Dear Parents,

Firstly, I would like to thank everyone for their overwhelming support and dedication to our symphony. As you might know, we were once a very illustrious symphony during pre-Covid times, but of course the global pandemic caused issues with rehearsals and member recruitment. Additionally, several legacy members have left to pursue higher education, leaving us without their guidance and experience. These factors made it very difficult to continue through the pandemic, but together with your commitment and contribution we were able to survive as a symphony, together. Finding new accommodations for symphony was not easy, and the costs presented to Director Yang were exorbitant, but he wordlessly fielded them without complaint, to give our young musicians a quality rehearsal every Saturday. Thanks to his generosity, and our combined donations, we are privileged to have a space to ourselves. As we near the end of school, we would like to reiterate the importance of these donations. None of this goes to Director Yang’s pockets but is instead all spent on the symphony. The rent is of course paid from this fund. Thus, we rely on your support to stay afloat amid turbulent times. Your donations matter. We are now asking for a charitable one-time donation, totaling to the average cost per musician a year: $500. With this amount, we can equip one musician with sheet music and stands, as well as their share of rent for one year. We ask for your support because we believe in your child, and we thank you for putting their Saturday night in our hands. This donation is completely optional, and we will never disclose who did/did not donate for any reason. If you believe in us like we believe in your child, then feel free to donate through a check made payable to AYS.

Once again, we thank you for your support, from donating time and love to monetary means. We hope that, by our combined efforts, we can get back to our glory days. Thank you.

尊敬的的家长们

首先，我要感谢大家对我们交响乐的大力支持和奉献。您可能知道，在新冠疫情之前，我们曾经是一支非常杰出的交响乐团。疫情导致了我们排练和成 员招募方面都出现了一些问题，好在现在这些问题都逐步得到了解决，我们的队伍也壮大了起来。随着一些高年级成员上大学的离开使我们剩下的小乐 手们失去了他们向他们学习和交流的机会，所有这些因素曾使得我们的乐团一度举步维艰。但在大家的支持和努力下，我们的交响乐团一直在不断地进 步中。为交响乐寻找新的落脚点并不容易，摆在杨指挥面前的费用高得离谱，但他无怨无悔默默地解决了这些问题，每周六给我们的年轻的乐队安排一 次次高质量的排练。由于他的付出和我们的共同捐赠，我们有幸拥有一个属于自己的空间。 临近学年末，我们想重申这些捐款的重要性。这些捐款并未进到任何个人的口袋,而是全部花在了交响乐上。我们平时的一些日常活动以及场地租金都 是来自于这些捐款。我们乐团的生存来自于这些捐款的支持，更多的捐款，使得我们的乐团能够得到更好的发展和壮大，并购置一些必要的物品。我们 现在要求一次性慈善捐赠，总计为每个乐队成员每年的平均费用：500 美元。有了这笔钱，我们可以为每位乐队成员配备乐谱和支架，以及他们一年的租金份额。我们需要各位家长的支持，因为我们相信您的孩子，我们感谢您将他们的周六晚上交给我 们。此捐赠完全是自愿的，我们绝不会透露谁因任何原因捐赠/未捐赠。如果您像我们相信您的孩子一样相信我们，请随时通过支付给 AYS 的支票捐款。

我们再次感谢您的支持，包括您付出的时间、爱心以及金钱。我们希望，通过我们的共同 努力，我们乐团能有一个更加美好的明天！再次感谢🙏各位的爱心与支持！谢谢!

PayPal donation account:
  Name: Shenquan Yang
  email: sdacys2016@gmail.com

For Company Match:
  Name: Friends of We Chinese in America
  Government ID: 65-1317534
  Type of organization: 501(C)(3)
  Contact: Ping Ma
  email: pingma485@gmail.com
  Address: 4151 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92117