Li Li Ling

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Blessing Hands presents Li Liling September 2009 Li Liling Wants to Major in Environmental Science (李丽玲) Li Liling wants to major in environmental science or chemistry to help the world be a better place. As you can see from our picture together, she is so petite you would never guess she is 19 years old. She needs a $500 scholarship to attend Guangxi Normal University. She has a brother and a sister who are thirteen year old twins. They need money for school expenses too. Her parents are in poor health and only have a farm income. She has a sister two years older than her who is not in school. Liling will be the first in her family to go to college. Her national score is 470. She makes money for her family by doing embroidery work. The family of 6 only makes a small income of $176 US per person a year. She attended No. 1 Middle School in Qinzhou. Her scholarship essay in her own words is featured below. Our charity helps students in Yangshuo and Qinzhou, China with educational tuition and aid. We would like to recommend Li Liling as a student worthy of help by a sponsor. Sincerely, Betty Cutts You can learn more about Liling by watching her Youtube video is at this link. I Am a Child from a Poor village My high school life was very busy but wonderful. Blessing Hands gave me not only money, but also wealth of the spirit. They let me know that there is love in the world everywhere. They let me know that all the people in the earth are just like a big family. I know the value of spreading love by the meaning of "Blessing Hands". It is their help that made me continue my high school life. I can't imagine what my life would be without their help. Their help made me continue the way of seeking my dream. I will go to a college to continue my dream, but I know going to college will cost lots of money. I am a child from a poor village. My family can't afford to give me this money. Would you give me a hand to continue my dream? When someone gives a hand, wonderful things will happen. I look forward to the wonderful things. Whether I can go to a college or not, I will help others as it is possible that I can. If I can go to a college, I will take a part-time job and take part in volunteer activities and spread love through my hands. Yours, Li Liling About Blessing Hands I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing the applicants for our college scholarships before they were selected by our scholarship committee to be featured in our newsletter. They are such earnest, eager students that I would grant them all a scholarship if I could, but we need sponsors to do that. We have 23 students applying for scholarships this year, and we are encouraged that 7 have been selected by sponsors. When you sign up to be a sponsor, we provide contact information so you can write to them during their college year. We ask them to maintain a 75 GPA and do three hours of volunteer service a semester. Most of them do much more than that. Are you interested in mentoring a Chinese college student? We like to give them $500 scholarships which will usually covers their tuition for a year. However, we encourage you to give any amount or make a matching challenge by asking other sponsors to also respond. You can also forward this e-mail to people you think might respond to their need. You can give by credit card at this link on our Blessing Hands web page or send a check made to Blessing Hands to the address below. Our administrators in China will see that your student gets their scholarship. For more information contact us at this link. Your gifts are tax deductible since we are a 503 (c)(3) public US charity. Blessings and thanks, Betty Cutts. Blessing Hands 106 Timber Lane Morehead, Kentucky 40351 219 232 8887

Liang Fangyu Wants to Learn a Skill

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Quick Links Register Now for the 5K Run for Families See Other Scholarship Applicants who have already been featured More About Us on Our Web Page Give John a $500 Scholarship Send a check to Blessing Hands, 106 Timber Lane, Morehead, KY, 40351 Or click on this link to give by credit card online. Our Sponsors Visit Our Sponsor I Want to Learn a Useful Skill. Liang Fangyu I gave Fangyu the English name John the first time I met him when he volunteered at our Yangshuo eyeglass clinic. He retook his last year of high school to get a better score and brought his national score from 360 to 400 this year. He is still very disappointed, because his dream of taking a more advanced course of study at a university has not been possible. His older sister just graduated from a university owing many school loans but has not found a job. He has been admitted to Guangxi Mechanical Electrical College and wants to study practical subjects and learn electronic or mechanic skills. You can see his Youtube video at this link. Give John a future. Betty Cutts I am from a farm family My name is Liang Fangyu. My parents are not in a good, healthy condition. In 2000, my mother was in the hospital because of years of hard work. My father also suffers from chronic laryngitis and depends long term on medicine. My Father often does some manual work to maintain our life, and my Mother stays at home and does farm work. My parents have a heavy burden. They have to save every penny to support us. I want to take a more advanced course of study in a university, but my parent's health is poor and my sister needs a job. So I can't bear the expensive tuition fee of a university. My sister graduated from a university in 2008, but has not found a job. I wanted to find a job to help my family, but I can't find one. I am applying for college aid from you. I really need your help to realize my dream. If I get the aid, I will study hard to repay your kindheartedness. Thanks, Liang Fangyu Wang Bao Wang Bao has been accepted by Chang Chun Industrial University with a national score of 527. He repeated his last year of high school to make a better national score. He wants to major in Biological Engineering. He is from Pubei County in the Qinzhou area of Guangxi Province. There are three students in school in his family. His parents are farmers, but his father is in poor health. He hopes that he can get support from a Blessing Hands sponsor. He was unable to submit an essay in his own words, so watching his video is especially important. You can see his video at this link. Give a $500 Scholarship to Wang Bao. Thanks Wonderful Sponsors We thank you for all your support. We have 7 new scholarships from many sponsors this year. What a difference you have made in six lives! One sponsor added an extra scholarship this year to support a needy girl. Maybe you can add another one also or know someone you can forward this to that might want to invest in lives and dreams. . Of course we want all our students to have a chance to go to college. We still have four more to feature and hope that two more will be accepted into colleges so we can feature them too. Betty Cutts Blessing Hands 106 Timber Lane Morehead, KY 40351

