September
2010
Issue
USA Edition
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2010
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Left:
Tzu
Chi
volunteers
caring
for
those
who
lost
their home in the San
Bruno fire.
Right: The Mid-Atlantic Regional Office in New Jersey has established a
vegetarian food pantry to provide free food two days a week.
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On
September 9, San Bruno, California suffered from a fire caused by
an exploding pipeline. Four people died in the accident, and many
suffered from injuries, while hundreds of homes were affected by the
fire. Tzu Chi volunteers immediately went to the shelter to
care for the affected people after the accident. Within a week,
47 households received eco-friendly blankets and emergency cash cards
worth
$500 each from Tzu Chi. Besides providing emergency relief, Tzu
Chi volunteers also cleaned up the shelter, sorted the garbage and took
care of recyclable items
on-site.
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On
September 11, Tzu Chi opened a free food pantry in Cedar Grove, New
Jersey. It is the first food pantry in Cedar Grove to be run by a
charity organization and the first to serve only
vegetarian food. Mr. O’Toole, mayor of Cedar Grove, joined Tzu Chi
volunteers at a press conference to announce this new service. To
read more about this story, please click here.
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Tzu
Chi
Great
Love
Elementary
School
started
its
first
day
of
class
in
Monrovia,
CA on September 7. On September
17, an opening ceremony was held for the new school. This is a
new milestone towards Tzu Chi USA Education Foundation’s goal of
establishing a complete education system.
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Left:
Tzu
Chi
volunteers
deliver
hot
meals
to
those affected by Typhoon
Fanapi in Pingtung.
Right: Dr. Salnave, Dr. Boliere and Dr. Demorcy from Haiti attending
the 2010 Annual TIMA Convention.
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Typhoon
Fanapi
brought
torrential
rain
and
widespread
flood
to
parts
of
Asia
on
September 19. Prior to the arrival of Typhoon Fanapi, Tzu Chi
already established 12 emergency coordination centers. On
September 20, Tzu Chi volunteers delivered more than 17,000 meal boxes
and 2,100 sets of relief kits to the affected people. The
volunteers not only delivered hot meals and relief kits, they also
helped people to clean up their homes and streets, and comforted
and cared for those who suffered from the flood.
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The
Annual
Tzu
Chi
International
Medical
Association
(TIMA)
Convention
was
held
on
September
18-23 at the Jing Si Hall in Hualien. Over
300 medical professionals and volunteers from 23 countries attended the
convention. The theme of this year’s convention was “To Purify
Body and Soul, To Protect Earth, To Nurture Talents, To Spread Great
Love.” Medical professionals and volunteers from three countries,
Haiti, Bolivia and Chile, participated in the TIMA Convention for the
first time. This year marks the 15th anniversary of Tzu Chi
University’s “Silent Mentor Program.” A memorial concert was held
during the TIMA Convention to memorialize the Silent Mentors who
dedicated themselves selflessly
by donating their body for purposes of educating medical students and
enhancing doctors’ surgical skills.
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Tzu
Chi
Foundation
attended
the
63rd
United
Nations
Annual
Department
of Public
Information/Non-Governmental Organizations Conference as a NGO in
Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC. The conference was held in
Melbourne, Australia from August 30 to September 1. It was an excellent
opportunity to share the experiences of the foundation to the 1,400
representatives from 70 countries. During the conference, Tzu Chi
presented its water cistern project in Gansu, China, its
Angke River project in Indonesia, its environmental initiatives and
other projects to the conference
participants. To
read
more
about
the story, please click here.
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Tzu
Chi
has
been
invited
by
the
First
Lady
of
California, Maria Shriver, to
provide free medical and dental services at an event sponsored by The
Women’s Conference. The event will be held on October 22-24 in
Long Beach. Volunteers are needed for this event. For
more information or to sign up to volunteer at the event, please
contact the Tzu Chi Medical Foundation at (626)636-8702.
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Tzu
Chi
USA
headquarters
has
several
job
openings.
To learn more
about the open positions, please click here.
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Within
wood,
there
is
fire,
yet this fire comes into being only if the wood is kindled. Within sand, there is gold, yet this gold is found only by washing the sand. Within our hearts, there is pure wisdom, yet we can touch this wisdom only if we realize it is there and draw it forth. To
read
the
full
speech, please click here.
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| About Tzu Chi Tzu
Chi
Foundation
was
established
in
1966
by
Dharma
Master
Cheng
Yen.
Since
then,
Tzu
Chi
has
grown
to
be
an
international
humanitarian
organization
with
nearly
10
million
donors
and
volunteers
in
50
countries,
providing
relief
in
70
countries.
The
foundation
dedicates
itself
in
the
fields
of
charity,
medicine,
education,
environmental
protection,
international
relief
work
and
the
establishment
of
one
of
the
world's
largest
bone
marrow
donor
registries.
It
also
promotes
humanistic
values
and
community
volunteerism.
In
1984,
Tzu
Chi
Foundation
in
the
U.S.
was
established
in
California
as
a
non-profit
501(c)(3)
charitable
organization.
Since
then,
more
than
80
offices
and
facilities
have
been
established
with
over
100,000
donors
and
volunteers
in
the
U.S.
working
to
make
a
difference
in
their
local
communities.
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