Last Friday, as we wrote about on this blog, WildChina spent the day at Bethel, an education and training center for blind childen in Hebei province. We cleaned up and prepared the foundation of a greenhouse to be constructed this year, and met some of the people behind this great organization in the process.

We invite you to peruse our Flickr photostream and take a look at our 2010 Off-Site photo album. Here we feature a behind-the-scenes look at Bethel, our work on the greenhouse, some of Bethel’s ‘main characters,’ and a couple new furry friends we made along the way.

Have questions about our trip to Bethel? We’d love to hear from you. Send Alex an email at alex.grieves@wildchina.com.

This Friday, February 5, will not be a regular work day for those of us at WildChina.

At the end of this week, we will be involved in our company annual off-site day. However, while in past years we have had company-wide meetings and events, we have changed our plan for this year.

Our new associates Derek, Cameron, Echo and Haiying have organized a day of service for WildChina at Bethel, “a not-for-profit organization that provides foster care, education and professional training for Chinese orphans who are blind or visually impaired.”

On Friday, we will be working at the foundation, located just outside of Beijing, to aid the orphans in constructing a greenhouse.

We are really looking forward to helping such a great organization that combines care and education for orphans with the ideas of sustainable community and environmental protection.

Stay tuned for a blog post on how our day of service went!