Join a Forest of Hands in Rebuilding Daxingan Ling
A major forest fire raged over China's Daxingan Ling in 1987. Responding
to the call to help in rebuilding the forest, numerous fund-raising activities
were held in the U.S. by groups who were concern about the devastation.
In Boston, NACA-Boston, together with the Chinese
Student & Visiting Scholars Association-Boston, U.S.-China Peoples Friendship
Association-New England, and Chinese Progress Association joinly sponsored
a fund-raising program, which consisted of performances in music, dance
and movie. It was held at M.I.T.'s Kresge Auditorium which could accommodate
an audience of over a thousand persons, and which was obtained free of charge
for the event. Many musicians from China volunteered their talent for the
program making it possible to raise a substantial amount of fund, which
was donated to organizations responsible for rebuilding the destroyed forests
in the Daxingan Ling in northeastern China. The picture below shows the
performing artists responding to the applause of the audience at the conclusion
of the music program.
