please provide any comments/suggestions you may have for my common app short-answer reply (150 words or less)
Thanks so much!!
Three 8th graders. One mission. That's how it started.
Four years later, Book Bridge has now burgeoned into a non-profit organization that donates money and books to schools in rural China, co-functioning with the YMCA of Berwyn, PA. It's significant to me for one simple reason: I want to improve the learning environment of my Asian peers. As a co-founder and former president of the organization, I've learned to be self-motivated and appreciative of things often taken for granted, like books. Besides organizing fundraising concerts, Chinese New Year festivals, and book drives, I also manage our website: book bridge club. I've helped raise a total of over $6,000, $2,330 of which was recently sent to the JinTang Elementary School in Chengdu, China. I plan to visit the school this summer, hoping to see for myself the children whose stories have so moved me to make a positive difference for my Asian heritage.
Thanks so much!!
Three 8th graders. One mission. That's how it started.
Four years later, Book Bridge has now burgeoned into a non-profit organization that donates money and books to schools in rural China, co-functioning with the YMCA of Berwyn, PA. It's significant to me for one simple reason: I want to improve the learning environment of my Asian peers. As a co-founder and former president of the organization, I've learned to be self-motivated and appreciative of things often taken for granted, like books. Besides organizing fundraising concerts, Chinese New Year festivals, and book drives, I also manage our website: book bridge club. I've helped raise a total of over $6,000, $2,330 of which was recently sent to the JinTang Elementary School in Chengdu, China. I plan to visit the school this summer, hoping to see for myself the children whose stories have so moved me to make a positive difference for my Asian heritage.
