On September 6, 2017, Danrui Lu (PhD student of Public Policy, UMBC), received the award “Award for Outstanding Charitable Action” in the first Yangzhou Charity Award ceremony as announced by Yangzhou City Government (Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China) and Yangzhou News (newspaper) for her continuing contributions  to local child equity, particularly in child education.   Ms. Lu created the Danrui Educational Grant which supports more than 80 children to return to school, and the charity also influences local charity awareness.  (Her father attended the ceremony and accepted the award on her behalf in Yangzhou.)

 Yangzhou City Government announcement: http://cs.yangzhou.gov.cn/yzcsw/tzgg/201709/6e6b148474dc42d3bb56f7c5b6d178c4.shtml

Yangzhou News digital page: http://www.yznews.com.cn/yzsbs/html/2017-09/06/content_887571.htm

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