The Indian Association is organizing a blood donation marketing campaign in affiliation with the Shanghai Blood Center this Saturday, June 3. Their ninth blood donation occasion, Shanghai residents of all nationalities are invited to hitch, and this one is particular.

As the occasion is being organized shut Chinese Children’s Day, the Indian Association determined to offer the internet hosting of the occasion to the youngsters of the Indian neighborhood… and so they did not disappoint!

From speaking to the Blood Center to planning the main points, from partaking with meals sponsors to liaising with worldwide colleges, they did all of it by themselves.

The plan was fairly easy, discuss to varied colleges and request them to ship their youngsters to carry out on the venue to create a festive, carnival sort surroundings. The problem was to see if the colleges would comply with this.

To their shock, not solely did numerous worldwide colleges comply with assist, some went a step additional and provided to be companions and sponsors – providing the usage of musical devices for performers, serving to with advertising and spreading the phrase, and extra.

What was heart-warming to see was that in some situations even the lecturers and oldsters volunteered to come back and sing solos and in teams.

This blood donation occasion is now being seen as a grand finale of the marketing campaign being run to assist youngsters affected by blood associated problems over the past three weeks – first by Bloodline on May 20, adopted by Xinhua Hospital on May 27 May,  and at last the upcoming one by the Indian Association this Saturday, June 3.

This occasion additionally brings to the fore the dedication to charity that has been the hallmark of the Indian Association’s engagement with the neighborhood at massive since its inception in 2004, and certainly since its predecessor the Shanghai Indian Ladies Association arrange in mid 90s.

The Indian Association has been organizing blood donation campaigns since 2012 which have solely grown larger with each passing yr. 

This yr, the marketing campaign peaks on June 3 on the Shanghai Blood Center – Shanghai residents of all nationalities are invited to hitch in with their companions to donate blood!

Scan the QR code on the poster under to register now…

Sat June 3, 8.30am-1pm.

Shanghai Blood Center, 1191 Hongqiao Lu, by Yili Lu 虹桥路1191号.

[All images courtesy of the Indian Association]