January 06

ROWDY GAINES ENDORSES CAMP!!!— 
After a very successful trip to Florida, David returned with a finished Camp DVD and Bring Me Hope’s first Olympic athlete supporter.  Rowdy Gaines is a three time Olympic gold medallist and we are thrilled to have him on board!

David goes to Italy—
Read, get set, fly!  David is traveling to Turin, Italy this February for the Olympic games.  He is hoping to make important contacts for the Beijing Olympics in 2008

Summer Camp—
With every month that passes we draw nearer to our Summer Camp 2006.  We still need sponsorships for the orphans and volunteers to join our team.  Please consider either of these opportunities or tell others about it.

Updated Website—
We have just finished updating the website which now has more information regarding Summer Camps. 

New Camp DVD—
We are excited to say that our 2006 Camp Promo DVD is finished and ready to be watched.  You can view it online, www.bringmehope.org, or order one on the website to be mailed to you. 

China News

Christmas wish program—
The Christmas Wish Program proved to be a great success.  As you can see from the pictures below the children oohed and aahed over all of the gifts.  We also had 2 TV stations film and air the event for all of Jiangxi province to see.  Hopefully we will have the opportunity to make a dreams come true every Christmas season.
Zhi Wei—
Last summer we met Zhi Wei at the Nanchang orphanage we worked at.  Blind and malnourished, he instantly captured our hearts.  Through our influence and with the help of our staff member, Jean Chen, we were able to get him into a professional care institute for blind children.  We give thanks for the proper training he will now receive in his new home.
GET INVOLVED… You don’t have to go to China to help orphans!
Camp flyers are printed and ready to hand out.  We’ll mail them to you for free; we just need more people to agree to hand out flyers.
Did you know???—
Despite the constant, blistering, oppressive heat, Nanchang holds only a handful of pools.  As authentic Southern Californians, we expected to see one on every corner.  So, we asked ourselves, where do the children spend their afternoons to escape the heat?  We soon found out that they do go swimming, but not in pools.  Nanchang has several lakes, mostly man-made, and you can pretty much guarantee that there will be swimmers splashing and playing in every one.  One day us girls were on a walk when we peered into the distance and saw several kids frantically searching for clothes.  We smiled to ourselves as we all thought of Norman Rockwell’s painting, “No Swimming.”