• "Spark Education Program" is a charitable program independently organized under the American Hunanese Association in San Diego， CA
  • Help needy children in remote，backwards，and poverty-stricken regions to have an opportunity for education
  • Provide contribution platform for enthusiastic people to enhance education quality
  • 星火教育慈善基金（sparkfoundation.us）是一个在美国湖南同乡会（501(c)(3)非营利性组织）构架下独立运作，旨在为中国偏远、落后和贫困地区学生完成学业而提供教育资助和精神鼓励，为海内外热心人士奉献点滴爱心而共建助学互动的慈善平台。
  • 取名“星火”，期望借助爱心点燃的星星之火，能够为提高偏远、落后和贫困地区的教育水平，引来一片燎原之势！

Who We Are

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We look forward to your joining!

We are a charitable organization with 501(c)(3) tax status. If you are willing to help to change a student's life, please join our volunteer team at help@sparkfoundation.us.

你们是传递爱的天使，也是播种慈悲的凡人。我们赞美人性的光辉，我们赞美你，因为你的名字是“志愿者”！

What We Do

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Student Support & Growth

One to one Student Project - We help needy students pay tuition to attend school from elementary school through high school. In special cases, we also assist with living expenditure.

Summer Camp

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School Improvement

School Facility Project - We assist participating schools to improve study facilities, such as replacing used tables and chairs, adding library and library books, getting basic computer equipment.

Ways To Donate

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We welcome corporate donations too.

Your donation is tax deductible. It will be fully used in programs to support the study of needy students and to improve school studying and teaching facilities. Many of the Chinese schools are very poor, with students still studying in dark, shaky, and dangerous classrooms, compared to the modern facilities we take for granted every day. You can reach us at help@sparkfoundation.us or send your donation to:

Spark Foundation
PO Box 720201
San Diego, CA 92172-0201

学生反馈尊敬的美国圣地亚哥湖南同乡会全体亲人们：
您们好！

我是湖南省桃源县基隆小学五年级的学生钟依宸，今天我和同学们一起......

尊敬的美国圣地亚哥湖南同乡会全体亲人们：
您们好！

我是湖南省桃源县基隆小学五年级的学生钟依宸，今天我和同学们一起感受了来自大洋彼岸的关心和爱。在陈校长的介绍下我们了解了美国圣地亚哥湖南同乡会的情况。知道了除了在学校有老师的关心之外，还有像您们一样的好人在关注我们。

我和学校的很多同学一样是一名留守儿童，我从小就失去了父爱，这使得我人生的天平失去了最原始的平衡，这些年来，我一直在苦苦地寻觅着某些精神寄托来弥补那颗支离破碎的心......每当看到别的父亲微笑着逗着孩子玩时，我会呆呆地蹲在那儿，默默地看着，他们走开了，我会不由自主地跟在后面。当时的我总觉得有一种无形的力量在驱动着我，现在我才明白那是一种羡慕心理。渐渐地，我开始懂事，使我感到无限的自卑，我极力把自己封闭起来，生活在一个阴森森的小世界里。有时候，天下大雨，别的同学早已被父母接送回家，而我却偷偷地躲在一个角落里，期盼着雨快些停下来。

只记得有一次，夜幕降临了，而雨依然像倾泻一般，那是我平生第一次感到无助，我大声痛哭起来，也许那时惟有哭声与我相伴，共同度过难关。我想了很多很多，内心充满恐惧。但我从来没有埋怨过我的妈妈，因为她很忙，她要孤身一人要维持这个家也不容易，何况她还经常患病。那次等待给我留下了不可磨灭的印象，最后我是冒着大雨独自跑在黑漆漆的路上的。从那以后，我学会了自立自强。

渐渐地学习、生活使我懂得许许多多做人的道理。在老师，同学的关心下，我变成了一个全新的自我。与同学相处，我渐渐地融入到温暖的班集体中，我打开心扉，把那个逃避了几年的我释放出来。我努力地改造自己，去适应这焕然一新的世界，我不再感到自卑，反而觉得自己很幸运，也很满足。我不敢奢求什么，只希望那一份份真情能永远留住。

老师对我的照顾，我更是铭刻在心，生病的时候，那一句句深情的问候，我不会忘记。

今天我代表学校的留守小朋友给你们写信，不是乞求什么，而是对您们的关爱真诚道声“感谢”，相信在您们这样的有爱心的人士的关怀下，我们的生活会越来越好！我们的成长将会一路阳光一路歌！

                                                                                                               此致
                                                                                                                                                                敬礼


                                                                                           敬祝：
                                                                                                    美国圣地亚哥湖南同乡会的全体亲人们：身心健康!一切顺心如意!


                                                                                                                                     湖南省桃源县基隆小学五年级学生
                                                                                                                                                         钟依宸
                                                                                                                                                    2015年5月22日

2Dear friend,

No matter for what reason or how you come to this page, you come to a hope-land that helps aspiring students finish their studies if their family cannot afford it. We are a big family, we are volunteers. All people supporting the students are common people, old generation with gray and white hair, mid-aged hard-working professionals, 1young kids or students passionate to help. Their help have changed many peoples' lives.

YOU can help too. You can JOIN us as a volunteer, or be a SPONSOR of students. The support goes to the students' school tuition. Check the PROJECT PAGE (e.g., One-on-One student project, School Facility Project) for further details.