Hurricane Sandy Relief - How You Can Help
November 9th through December, 2012
Update 11/21/2012:
- The goods volunteers purchased from YOUGIVEGOODS for Help Hurricane Sandy Victims have been delivered to ATLANTIC CITY RESCUE MISSION ( 2009 Bacharach Blvd.,Atlantic City, NJ 08401). Total value of goods purchased: $2,469. (see details)
- 3 minivan donations(details, please see pictures below) have also been delivered to The Fox Trucking Company which they will make a delivery to Neptune, NJ once the truck is full.
With all your help, we have covered both the northern and southern NJ coastline. We have tried our best to bless all victims of Hurricane Sandy.
11/16/2012 and 11/21/2012, four of our volunteers took off from work and drove 3 vans (around 100 boxes) up to the Fox Trucking Company in Easton, Maryland to drop donations for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. The Fox Trucking Company told us that they are in urgent need of more baby items and winter coats (not clothes). How to drop your donations, please contact either Mrs. Tseng or Mrs. Mei-Ling Flanders at (evergreenseniorcare@gmail.com)Update 11/21/2012:
- The goods volunteers purchased from YOUGIVEGOODS for Help Hurricane Sandy Victims have been delivered to ATLANTIC CITY RESCUE MISSION ( 2009 Bacharach Blvd.,Atlantic City, NJ 08401). Total value of goods purchased: $2,469. (see details)
- 3 minivan donations(details, please see pictures below) have also been delivered to The Fox Trucking Company which they will make a delivery to Neptune, NJ once the truck is full.
With all your help, we have covered both the northern and southern NJ coastline. We have tried our best to bless all victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Update 11/15/2012,Our goal is to get the truck completely packed up all the way to the top. The FOX Trucking Company don't want to drive up with a half-empty truck, they said we can try our best to give them the donations anytime before next Tuesday (Thursday is the Thanksgiving Holiday), so they can deliver to the food bank before the Thanksgiving Holiday. So, we will continue to collect donations till 11/19/2012.
Update 11/14/2012, News on the world journal (世界新聞網)
Update 11/13/2012, The Fox Trucking Company in Easton, MD 21601 will provide FREE delivery to the food bank in Neptune, NJ. This location is closer to the victims of Hurricane Sandy. The Fox Trucking Company had asked that items to be placed in boxes only, not bags. They will not only take the items on the list which the shelter requested below, but also take the non-perishable food items.Next week is Thanksgiving and I am sure you can imagine the plethora of victims who will be without homes or without their families next weekend due to the disarray Hurricane Sandy caused in the New Jersey region.
We have contacted many non-profit organizations but they are all in need of the same items to help the homeless in their areas. So, we have decided to take initiative and deliver the items up to New Jersey ourselves.
As for the non-food drive: (collecting will end at 11/15 Thu.)
Two of our volunteers, Mr. Ming-Ching Chen and Mr. Mark Liau, are willing to drive a U-Haul truck up to the Atlantic City Rescue Mission in the Atlantic city of New Jersey this upcoming Friday. Please note, we are looking for someone to donate money to cover the transportation costs (the U-Haul truck, gas, and E-Z pass fees). We can get these fees tax-deducted as well. The following is a list of immediate items that the victims are in need of:
- Diapers
- ladies personal items
- blankets
- flash lights and batteries
- Heavy Duty Trash Liners
- Latex Gloves
- Coats for men & women
- Styrofoam cups 8 oz
- Drinking cups, 12 - 16 oz size
- Personal / Baby Wet Wipes
- Mens underwear large, XL, 2X
- Men’s white socks
- Women’s underwear (size 10 and up)
- Socks for women
- Socks for small boys
- Toiletries: soap, razors, shave cream, toothbrushes, toothpaste
- Board Games - checkers, chess, puzzle books
***I hope everyone can respect the victims and make sure your donations are clean and washed before you hand them off to us. If you would like a donation receipt, please prepare a count of the items you are donating on the paper and we will write a receipt for you. Also, please keep in mind of the items on the list and try to donate those items only since available space on the SHELTER is clearly a concern.