Could you Rent Me $440?

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Could You Rent Me 3000 Yuan? ($440 US) Huang Jiayan's Plea for a Scholarship September 12, 2009 Dear Betty I am Huang Jiayan. I am very happy to have a chance to write to you and thank you very much. I am very sorry to bring trouble to you, but I do not know what to do. I quickly need someone who can help me, I am very sorry. If I enter my college, I have to have 3000 yuan ($440)for tuition, but my family does not have so much money to support me, and my younger brother also will use much money to go to school. My father works day and night. Even he was ill and does not have any rest, but he will not use any money to see a doctor, because he wants to use the money to support me and my brother to go to school. He seems old. I know you are a good sponsor. I have a presumptuous request. Could you rent me 3,000 yuan ($440 US)? I swear I will study hard and work hard. Once I can afford it, I will pay it back to you. I know I should not do so, but please forgive me. I do not have any other way. Could you please help me? Believe me I will not let you down. I hope you could help me, because only in this way can I change my life. I am very sorry. Thank you very much, Best Wishes, Huang Jiayan Yesterday Was My Birthday What do you do when you get a letter from a desperate student like Huang Jiayan, who has a deadline to pay her tuition? We have a protocol that determines when we feature each student who applies for our scholarships. A scholarship committee reviews each application after they are interviewed. Huang Jiayan's time to be featured in our newsletter to find a sponsor was a long time away from when she needed the money. When I got her letter asking me to "rent" her moneyfor her scholarship, I knew she really needed it now. So I personally "rented" her the tuition in a loan, hoping that when her time came to be featured, she would get a sponsor to cover her tuition and let me off the hook. For my birthday, I asked friends on facebook to give toward her tuition. Three friends said they would send checks, and another friend said I could apply her recent $150 gift to Huang Jiayan, when I told her the story. Another good friend gave me a $20 birthday check with Blessing Hands on it, saying " I knew not to make the check to you, because you would just give it to the Blessing Hands kids anyway." I hope these gifts are going to add up to a full $500 scholarship for her, but I am not sure how much the facebook friends are sending in their checks. So I am featuring her in this newsletter and asking other sponsors to send in enough to finish up her scholarship. If too much comes in, I know other students from last year whose sponsors could not renew their support. They need help too. Please give me the best birthday present I ever had. - education for a student. Below you can read Jiayan's scholarship essay, and you can see her video at this address. My name is Huang Jiayan There are six people in my family: Grandfather, Grandmother, Father, Mother, a younger brother and me. We are farmers and live in the country. My Dad has not read many books, and there is no knowledge for him. So he can only rely on manual work and even little money to be paid for that. My mother is in poor health, and she cannot work hard labor, so the economic consumption is more than a person can maintain. Besides my Grandpa and Grandma's physical condition is not good, and sometimes they need to be taken care of by other people. I want to go to the university because I want to gain more knowledge. Knowledge is power. If I have the power, I can have the ability to improve the condition of my family as well as helping other people who live in difficulty. My younger brother is also going to high school, so the expense of the family has increased, but my father's meager income cannot afford more. My father does not have the ability to support us. I would like to apply for a scholarship, and I hope to be able to complete the university. Thank you very much. Huang Jiayan National Score 478 Major Chemistry Please give a gift to Huang Jiayan that will let her have a scholarship instead of a loan from me. To get me off the hook, you can give by credit card at this link. Give by check by sending it to Blessing Hands, 106 Timber Lane, Morehead, KY 40351. Luo Piaoling Has Her Matching Sponsor A sponsor has stepped forward to match the offer of $250 for Luo Piaoling. Now she has her $500 Scholarship. Her tears will be ones of joy now. In This Issue Yesterday was My Birthday Huang Jiayan's Essay Article Headline Message Quick Links Register Now for 5 K Run for Families Blog More About Us Upcoming Event 5 K Run for Families Moonlight Stage Pavilion on Main Street Morehead, KY 40351 September 26, 2009 Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Race starts at 8:00. Prizes for times by age and gender. Fund raising teams that raise $500 will be recognized in a special way. Children under 12 free. Adults $10, Students $5. Raise $35 for our cause and get a t-shirt. Sponsored by Blessing Hands and Habitat for Humanity in a joint effort for families. Register online. Blessings to Our Wonderful Sponsors Thank you wonderful sponsors for you generous gifts. We have 7 new scholarships so far out of 23 students applying. Please make it 8 and counting. Contact Information Founder and President Betty Cutts 219 232 8887 E-mail link

