China News Service, Toronto, October 26. The Yikang Foundation, a Chinese charity organization in Toronto, Canada, hosted the "Nine-Nine Chongyang Chongyang Yikang Online Singing 9 Hours" event on October 25th, local time on the occasion of the Double Ninth Festival of the Lunar New Year, with a marathon performance Raise money in the form of charity.
The purpose of this event is to thank the medical staff who are fighting on the front line of the local epidemic, and to raise funds for Yikang's new long-term care home.
157 local folk "singers" participated in the performance, and 56 performing arts stars from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan gave their voice to love.
The 9-hour marathon relay charity singing event was originally planned to last 12 hours. During the event, more than 120,000 Canadian dollars were raised.
Wang Yujia, founder of the Yikang Center and chairman of the foundation, said that the elderly are the group most affected by the epidemic.
It costs about 80 million Canadian dollars to build a nursing home.
The development plan to build three more Yikang centers is not easy to achieve.
In order to benefit more elderly people and reduce the waiting time for admission to nursing homes, Yikang will rise to the challenge, and it is also necessary for people from all walks of life to jointly raise funds.
Xiao Xianyang, president of the Yikang Foundation, said that this online charity singing competition originally planned to recruit 99 caring singers, but more than 100 people had signed up two weeks before the event began.
Canadian Federal Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Wu Fengyi, Toronto Mayor John Tory, Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti and other local politicians, and Director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Toronto Wu Wanjing Waiting to congratulate this event and call on everyone to give love and support the fight against the epidemic.
The event selected the highest donation individual and group awards, the best popularity award, and the most popular golden song award.
The event was hosted by New Power Media Canada and broadcast live on local Chinese TV media and multiple social networking platforms.