In its effort to encourage the growing community of rich people in China to become involved in fundraising for the poor, Amity has started to work with the Zhongshan International Golf Club. During a jointly held charity auction of art works on the club’s golf course at the foot of Zhongshan (near Nanjing) earlier this month, a total of RMB 83,400 (ca. US$ 11,200) was raised for Amity. The money will be used to support schoolchildren from poor families in Northern Jiangsu Province. The project supporting these children was initiated in 2001. It has helped 260 students in this area to continue attending elementary and middle school.