ICEF Events: BJ FOoDiEs Dinner + Hutong Film Fundraiser

Check Out Two Back-to-Back Events to Support ICEF Rugby!

Last year I had the pleasure of meeting the bright and inspirational kids who play for an inner city foundation in Los Angeles, California called ICEF Rugby as part of a Hutong education program. We spent a few days showing them Beijing highlights as part of a two-week China trip (Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong) for their rugby program in March 2013.

I was so impressed and moved by this group of students that we rallied all our friends in the rugby community and beyond to support China’s very first screening of their award-winning documentary, “Red White Black & Blue” which was filmed on the group’s previous international trip to New Zealand for a U16 tournament. A beautifully shot film, it showed the story of the team’s leaders and a few of the players who rise above their circumstances of growing up in the inner city, and travel abroad together to play rugby in a land where rugby is its national sport.

But now that the second film of the award winning Red, White, Black & Blue series is out (check out vimeo film trailer HERE), ICEF Founder and Rugby Coach Stuart Krohn is heading back to Beijing to support my two back-to-back fundraising events with proceeds being donated to ICEF Rugby.

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BJ FOoDiEs: “Candy is Dandy” Creole Charity Feast

With the charity dinner concept of a different restaurant and charity each month, it’s quite unusual for BJ FOoDiEs will repeat restaurants, but Nola is an exception for a few reasons:

1. The last BJ FOoDiEs dinner at Nola was back in 2011

2. Brandon Trowbridge is an incredible chef with a soft spot for BJ FOoDiEs

3. Nola’s terrace, which is pretty perfect for this time of year!

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Chi Fan for Charity Fundraiser at Q Mex for APSA

Beijing’s charity culinary event of the year Chi Fan for Charity (CFFC) is hosting a one-off special fundraising dinner and after-party supporting Americans Promoting Study Abroad (APSA) on Saturday, April 19^th at Q Mex restaurant in South Sanlitun.

For the past 5 years that CFFC has been organizing and hosting this annual event in Beijing, Shanghai, and now also Hong Kong, they’ve managed to raise over RMB 3,000,000 for worthwhile charities all over China.

This month, they’re hosting a one-off dinner party + after-party at Q Mex with all funds going towards APSA’s core programs.

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Bohai or Bust 2014: Charity Bike Race @ Mutianyu

Bohai or Bust 2014: Charity Bike Race at Mutianyu Great Wall

In its 5th annual year of hosting the Bohai or Bust Bike Festival, The Schoolhouse is once again organizing a beautiful countryside ride on self-guided paths through Bohai Township in Huairou, a county just alongside the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall.

Taking place Saturday, April 12, riders can choose from three different ride distances of 12km, 20km or 80km (20km map, 80km map).

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April 8-13: Beijing Improv Comedy Festival 2014

China’s Biggest Comedy Event Goes LARGE

The fifth annual Beijing Improv Festival, this year’s festival will be featuring 6 straight days of comedy with performers coming from all over China to converge on the stage of the ever charming Penghao Theatre (home of Beijing Improv and one of the most cutting-edge performing arts spaces in Beijing, located just off historic Nanluo Guxiang street) for various workshops, events and performances.

LumDimSummary: Cookie Monster Charity Bake-Off

LDS + The Hutong Team Up to Create Beijing’s 1st Cookie Monster Charity Bake-Off!

On Saturday, December 7, The Hutong Community Center hosted its first ever Cookie Monster Charity Bake-Off!

A creation by yours truly, this event showcased many of Beijing’s Best Bakers (both professional and up-and-coming) to indulge the city’s most avid cookie monsters in an effort to support a wonderful community charity – a non-profit organization called Bridging Education and Mobility (BEAM) that seeks to connect teachers in rural and migrant schools with the resources to help their classrooms succeed.

Through the event’s raffle ticket sales, a portion of the total bake sales throughout the day and entrance tickets, we raised over RMB 7,560 to fund at least 5 upcoming education projects for BEAM – to support and provide resources to educators in rural and migrant schools in China for BEAM!

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The Hutong’s 2013 Winter Fayre: Holiday Treats & Gifts

 Stop By Beijing’s Last Christmas Fair of 2013 for Treats + Gifts!

(Photo of Lollipop Bakery‘s Festive Cupcakes!)

Most of Beijing’s Christmas bazaars and fairs have all been taking place across the city in various embassies and hotels over the past couple weekends, but The Hutong’s Winter Fayre is the LAST Christmas Bazaar of the year and it’s taking place this Saturday, December 14th from 11AM-3PM.

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BJ FOoDiEs: Dedicated to the Disabled Charity Feast

Pak Pak Hosts the Final BJ FOoDiEs Charity Dinner of 2013