Kansas kids raise funds for Henan orphans

Many children born in the United States associate Thanksgiving with events like family reunions, holiday feasts, Black Friday, Thanksgiving Day parades and football.

This year, Happy Learning, a US nonprofit educational organization based in the Greater Kansas City area, is determined to turn Thanksgiving and Christmas into a monthlong charity event. Their goal is to raise $3,000 for orphans assisted by the Sino-American Nonprofit Cooperative Services in Henan province in Central China.

It all started when Michelle Wu and George Wang, the coordinators of Happy Learning, met with Jane Marcum, the founder of the SANCS, early last year.