As for the food donations for the victims:
We have already started a website (http://www.yougivegoods.com/
I hope that everyone can help out with this drive in one way or another. We will notify the newspaper of this fundraising project, so if you would not like your name anywhere then please let me know. Also, spread the word and forward this e-mail to your friends! Thank you!
It's great to see everyone pitching in when a disaster like this happens. Hopefully you are inspired to seize the moment and get involved. Start a drive, make a food donation, spread the word! It's easy to do and leaves you feeling great.
October 1st through November 9th marks the Thanks for Giving Thanksgiving Food Drive
Packing Date: Saturday, November 10, 2012
Time: 3pm-5pm (Please bring a food dish as we will be hosting a potluck party following the packing)
Location: Masterpiece Lane, N.Potomac, MD 20878
Project coordinators for winter items collection:
Ashley Tseng & Ben Espey- Langley High School, VA
Charlie Bavisotto - Boy Scout Troop 1128, Langley High School, VA
Emily Cowen - George C. Marshall High School, VA
Hallie Byles &Jodi Flanders - Thomas S. Wootton High School, MD.
Stephen Chen - River Hill High School, MD (Project Director)
Teddy Liao - McLean High School, VA
Much appreciated if you could drop off your donations as early as possible - don’t wait until the last minutes.
- During the recent rough economic years, a lot of people have been turning to nonprofits to find relief, but some of those groups have had to cut back due to lack of funds. The job opportunities are also impacted across the country. Many people who made charitable contributions in the past are now struggling from paycheck to paycheck. A lot of individuals and families are, in fact, getting first-hand experience at what it's like to be on the flip side of the situation, trying to manage after losing a home or job or both. Thus, as we've already seen, the donations are down tremendously this year.With our limited resources and funds, however, we once again helped more than 100 students back to school successfully on August 2012. Thank you very much to all our donors for your selfless giving. We could not complete this project without your compassion and support.
- A letter from "the Thanks for Giving Thanksgiving Food Drive" Project Director - Stephen Chen
Hello All,
Winter and the holidays are approaching, and many of us are looking forward to the annual warm meal that will be provided to us on Thanksgiving Day. Unfortunately, there are families in the near area who cannot afford a simple meal for the holidays, let alone the sufficient clothing for the oncoming cold winter! To help these families, our community is organizing a fundraiser to collect preservative items and winter clothing. We will package and deliver the collected items to charities across the Baltimore and Washington D.C areas. We will package the items on Saturday, November 10 from 3pm to 5pm.Advanced registration is required! Please notify charity group at evergreenseniorcare@gmail.com or Project Director-Stephen Chen.
Here are the items we are looking for!
Food for 100 families
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Canned Vegetables
- Carrots
- Corn
- Sweet potatoes
- White potatoes
- Green beans
- Tomatoes
- Canned fruits
- Fruit juices/ Hot cocoa mix
- Cranberry sauce
- Cake/pie/or brownie mix
- Rice -5lbs.
- Dry gravy mix
- Salad dressing
- Stove top dressing
- Vegetable oil
- Mashed potatoes package
- Large canned Pumpkin
- Disposable Aluminum foil roasting pan for turkey
- $10 gift cards to purchase turkey with
- New socks
- Earmuffs
- Mittens or gloves
- Hats
- Winter pants
- Scarves
- Winter jackets or coats
- NEW washclothes
- NEW travel size toiletries
- NEW disposable underwears
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Canned Vegetables
If you don't have time to shop for the needy, you could make a check donation to the Evergreen Senior Care and mail it to: 1921 Birch Road , McLean , VA 22101
Aug & Sep: Back-To-School Project packing and delivery
July: Back-To-School Project Aimed at Helping Children In Need
In a United Nations report (http://www.un.org/works/goingon/poverty/jessica_story.html), the UN shared a sad story with all of us -- Over 12 million American children suffer from poverty, and it infects every aspect of their lives—from family relations, to school friendships to dreams for the future. Although the family isn't homeless, they have only $120 each month to buy food. Often, there isn't enough to last the month, so some children who went to school turned to charity for help.
