In the spirit of charity and social responsibility, a group of YK Pao School youths contributed their musical gifts to a great cause. Earlier this year, our Secondary Division students launched their Rock & Love Charity Concert at the Shanghai Redtown Culture and Art Community. All proceeds of the concert went to the Baobei Foundation. Established by Pao School Art teacher Earl Tai, Baobei Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization that works with Shanghai medical professionals to provide life-saving neurological or gastrointestinal surgeries to Chinese orphans.
Performers were from Secondary Division bands Black Tuesday and Spark. Enthusiastic and energetic, these 7 band members all share a common love
for music. Some of them have been multi-talented since childhood, and have received numerous awards in dancing and singing.
Over the course of their studies at Pao School, where the importance of social responsibility as well as giving back to society has always been emphasized, students learn of the great disparities in developments in different regions of China, and that there are still many impoverished regions in urgent need of assistance. Many of our Secondary Division students were former Primary Division students, and have participated in many types of charity events. Black Tuesday’s Steven Jiang once established the “Happy Tomorrow” club, to raise funds for “Lupin Foster Home,” a charitable organization that cares for abandoned children with congenital diseases.
With “Rock & Love,” band members hope that through music, they can bring more awareness to the importance of charity, and use their abilities to help others. They tell us: “When we see that the music we’re making is helping to bring hope into the lives of children born into disease, we know that music is more than just a hobby.”
