Park Sihoo Charity Projects

I believe in striking while the iron is hot and giving compliments where they are due in a timely manner. As such, I interrupt our celebration for the 6th anniversary of Park Sihoo-ssi’s “Queen of Reversals” to extend my heartfelt tribute.

Tribute to the amazing women who stand behind an amazing man! And to an amazing man who influence these women to do good!

Their selflessness and dedication will make a huge difference to the children of the remote, rural schools in China’s Western Hunan Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture’s Baojing County.  Yesterday, on 19 October 2016, three new “Sihoo Reading Rooms” were set up, bringing the number of “Sihoo Reading Rooms” across China from 14 to 17!

With the cooling of the autumn weather, there was a need to expedite the roll-out of these reading rooms. These amazing Chinese sisters put in tremendous time and effort, from raising of the charity fund to preparation to implementation! Liaison with the schools, ordering of equipment, bookshelves, books, stationery, warm winter clothings for the children etc, making logistical arrangements to transport them to the mountainous, rather inaccessible locations, making “Sihoo Reading Room” signages, banners and posters…everything and anything needed to set up these reading rooms. And all in a matter of 10 incredibly tight and busy days…doing these on top of their day jobs!

More amazing were the five sisters who went personally to implement this project. They came from as far north as Beijing and as down south as Guangzhou! None has been to this remote part of China, so have to find their way on the ground! They had to use their instincts and their resourcefulness to ensure the project’s success! 

Transporting all the stuff purchased online and delivered to the nearest central depository point in Hunan from across China to the sponsored schools. Finding their way and travelling across treacherous, mountainous terrains to their destination. No mean task as Changsha, the capital of Hunan is at least 5 hours’ drive to their final destination! On arrival, setting up the “Sihoo Reading Rooms” and holding a small ceremony to hand the reading rooms over to the schools. Trekking back as quickly as possible to catch their trains back home to get back to their real jobs! And braving whatever the weather conditions and their lives, in fact, riding vans and scooters along long winding, narrow mountain trails! Treacherous!

My tribute to @守厚星天佑 @小木屋前的风车 @守厚星水木芙蓉 @守厚星为厚而守 @守厚星厚笑入迷. You are amazing women! And tribute goes too to all those other amazing sisters who provided the backend support to pull this project together. The ladies at parksihoobar.com or better known as 中国百度朴施厚贴吧 led by their strong and capable leader @红阁倚梦!

I am glad that ParkSihooSsi.com could participate in a small way despite our minuscule and insignificant contribution! I feel privileged to join in the chat group involved in the preparations, but being so far away, even though my heart was willing, I was totally helpless! I could only “read” and “hear” what these sisters did as they rolled up their sleeves and dived wholeheartedly to execute the project!

With a much better appreciation of all their efforts and dedication, I want to sincerely express my heartfelt gratitude and deepest respect to all of these sisters who worked so tirelessly and selflessly to support our favorite man!

Park Sihoo-ssi, you are one very lucky man!

The Hunan “Sihoo Reading Rooms” were not the first, nor will they be the last! More of these reading rooms will be set up through the unerring support and efforts of our amazing sisters in China! They made a huge difference to children living in the underdeveloped Chinese regions! I hope that ParkSihooSsi.com will continue to have the opportunity to participate and contribute to this worthy cause, in whatever way we can!

My tribute to these most amazing women! You are the champs! Mere words cannot express my sincere appreciation and thank you!  

致敬：奇妙的厚粉姐妹们！

我相信趁热打铁和及时赞美。因此，我暂时打断这周为施厚君的“逆转女王”的第6周年庆祝活动，来表达我衷心的致敬。

致敬站在一位奇妙的男人被后的一帮奇妙的女人！致敬一位奇妙的男人给这帮奇妙女人的影响去做为社会有贡献的事情！

因为她们的无私和奉献才能在中国湖南湘西土家族苗族自治州——保靖县水田河镇水田学区孔坪小学，保靖县水田河镇马尾小学以及保靖县吕洞山镇夯沙学区夯相小学，建立了“施厚阅览室”。昨天2016年10月19日，三家新的阅览室被成立，把在中国的“施厚阅览室”从14增加到17间！

随着秋季天气变冷，有必要加速把阅览室建好。这些奇妙的姐妹们花了宝贵的时间和精力，为了支持我们心爱的男生去做对社会有意义的事情。从筹集资金到准备到执行， 与学校沟通联系，订购设备，书架，书籍，文具，儿童羽绒服等，做后勤安排，将货运送到山郊野外，准备“施厚阅览室”标志，横幅和海报等…一切为阅览室所需要做的准备工作，在紧紧的十来天安排到位妥当…当然，姐妹们还得忙着做自己平日的工作！

更令人惊讶的是5位自愿负责执行的厚粉姐妹们，她们来自最北方的北京和最南方的广州，从未去过这偏远的湖南！她们必须利用自己的本能和聪明智慧来实现目标。

将所有网上购买并运到最近的中央存放点再运到学校。穿过野外山区，找到她们的目的地。并非简单，因为从湖南的首都长沙需要至少5小时车程才能到达她们最终的目的地！抵达后，设立“施厚阅览室”，举行小型仪式，将阅览室交给学校。尽快返回，赶上火车回家，有些姐妹还得上班呢！勇敢的她们需要顾上天气状况，还得拼条命，乘坐货车和踏板车沿着缠绕，狭窄山径行驶！好惊险啊！

我向@守厚星天佑@小木屋前的风车@守厚星水木芙蓉@守厚星为厚入守致敬，表达我的敬佩！妳们都是了不起的女人！除了这几位前方的姐妹们，在她们的背后还有其他能干的姐妹提供后端支持，把整个项目给计划和执行。她们是来自parksihoobar.com中国百度朴施厚贴吧的一群女健将，和她们优秀的领导@红阁倚梦！

虽然贡献微不足道，但非常高兴这次ParkSihooSsi.com也可以参加一小份子。也非常幸运参加了工作QQ群。但因为身离得遥远，即使有心愿，但力不足！只能旁观“读”和“听”姐妹们执行的过程，给我更深的了解和体会她们的努力和经验。我真诚地对所有参与的姐妹们表示衷心的感谢和深切的敬意，妳们如此无私努力地支持着我们最喜欢的男生，为贫困儿童做贡献！

施厚君，你是一位非常幸运的人！

湖南“施厚阅览室”不是第一，也不会是最后一间！在中国的厚粉姐妹们的支持和努力下，将来会有更多的阅览室被建立的！姐妹们的努力对这些发展中地区的小朋友们带来了巨大的改善！虽然贡献微不足道，但希望ParkSihooSsi.com将来还会有机会参与和分享这个有意义的行动！

纯粹用文字不能表达我深深的感激和敬佩！我向我们奇妙的厚粉姐妹们致敬！妳们非常了不起，真的好棒，是学习的好榜样！

大家一起协力，为我们的厚厚加油！

Photo Credits – Many thanks! 中国百度朴施厚贴吧, parksihoobar.com, hankook.com

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