Dongdaewon 2015 Has Begun!

Welcome to Dongdaewon 2015!  This week is the official launch of our fundraising period, which lasts until Spring break.  We are already off to an amazing start with the return of the faculty pantomime which played two sell-out shows and raised just over 6.5 million won!

Today at Hearts to Serve we showed the students our Dongdaewon video.

Dongdaewon 2015 from Sarah Carpenter on Vimeo.

Our theme this year is HOPE.  Ms Bigwood, along with Grade 5 helpers and Mrs Simpson talked with the students about how the many different things they do to fundraise turns into medicine, which saves lives.  Their service and the resulting medicine provide a huge gift of hope to our patients in the North.  Never underestimate the power of hope ... it can change the world.

There will be a lot happening over the next few weeks.  We have tshirts on sale in all divisions, ES and BS are planning their fairs, a swimathon is in process, an amazing silent auction is coming.  We will also have patient updates, a North Korea trip report from Mrs Simpson (she was our staff representative on the Eugene Bell delegation to North Korea last April).  Check back here each week to see what is happening.  For now ... on with the dance!