UCAA donations help China
earthquake survivors
Relief efforts continue to pour into China to help those
affected by the Sichuan earthquake on 5/12. After contacting
American Red Cross, UCAA initiated donation calls for “5/12
China Earthquake Relief 2008” of Red Cross Society of China by
American Red Cross at 11:00 pm on 5/12. Many of our Alumni
members sent donations through different channels including
2008 Sichuan Earthquake Relief Committee by Oversea Chinese
via SVTN 501(c)(3) platform,
SJTU-SV China
Earthquake Relief Fund via SJTU-SV 501(c)(3)
platform, companies with gift-matching donation, and China
General Consulate of SF, etc.
In addition, some of alumni members sent check or credit card
donations to Mr. Bingliang Chen, our Treasurer. We have
transferred donations to American Red Cross and total is
$8,680.00 so far. The first mail was sent to American Red Cross
on 5/21 (certified mail
7008 0500 0000
3418 3478) and the second one was sent on 6/7 (certified
mail 7005 2570
0000 1874 0945). Please see the list of donors from
北京师范大学美西校友会, 华东师范大学北加州校友会, 北加州复旦校友会, 华中理工大学北加州校友会, 吉林大学硅谷校友会,
上海交通大学硅谷校友会, 华南理工大学美国校友会, 东南大学硅谷校友会, 厦门大学北加州校友会, 北美浙江大学北加州校友会
and
Computrust Software.
Xingchao Yuan, Jie Yu, Zheng Jin, Wen Yuan, Hong Chen, James
Chen, Ye Zhu, Minmin Yu, Fulin Pan, Haiying Shi, Bing Wang,
Dongqing Cao,
Ting Liu, Sunliang Liang, Junmi Lin, Li Wang, Xiaolin Yin, Yun
Long Zhu, Huifang Li, Steve Lin, Bingyan Guo, Yonghong Shen,
Yunsheng Wang,
Min Chen, William Murry, Xiaoling Hui, Yu Yang, Ying Li, Yiqiao
Wu, Huoyi Zhang, Robert P Martin, Marty L Martin, Binfan Liu,
Yubing Peng,
Jing W Dai, Jicheng Ye, Xiao Xiao, Jing Ding, Lijiang Li, Qiang
Zeng, Sasha Li, Michael Liu, Li Zhao, Joyce Zhong, Yiping Ge,
Chuchu Chen, Lily Yee,
and the following Chinese friends - Sarika Alrekav, Patricia
Ksadate, Ravi Suribhatla, Jack A Ketola, Anthony Kessel
As promised on 5/12, we'll send a donation summary back to your
organization in separate email. Thanks for all the contributions
towards helping Sichuan Earthquake victims.
[New update] The
American Red Cross announced that it is doubling its
contributions to the disaster from $10 million to $20 million.
The American Red Cross is also preparing to send a relief
delegate to China for six months to support the Chinese Red
Cross in managing the effective delivery of relief assistance.
The
American Red Cross
response to the earthquake has been bolstered by
generous contributions from more than 80,000 individuals and 60
corporations.
We will stop accepting donation mails from
June 30th. For further donations to “5/12 China
Earthquake Relief 2008”, please visit website at “American
Red Cross China Earthquake Relief”, you can use
credit card to donate, $10 minimum.
Thank you again for your generosity and strong support to help
China Sichuan survivors.
Jicheng Ye
President of UCAA
