Chi Fan for Charity 2012: Reserve Your Seats Now

Already in its fourth year, Chi Fan for Charity (CFFC) is set for Saturday, November 10 in Beijing and the following Saturday, November 17in Shanghai, tickets are officially now on sale with seats quickly selling out!

An event praised for bringing together local opinion leaders, celebrities and other charitable-minded individuals to raise money for worthwhile philanthropic causes at Beijing’s top restaurants, CFFC is an inspiring event that involves such a strong community of individuals that really rallies their friends and associates to make this one of the most highly anticipated events of the year.

If you are unfamiliar with CFFC, the concept is easy enough to digest:

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Support Roots & Shoots: Dine with Dr. Jane Goodall

The world’s best-known primatologist and a UN Messenger of Peace, Dr. Jane Goodall has devoted her life to preserving the amazing species and natural habitats of our planet.

This is an incredible woman and through her life achievements and hard work, she has developed worldwide organizations to spread her messages through educational programs including The Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots Environmental Education Program, which has initiated projects like school-wide recycling programs, organic gardens, volunteering at animal shelters and collaborating on the worldwide “No Shark Fin” campaign.

“Since 1994, Roots & Shoots has changed the environmental attitudes and behaviors of hundreds of thousands of students nationwide through projects in over 600 international, local and migrant schools across China.”

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Rotaract Charity Art Jam Fundraiser for Dongjen Center

Rotaract Club’s ArtJam for Dongjen Center for Human Rights Education

The Beijing Rotaract Club will be hosting its annual ArtJam fundraiser event this Saturday, September 22 at the Dongjen Bookclub where all proceeds will be donated to the Dongjen Center for Human Rights Education.

A creative concept to gather like-minded people together over art, music and wine, this event is a great way to meet new friends and do your good deed for the day by contributing to a worthy charity organization.

Tickets are RMB 150 pre-sale (email Ian Curtiss at ian.curtiss@rotaractbeijing.org) or RMB 200 at the door. Each participant will receive an art canvass, paint and brushes, 2 glasses of wine, and a lively atmosphere to spend an afternoon among creative types.

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Creative Hutong Golf Games & Challenges for Charity

Creative Hutong Golf for Charity

Creative Hutong Golf Day =

A day of quirky challenges that involve golf (without any golf skills necessary)

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playing in teams of 4-8 (meeting new people)

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New! Blue Frog Opens in Indigo with Operation Smile

Operation Smile mobilizes a world of generous hearts to heal children’s smiles and transform lives across the globe.

The Shanghai-born American-food chain Blue Frog is opening their biggest venue in all of China (take that Shanghai!) at the new Swire shopping complex called Indigo in Lido.

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Shop for a Great Cause: The Pop Shop 2012 in 798

“Shop for a Cause & Enjoy drinks and arty characters with sunny dispositions in 798”

A one-day only pop-up boutique marketplace in the 798 art district, The Pop Shop 2012 will be featuring rack after rack of vintage, second-hand, and ready-for-a-new-home clothing for your rifling pleasure. Everything will be priced from RMB 10 – RMB 100.

All sales from this event will all be donated to two very worthwhile charity organizations – Renqiu Home for Disabled Orphans and “Granny Han” Pengcheng Special Education School.

To contribute to this Charity Pop Shop, you can do one or more of the following things:

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IFC’s Annual Charity Picnic Concert of Madrigals

An Evening of Music for Charity

International Festival Chorus (IFC) is celebrating its 10 year anniversary with its annual tradition of hosting a fundraising outdoor madrigals performance for a lovely, musical outdoor picnic atmosphere for a sponsored charity organization on Saturday, September 8, 2012.

This year’s featured charity of choice is Half the Sky, an  internationally and Chinese-registered charity which works with local government partners across China to provide support for orphans helping them join new families.

Located in the Garden of the British Ambassador’s Residence in Beijing, come prepared with a picnic basket full of goodies, a rug/blanket to sit on and if there’s still room in your bag/picnic basket, then you can throw in a few bottles of bubbly as this is a celebratory event.

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BJ FOoDiEs: “BLIND” Charity Dinner Back at Mare

Mare was one of the best ever BJ FOoDiEs dinners I have ever attended so to hear that they will be re-hosting another event at this venue is like music to my ears.  The food was not only generously portioned with plenty to go around (sometimes restaurants have not provided enough food for all the hungry foodies) and it was delicious.

It’s been two years since Mare hosted their last successful event with BJ FOoDiEs and that was when they had just moved into a new location.  Mare has been around as one of Beijing’s oldest Spanish restaurants to pass the test of time. It’s been around for long before I came to Beijing 6 years prior and although they have long been a stable in the Beijing dining scene, the restaurant has just recently undergone a facelift (according to the owner Heather), and they are anxious to get the BJ FOoDiEs family back again for a feast to support BETHEL China.

“Mare is THE eatery for institutional tapas & authentic spanish cuisine. Stylishy-attired waitstaff are renowned for their topnotch service & the upmarket ambience of the restaurant is perfect for both romantic affairs and parrrtayy atmosphere.” – Xixi Cheng, BJ FOoDiEs Founder

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