Jackie expands his Dragon Heart schools to include a Laoqu secondary school. He is touched by the enthusiasm of the students.

19 August 2005

UN goodwill ambassador and international superstar Jackie Chan has just donated aproximately 100,000 Yuan to Zhong District (aka Laoqu), Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province for the building of a Heart of Dragon Secondary School. The is after Jackie already made a donation to a Heart of Dragon Primary School in Xinjiang Province

Jackie Chan the charity ambassador

In October 2004, Mr Jackie Chan started a Heart of Dragon Project Committee with his own name, starting his Heart of Dragon Charity Movement in Mainland China. On April 7, 2005 he hosted Heart of Dragon Xinjiang Trip and Heart of Dragon Guizhou Trip, one after the other.

This time, the public charity event is known as Heart of Dragon Zaozhuang Trip – Together We Contribute. It is the third stop of Heart of Dragon Charity Movement, and a donation was made to build a secondary school in the country-side of Zaozhuang City, which up to now has never had one. The school will occupy about 105.6mu, with about 1.6 thousand square meter for the buildings. There will be a total of 24 classrooms. The construction is scheduled to start in this August and be completely by 1 May next year.

Screen star Jackie Chan loves to do charity –
Doing charity in Jinan, Shandong Province

Before Zaozhuang, Jackie went for a foundation ceremony of a school, of which he donated toward building. He also met about 1,000 students and shared with them his life experiences and the three maxims his father has given him.

The crowd was a bit out of control when they saw Jackie arriving. They had been waiting for Jackie for a long time. In order not to create further chaos, the authorities requested to cancel the meeting. However, seeing such enthusiasm from the students, Jackie insisted of having the meeting session continue as scheduled, for he said that he does not want to disappoint the students who had shown much sincerity. More people were sent by the authority to ensure the meeting was a safe one for everybody.

Jackie called upon the students to cherish their studies, study well, and be a life-long learner. His father once told him that he should never gamble, take drugs the triads. After relating that he said, "I have been in the show biz for so many years. It is wrong if I say there are no temptations. But I have always remembered my father’s request and persevered till now."

After the meeting, Jackie received a drawing from the students. It was done by a child whose hands were handicapped when he was at an even tender age. Jackie was very touched by child’s spirit, who still tries to learn despite his physical disability. With tears in his eyes, he accepted the drawing and said that he would place the drawing in his Hong Kong office.

Translated by Anthropy

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