Letter of Gratitude - Lantern Festival 2025

The Lantern Festival 2025 program has wrapped up with brilliant success!

Nearly 1000 children in the Quảng Trực border area enjoyed a happy Mid-Autumn full moon❤️

See more photos of the program at: Lantern Festival 2025

Behind that success were the help, unity and shared effort of all our donors and friends.

Y Tam would like to express its deep gratitude to:

– All the local leaders who supported us with their help and agreed to let us hold the program!

– Thank you to the teachers at the Lê Đình Chinh and Ama Trang Long school sites and Ngọc Lan kindergarten for welcoming, contributing to and supporting the program!

– Thank you to the 60 volunteers of the Y Tam family who came along and gave their youthful energy to the trip!

– Thank you to all the adults and the 1000 children who came to take part in the program.

And above all, Y Tam sends its gratitude to the 50 donors, including individuals, businesses, agencies and organizations:

1 Anonymous donor 300,000 VND

2 Ms. Lynh Nguyễn 1,000,000 VND

3 Ms. Hóa (Quảng Bình) 1,000,000 VND

4 Little Lucas 2,000,000 VND

5 Little Gu Gồ 300,000 VND

6 Hồng ánh 300,000 VND

7 Mr. Dương Huy Toàn 1,000,000 VND

8 Ms. Huỳnh Yến 1,000,000 VND

9 Phạm 500,000 VND

10 FTA 200,000 VND

11 Trương Ngọc Kim Tuyến 500,000 VND

12 Anonymous donor: “Please buy 6 gifts for the little ones on my behalf” 300,000 VND

13 Ms. Nguyễn Quyên 500,000 VND

14 Hà Phương 500,000 VND

15 Anonymous donor, transfer on 24/9 100,000 VND

16 Mr. Huy Cương 1,000,000 VND

17 Ms. Phương 1,000,000 VND

18 Nguyễn Thị Hương 200,000 VND

19 Vũ Như Ngọc 300,000 VND

20 Tạ Duy Tuyên 500,000 VND

21 Anonymous donor 15,000,000 VND

22 Little Kiến Văn's family 500,000 VND

23 Trần Quang Minh 500,000 VND

24 Thu Hồng 500,000 VND

25 Little Moon 1,500,000 VND

26 Ms. Hoa 200,000 VND

27 Little Happy Nhi 400,000 VND

28 Nguyễn Trương Thu Thủy 410,000 VND

29 Nguyễn Thanh Thuỷ 820,000 VND

30 Đỗ Quốc Nhật Anh 500,000 VND

31 Little Su Happy's family 400,000 VND

32 Nam 100,000 VND

33 Ms. Hiền, a friend of Ms. Yến 200,000 VND

34 Unifam Vietnam Company: 4 cases of Milkita candy

35 Ms. Thuý, a friend of Ms. Yến 200,000 VND

36 Ms. Thảo Ngô 2,000,000 VND

37 Kim Thoa 500,000 VND

38 Mai Nguyên Thiên Đăng 200,000 VND

39 Huệ Đặng 300,000 VND

40 Ms. Tuyết 500,000 VND

41 Nhật 1,000,000 VND

42 Ms. Tuyết (Harmona apartments) 200,000 VND

43 Ms. Ngọc Liên 200,000 VND

44 Ms. Hà Phương 500,000 VND

45 The Tử Vi Nhiều Chuyện (Chatty Astrology) group 14,000,000 VND

46 Donors via Ms. Hạnh: 16 cases of milk and assorted cakes and sweets

47 Từ Quang Pagoda: milk, cakes and sweets

48 Bảo Vy 300,000 VND

49 Trang 500,000 VND

50 Nguyễn Mạnh Cường 200,000 VND

Total support to date: 54,030,000 VND

Along with many in-kind donations such as cakes and sweets, milk, new and used clothes, toys, stuffed animals…

And below are the expenses Y Tam incurred for the program:

1 630 lanterns + LEDs + sticks 8,290,000 VND

2 200 desk study lamps 10,000,000 VND

3 Lion dance 3,000,000 VND

4 Costumes for the Moon Lady (Chị Hằng) and Cuội the Moon Boy 292,000 VND

5 Document services 600,000 VND

6 Printing and shipping of coloring supplies 313,000 VND

7 Truck fee for carrying cakes and milk from the pagoda 400,000 VND

8 Banner printing 598,000 VND

9 Tape 31,000 VND

10 Cargo tricycle for transporting cakes and sweets 300,000 VND

11 Tape 55,000 VND

12 Ahamove delivery of goods from 3/2 Street 200,000 VND

13 500 balloons 280,000 VND

14 Printed backdrop and vehicle banner 628,000 VND

15 2kg of wire 112,000 VND

16 Crayons and nylon string 242,000 VND

17 Truck fee from Saigon to Quảng Trực 4,000,000 VND

18 Total kitchen costs 9,481,000 VND

19 Instant noodle packs and seasonings 258,000 VND

Total: 39,080,000 VND

Remaining funds: 14,850,000 VND

With your permission, Y Tam will keep this amount in the Y Tam fund and use it for our upcoming programs!

Finally, we wish you all the very best of health and happiness

Sincerely❤️