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Zhang Shixin wants to major in Aquaculture Kindness is what I call Zhang Shixin Shixin's e-mail address has kindness in it, so I call him kindness. I have found out one thing about Shixin. He only asks for help when he really needs it. Once, he asked that his Blessing Hands tuition be given to someone who needed it more, because his brother had a job then. After a semester, he again asked for tuition help, because the family's situation has changed again. We made room for him again in the program. Now after a repeat year in high school to make a better national score, he has been admitted to Huanan Agriculture University. His college's tuition is higher than most other colleges. He really needs a scholarship, or he would not be asking for help. His father is in bad health, and his 23 year old brother can't find work. They are farmers. His mother and sister died of disease. He tells his own story in his Youtube video. Sincerely, Betty Cutts Blessing Hands 219 232 8887 I am majoring in aquaculture, because I grew up by the river. Water surrounds my country. My country is poor. I want to use my knowledge to help people change their lives. People will be rich. People will help each other, especially those that need help. Nowadays, our society is full of fierce competition. High pressure forces people to pursue a better education to ensure a better life. Going to a university is one of the best ways to get a better education, so I want to go to college. First, attending college can help me acquire new knowledge and communication skills. Technology plays an important role in our lives. College is the ideal place for me to learn such knowledge. Second, studying in college can help a person improve time management. In our society, people live in a busy environment. Research has shown that the more pressure there is, the faster lives people live. So, time is valuable. I must learn how to manage time efficiently. In college I can improve this ability, which will make things convenient. Third, a college education can build a good future. In some countries, graduating from college is a basic step towards getting a good job. If I am an illiterate, who will employ me? It is obvious that being well-educated is often a key to success. I want to go to college because I want to become a useful man. I know an ignorant man will become a failure, and knowledge will change a man's life. My elders' lives are hard because they are ignorant, so they hope I will go to college and want me to become a good man. If I go to college, I will study harder than before, and I can help people who need help. I want to pass the spirit of Blessing Hands on forever. I believe the world will be more beautiful, and people will feel the world is warm. Zhang Shixin National Score 515 Help Zhang Shixin Help Others Make a huge difference in a life. Give Shixin a $500 scholarship. Help him go to Huanan Agriculture University. Use this button to give any amount with Google Checkout, or send a check to the address below. About Blessing Hands We are a 501 public charity and any donation to our kids is fully tax deductible. Blessing Hands 106 Timber Lane Morehead, Kentucky 40351 219 232 8887 Good News Luo Piaoling's story has touched a sponsor. He is challenging someone to match his $250 gift to make her full $500 scholarship. I am so glad. I hope you will answer his challenge and send her to college by giving $250. This link leads to a Google Checkout link where you can give to complete her scholarship. Quick Links Blessing Hands Web Page FAQ about Blessing Hands Register for the 5K Run for Families on September 26th Join Our Mailing List

Liang jianzhen

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I know my family will not be able to afford the whole expense of college.