This year, we teamed up with two Catholic Sisters, one in DC and one in West Virginia, to help a total of 50 children and one school in west Virginia from low income families. The Sisters are willing to help all, regardless of race, sex or nationality, and they believe that all have the right to nutritious food and healthcare. It is hard to believe that in a country as prosperous as the United States, children like those in Yangon, Myanmar go hungry every day. Also, as the economy is worsened, there are families scrambling for food and children searching for supplies that they can use for each school year, but they nearly have enough supplies to last them a semester. There are an increasing number of families who are unable to provide their children with sufficient school supplies, and that is why I am writing to you today to ask for your support of this effort.
Please take a moment to browse through our doantions list at here, we provided the number of requests for each category, the inventory, and how many supplies short we are. We also make a price suggestion for you so that you can find the best deals. This is a great way to have a real, positive impact on a child's life. If you are interested in donating to help this effort, you can contact our charity group at evergreenseniorcare@gmail.com for registering for school supply donations. Keep in mind our association is a non-profit group, and we will be willing to provide you with a tax deductible donation receipt. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
The following is the Back-To-School Project packing activity information:
Date & Time: 7/28/2012, 11am ~ 3pm
Packing leader and volunteers coordinator: Teddy Liao, senior at McLean High School, VA
Packing Place: Teddy Liao's house, McLean, VA 22102
- Volunteers: This is a potluck charity luncheon, so please bring one main dish (for 10 people per family) along with a side dish or dessert to share.
- Advanced registration is required! Send an email to our charity group at evergreenseniorcare@gmail.com or Mr. Teddy Liao at weoweolife@gmail.com
- DC delivery coordinator : Timothy Tsai, senior at Langley High School ,VA
- West Virginia delivery coordinator: Stephen Chen, senior at Riverhill High School, MD
- School Supply Fundraising team:
Jodi Flanders and Hallie Byles, Thomas S. Wootton High School, MD
Emily Cowen, George C. Marshall High School, VA
Ben Espey and Ashley Tseng, Langley High School ,VA
June:
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| Volunter: Jodi Flanders at the front of the DC Ronald McDonald House |
April and May:
- The Dankyi family is now back in their original home, which has been restored and fixed with the help of insurance company. With the help of passionate good-heared volunteers, this case has been closed after being worked on for 4 months.
- Evergreen Senior Care charity made $10,000NTD donation to The Yueming Elementary School, Yilan, Taiwan for helping students in need program. receipt see here.
March:
TAX remindering: if you do donate more than $500, be sure to file form 8283. Tax Tips click here.
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| Volunteers: Emem and Ayda Etuk |
From: dankyi at March 13, 2012
what we need is a Queen bed a king bed our rooms are not big so we let our boys share the bed. Thank you so much for all the things they brought the other day.
We really appreciate it.
International Free Clinic 無國界醫療 : A group of nurses, including a nurse practitioner (is one of our volunteers), from Villanova University are going on a medical mission trip to Chulucanas, Peru in South America on March 3 through March 10. Thank you to Dr. Benson Yu, MD, Fairfax, VA, Internal Medicine for sponsoring most of the medicine that was brought along on the trip.
Volunteers will work at an Augustinian Mission in a small city of Chulucanas in northern Peru. Volunteers will have the opportunity to interact with the local people and experience the Peruvian culture while accomplishing various tasks necessary for the community, such as cleaning, painting, and tutoring at the local parochial school, working at a local orphanage and elderly home, visiting a trade school for women, and taking a trip to and purchase items from an authentic Chulucanas pottery workshop.
Volunteers will work at an Augustinian Mission in a small city of Chulucanas in northern Peru. Volunteers will have the opportunity to interact with the local people and experience the Peruvian culture while accomplishing various tasks necessary for the community, such as cleaning, painting, and tutoring at the local parochial school, working at a local orphanage and elderly home, visiting a trade school for women, and taking a trip to and purchase items from an authentic Chulucanas pottery workshop.
