This past year, the 6th annual HOPE Show featured 18 talented performers and student groups. The diverse acts included hip hop dancers, an operatic performance, a traditional Vietnamese dance, a Chinese yo-yo act and many more. The successful show brought in over 300 audience members as well as raised awareness for our cause at BU.
The show raised over $2,000, all of which was donated to a little boy in the China Care home who suffered from Spina bifida. The unfortunate medical condition is a birth defect in which the spinal cord does not develop completely. In this case the membranes that protect the spinal cord push through the opening left by the incomplete tissue and forms a sac. Without treatment the chances of an infection occurring from a ruptured sac is extremely high. All of the proceeds from the HOPE Show was donated to cover his medical costs which will include pre-and post-operative care and round-the-clock nurture he needs to recover.
BUCCF is excited to continue our efforts in providing aid to the orphans of China Care as well as fostering relations within the Greater Boston community. We are already in the process of planning our fall show, So You Think BU Can Dance, which was incredibly successful in 2010.
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