2024
Arts and Crafts Activity
Date: September 22
Location: No. 510 Caoyang Road, Putuo District, Shanghai
Blue Harbor's members volunteered for a traditional button-stitching learning activity for families with children with special needs, accompanying, guiding and heling them participate in the activities.
The Warmth of a Cup of Coffee: Changning Charity Love Market
Date: September 1
Location: Haipiao Cultural Plaza (No. 658, Zhaohua Road)
Blue Harbor and the twins Qi and Jie set up a stand at Changning Community's Love Market, with other cafes around the theme of Warmth of a Cup of Coffee; Organised by Changning District Civil Affairs Bureau for Changning District's 15th Public Welfare Partner Day.
Sustainable Farm Launch Day (May)
Date: May 11
Location: Blue Harbor Farm, Malu Town
Our sustainable farm launched on this day - a farm providing employment for those with autism spectrum disorder, which also produces high-quality organic foods to provide for the families and those with autism. We will have upcoming events where volunteers visit and help out at the farm.
Sustainable Farm Launch Meeting
Autism Awareness Postivity Event (April)
Date: April 8
Location: Concordia
We hosted an event on autism awareness day where a bulletin board was set up for anyone to write messages! The board was shipped to the foundation once the activity concluded.
Art Program Teaching Volunteer Event (June-July)
Date: 6/17-7/05, Thursdays and Fridays
Location: Adarm Art Centre
We hosted an art workshop during the summer, teaching 10 children with autism art skills. We had a lot of fun creating many paintings.
2023
Art/Candle-making Charity Volunteer Event (November)
30 individuals with ASD and 7 volunteers came together to create hand-made, hand-crafted candles. These handcrafts are all to be collected and sold for charity at school fairs.
100 Volunteer+Family Outdoor Event (May)
100 volunteers from all 6 partner schools were paired with 100 children with autism (and their families), ages ranging from 5-20, to engage in various exciting outdoor activities such as waterfights and craft designs for the full day.
1-Meter Coffee Shop (May)
Launch of the 1-meter coffee shop. Pook and Blue Harbor held an opening ceremony to celebrate our first two baristas: Qi and Jie.
Handcraft Art Volunteer Event (March)
20 volunteers from 3 partner schools (Dulwich, SAS and Concordia) and 15 children and teens with autism worked together to create fun button handcrafts.
2022
Bag-making Handcraft Event (May)
10 volunteers from Blue Harbor came to help out in creating bags in this handcraft event. The bags are to be sold at school fairs (these were sold at Dulwich's winter fair!)