Milestones – ACCEF

2023

The in-person Spring Festival Gala and the summer picnic returned after three years due to the pandemic.
ACCEF/YCC volunteers visited the Daliangshan area, Henan, and Jiangxi support sites.
The foundation raised funds and completed the repair work on a kindergarten building in an area of Henan.
Reorganization of schools and support methods for the Daliangshan Caring Classes.
Held the first post-pandemic YCC voluntary summer teaching camp in Jiangxi, with a team of 7 students and 6 parents.

Seven Caring Classes graduated, including 5 high school classes and 2 junior high school classes.
YCC continued the regular programs such as C2SDK, Food Bank, beach cleanups, and online teaching.
The first-ever online “Cloud Spring Festival Gala” was held due to the pandemic.

Raised ~$400,000, donated 62 non-invasive ventilators, 12 ICU ventilators (8 of which were donated in cooperation with a partner organization), and other medical equipments to support both the U.S. and China’s Covid-19 pandemic efforts.
YCC members started bi-weekly volunteer activities with C2SDK to serve the community during the pandemic.

The students of the first year of Daliangshan Caring Classes graduated from high school and junior high school.
Donated 90 laptops to Daliangshan graduating Yi students.
YCC organized its third summer teaching camp in Jiangxi and Guangxi Provinces, with 26 members (15 students and 11 parents) participating.

Partnered with the Ailemei Foundation to set up the fifth Love Class in Daliangshan, Sichuan.
Members visited Henan educational support sites and left-behind children’s schools.
YCC organized its second summer teaching camp in the mountainous areas of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, and Guangxi, with 27 members (18 students and 9 parents).

3 Love Classes were established in Daliangshan, and over 200 students received support.
The foundation’s leaders visited Daliangshan again.
YCC organized its first summer teaching camp in the mountainous areas of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, with 15 members (9 students and 6 parents).

Qualcomm raised funds to help establish the first Love Class in Zhaojue, Daliangshan, Sichuan.
The foundation funded a roof repair project for Panlong Primary School in Garze Tibetan Prefecture, Sichuan.

The foundation collaborated with an organization to create a program for primary school students in Guilin, Guangxi.
The foundation co-organized a donation event for school books and supplies for children in Henan.
Completed construction projects for 16 schools.
The foundation members visited the Daliangshan area for the first time to investigate.

Established the Sichuan Daliangshan Educational Support Program in Yi minority region.
Set up a scholarship at Mesa College to support Chinese language studies and cultural exchange.

The foundation’s “Winter Clothing Program” sent New Year blessings to students in Guangxi, donating 250 sets of desks and chairs.
YCC held a “Talent Show” to raise funds for students in mountain areas of China.
The first group of “Glorious Girls” graduated high school and entered university.

The foundation sponsored Sichuan disabled students to attend the sixth “Heart-to-Hand” charity gala.
Established the “Glorious Girls” project, supporting 200+ high school girls from Chinese ethnic minority groups.
Donated multimedia classrooms to schools in Sichuan, Guangxi, and Hunan.

The 17th school was completed in Guizhou, marking the completion of school construction projects, funded by the foundation, in many regions.
Established the “An Hui Fund” to support students and projects in Fujian.
Established the “University Freshman Scholarship” to support impoverished students entering university.
Held the first domestic volunteer meeting in Guangzhou.

Ranked in the top 100 small and medium-sized charity organizations in the U.S.
Established the “Mei Hua Scholarship” to reward excellent students and teachers in need of support.
Invited the foundation’s ambassador, Mr. Liu Yunlong, to participate in the charity’s Spring Festival Gala.

The foundation rebuilt a primary school and a middle school, destroyed by the Sichuan earthquake, and funded disaster relief.
Built 16 schools and supported over 500 impoverished students.
Began supporting 5 extremely impoverished students in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province.

The San Diego County government declared January 5, 2008, as “ACCEF Day”.
Raised $1.5 million for the Sichuan earthquake relief efforts, acknowledged by Beijing Television.
Launched a one-on-one student sponsorship program, named the “Rainbow Program”.
Completed the construction of 13 Mei Hua Love Schools.

Raised funds for firefighters injured in the San Diego wildfires.
Built a total of nine Mei Hua Love Schools.
The Youth Love Club organized its first charity event in Guangxi.
The first “Zhi Xin Book House” was utilized at a Mei Hua Primary School in Guangxi.
A total of 9 Love Schools were built.

The foundation began fundraising for the construction of the first Mei Hua Primary School in Lingyun, Guangxi, which had been damaged by hailstorms.
Established the “Xuan Chun Scholarship” in the Ningyuan area to support students.

Registered as a non-profit charity organization, granted tax-exempt status by the IRS.
Funded the education of 35 students in poverty-stricken mountainous areas of Guangxi.
Foundation members visited funded students in the Lingyun area of Guangxi.