Liang Jianzhen always thinks of helping his family. Liang Jianzhen is a graduate of the best high school in Qinzhou, and his 17 year old brother is there also. His family values education for their sons. His mother is in poor health and often needs medicine. His father is the only one working to support the large family. In his thank you letter to Blessing Hands he says, " Without your help, it would have been more difficult to finish my study. Maybe I can't stay in the classroom any more. From your help, I get to know the meaning of life, and I will pass the blessing to others in the future." Jianzhen is accepted by Guangxi Normal University. He plans to major in accounting. Now, I introduce myself to you. My name is Liang Jianzhen. I was born in a small village which is far away from Qinzhou, into a farm family with two sisters and a little brother. Because of our poor condition, our family still lives a hard life. When I was little, my sisters both dropped out of school because my father didn't have enough money for their study, so they had to go to work instead. Before long, they both married workers and had their own families, so they had no ability to support us anymore. My grandmother is in her eighties and has to stay in bed all day long. So my mother must care for her day and night and cannot do anything else. My brother is just two years younger than me, in other words, he is now a high school student in our school, too. With us brothers both in school, we have to spend much more money. As a farmer, my father stays at home all year long, planting a little corn and feeding some birds for some money. In this way he can earn a little money, but when it can't cover our whole expense, then my family is in trouble. Sometimes, I would rather drop out of school and do some thing for my family, but I have no choice but to study in school. College life is around the corner, but there is something that I worry about, I know my family will not be able to afford the whole expense of college. I don't know how to do it. However, I am really eager to go to college, so I really need help for college. If I can go to college, I will devote myself to the cause. I will pass the love of Blessing Hands to others and will have a bright future. Thanks, Liang Jianzhen Score 517 See a Youtube movie introducing Liang Jianzhen. Help Jianzhen go to college by giving a $500 tuition scholarship with a credit card online. That will pay his tuition for a year. Checks can be sent to Blessing Hands, 106 Timber Lane, Morehead, KY. 4035. We would welcome any amount that you want to give. Forward this to someone who might be interested in investing in a promising young man with a bright future. Sincerely, Betty Cutts For Blessing Hands

Lu Haidan Wants to Teach

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Lu Haidan's Family is Behind Her All the Way. College is starting in China September 2009 In This Issue I hope you can give me a hand. I get their e-mail.... Quick Linkto Movie of Lu Haidan Give a $500 scholarship to Angelia at this link. Register Now for 5 K Run for Familes Newsletter Scholarship students featured on our Blog More About Us A Brother's Love for His Family We have heard of sisters sacrificing for brothers, but Lu Haidan's brother is giving up his chance for an excellent high school to save money for his family. Students in China test into high schools as well as colleges. The best students go to the best high schools. Lu Haidan's sixteen year old brother will go to high school this fall, a very expense undertaking, since there is no government tuitions for high school. However, if a student gives up their chance to attend the best high school they are qualified for and enters a more inferior high school, their tuition is waved and they can also get scholarships. Lu Haiden's brother has done this to save money for his family. Won't you help Lu Haidan too? She is the one outstanding student chosen from her high school to be a Blessing Hands student. Her English name is Angelia. She speaks excellent English. She wants to be a physics or English teacher. You can see her Youtube video on this page. Sincerely, Betty Cutts 219 232 8887 Invest in her future You can give any amount to Angelia through this link. Checks can be sent to Blessing Hands, 106 Timber Lane, Morehead, KY 40351 I hope you can give me a hand. Hello! My name is Lu Haidan. I'm 18 years old and have been a Blessing Hands student for three years. I have learned many things from them, like kindness. I believe that I can pass down love to others who need it. I lost my father when I was 8 years old. Besides, my mother is a person with a disability who can't work. Fortunately, after my father died, my family got $180 yuan ($26.43 US) for living expenses every month from his working department as he was a worker there before. Also, we got a little financial help from our grandpa, so that my younger brother and I were able to go to school. My mother sent us to my grandpa's home. She hoped we could live a better life there. Mother lives alone. If we have a holiday, we will go home to keep her company. Our neighbors are friendly to us. They often give food to us. However, my younger brother is going to high school next semester, and I am going to university, too. As he was worried about the burden of heavy financial problems, he decided to go to a subordinate high school. In our town, when a student with a better grade enrolls in an inferior high school, they will not only get their tuition waived totally but also scholarships. Therefore, my younger brother made such a choice. I did not want his decision to be affected because of me. We have relied on government assistance and on tuition reductions from school since our childhood. Now, I have received admission to college. I have been accepted by a university. My future is not a great university. but I will study hard. My family asked me to test for a post-graduate university later. I am thinking on this issue. I think I should do it, but we cannot say what will be. In short, I hope I could get your help. Thank you! I get their e-mail and hear their stories. I know that we are sending many newsletters in a very short time. College has started in China, and we only have a short window to find sponsors. Please forgive us if you are not interested in the scholarship requests. After the blitz of scholarship stories, we will be back to only a few newsletters a month. If you don't want to read our newsletter at all, please use the safe unsubcribe link at the bottom of this newsletter. You can help by forwarding their stories to people who might be able to help them. One supporter is getting people interested by showing them the scholarship movies. There is some interest from a biology club. Perhaps you know people who are looking for good investments in people. Please forward this newsletter along to them. They are all such needy and qualified students. Otherwise we would not be moving mountains to help them.

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