會更加有效，有更好的團隊精神並且將善意傳播給更多的人！
這裡是曾經登過的這個團隊的介紹：
明日之光Building Bridges團隊：建一座連接你我之橋
如果你有興趣加入我們的小老師團隊，或是想成為學生，歡迎聯繫我們！Building Bridges隨時歡迎新朋友。我們的微信號是buildingbridgesorg，Instagram賬號是buildingbridgesorg，email是buildingbridgesteam2021@gmail.com。我們的youtube頻道叫Building Bridges，歡迎點擊觀看。謝謝！
