I'm happy to report that Valerie Harper has agreed to serve on our Honorary Board! Valerie is so down-to-earth and a long time fan of Pearl S. Buck. What an honor it is for us to have her on our Board. But I still have not heard back from Apl.de.ap's agent about his willingness to serve on our Honorary Board...I'll post more about this later (hopefully!)
I had a special meeting with Ning Shao and May Wang and their beautiful children this past Saturday. Ning and his family were visiting from Shanghai. Ning is the chief executive of the Shanghai Representative Office serving the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The office is sponsored by the PA Department of Community and Economic Development in collaboration with private-sector businesses to help PA companies penetrate the Chinese market as well as attract Chinese direct investment to PA. Essentially, the company promotes U.S. business interest in China. (http://www.pausa.org.cn/) Ning's wife, May, is a long-time Pearl Buck fan, so they enjoyed learning more about Pearl S. Buck International (especially our scholarship program in Zhenjiang China) and touring the historic home of Pearl S. Buck. In addition to assisting PA businesses, the office also assists with travel. Ning is working on bringing tour groups operators to PA, through Philadelphia, Bucks County, Lancaster and Hershey. I will be sure to visit Ning's office next time I am in China.
I'm off for a two week vacation to Vietnam with my husband to celebrate our 35th Anniversary. But, of course, I will spend two days with our Country Director Hang Pham Minh in Hanoi, meeting with our Vietnam Advisory Board members and others. I'm most excited that we will be visiting Loan, the young woman we have sponsored since she was 12 years old. Loan is now married and expecting her first child. I'll write more when I return.
My best,
Janet L. Mintzer
President & CEO
Pearl S. Buck International
http://www.pearlsbuck.org/
jmintzer@pearlsbuck.org
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