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HELP KATRINA
RELIEF
Reach Out, Give Hope
SEND LOVE TO THE GULF COAST
Tzu Chi Foundation has mobilized hundreds of
volunteers in response to the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina, which completely devastated the coastal
areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
With so many left homeless, Tzu Chi has already
begun to help evacuees in Texas, Arizona, Kansas,
New York and California. Tzu Chi volunteers are
giving the evacuees shelter, food and other basic
necessities. Tzu Chi's founder Dharma Master Cheng
Yen, who resides in Taiwan, urges Tzu Chi volunteers
in all 28 states to help families recover from
this disaster as quick as possible.
Tzu Chi provides immediate and direct financial
assistance in the form of checks or gift cards
to evacuees in Houston, Beaumont, Dallas, Kansas
City and Phoenix. The emergency check or gift
cards will allow families to buy daily necessities,
food, water, clothing, and prescription medicine.
Tzu Chi has committed US$4 million for emergency
relief efforts. Tzu Chi members across the world
have responded the call of Dharma Master Cheng
Yen, founder of Tzu Chi, to raise funds to support
on-going and subsequent relief plans.
Tzu Chi members in over 20 countries have organized
activities to appeal for donations, including:
the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
Argentina, Dutch Maarten, Paraguay, Guatemala,
the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Brunei, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Thailand,
Jordan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, France,
Austria, England, South Africa, and Taiwan.
A mobile dental vehicle, equipped with two dental
stations and owned by the Los Angeles-based Buddhist
Tzu Chi Free Clinic, is now providing free dental
treatment for the evacuees in Houston area.
"We want to help as many people as we can.
Tzu Chi means "serving with compassion."
It is important to let the people who have evacuated
know that there are people who are compassionate
and are doing things to help. It will be a long
road to recovery, so we are asking the public
to help by giving what they can," says CEO
Austin Tsao.
To help those impacted by Hurricane Katrina,
please call 1-888-9-TZUCHI (1-888-989-8244)
during office hour 9am to 5pm pacific time to
give by credit card or mail checks to Tzu Chi
at 1100 S. Valley Center Avenue, San Dimas, CA
91773 OR 6200 Corporate Drive, Houston,
TX 77036. For more information, please call
(909) 447-7799 or (713)981-8966
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY
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