February:
CASE report from a volunteer:
The Dankyi family is going through much difficulty. Their house was completely burned to the ground. They are a family of eight total, a husband, wife, and six boys, and are of limited economic means. The boys' ages range from 20 months to 16 years old. All their personal belongings were burned, so clothes, shoes and food is of essence for the children to go to school. It would be extremely helpful if we could get a few things for this family to help them in this curtail times of their lives. The husband was injured due to his work, so he is unable to work anymore and is now on bed rest. The entire family relies on the mother's income; the mother is a nursing assistant at a hospital. We will be collecting necessary everyday items for the family. Every contribution counts. If you are interested in contributing, please contact us at "evergreenseniorcare@gmail.com".
Congratulations to Alliance Rocket (The team leader, Stephen Chen, is one of our volunteers) from Riverhill High School, MD, for winning the SPHERES Challenge 2011 Championship on the International Space Station!
Mr. Stephen Chen has actively been involved in serving the homeless in Baltimore. He has volunteered for our organization for more than three years now. We are very proud of his achievements.(see news from NASA or Zero Robotics Competition Awards Video)
January:
Thank you from The Home of God's Love Orphanage in TAIWAN
Year 2011 activities
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Hello All, Through the helps from all volunteers, the money from the underwear sales plus some small amount of cash and recycled items donations assembled a "Huge" help for the people in need. It enabled us not only helped the local people but also helped the international orphans and children in need.
The effect of our "little steps", through sharing and giving, that we took around with us daily is enormous. We do make a difference and hope everyone is keeping up with the good work doing the charity together.
If you have had ever to make donation to charity groups, you might understand that not every institute is willing to take the time to write Thank you letter or to issue donation receipt to you. However, they would mail you for collecting cash or goods only.
Since we emphasized that we don't have overhead of any administrative expenses, all our volunteers who involve in the charity cases are "100% volunteered" – meaning that not one cent goes to as the administration fees. All gas money is coming out from volunteers' own pockets. Our financial is open and transparent in public. Our volunteers, as always, try the best to get the donation receipt(s) at the same time when the donations are delivered to the needy.
At here, we would like to clarify one thing though: the Evergreen Senior Care does not do any fundraising for others charity groups but for itself. However, since we don't have an account for our charity fund, the fund is actually handled jointly by the Evergreen Senior Care CEO, board members and volunteer Yarlin Ho. We post on the website for where the donations go regularly. Please go to the month abbreviation link above and click on the Month of Thank you letter to see details for the monthly activities. If you have questions, please email to Evergreen Senior Care, Inc. at evergreenseniorcare@gmail.com directly for verification.
The charity group of Evergreen Senior Care in conjunction with the Salvation Army in Baltimore city, Red Cross, SHARE at McLean, the Providence Hospital in DC, The Daughters of Charity Emmitsburg Province, churches in D.C. area, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington DC , the Rural Outreach and Immigration Services of Martinsburg, WV and the Victim Services Section of Fairfax County Police Department, to help people in need does not charge the administration fee. During the past 9 years, our volunteer activities included distributing food to the homeless, packing back-to-school supplies in backpacks for low income children, providing Thanksgiving meals to less fortunate families, and distributing over 2,000 stuffed animals to over 40 organizations and hospitals in the Washington metropolitan area.
Below explain how we do the charity work - Once we get a request from our contacts, volunteers will decide the budget of the project by determining the types of materials, supplies and quantity for the needy and planning on how much should be raised or how many items should be collected. Then, we actively work on the fundraising to meet the goal. We do not donate cash to any of these organizations, but when they are at need for goods or food, we try in all our ability to provide assistance as much as possible. We even, sometimes, followed them through the process as they distributed the donations to the people they support.
If you would like to support our charity activities, the checks can be written to the Evergreen Senior Care and sent to our new address: 1921 Birch Road, McLean, VA 22101. On the year 2011, the Evergreen Senior Care will be on the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) list of approved charities. For more details for all charity activities, please see : http://evergreenseniorcareva.blogspot.com/
