Volunteer Calendar

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Hello All,
This is a meaningful volunteer experience in a positive, safe environment that is perfect for individuals, families, and groups of almost any size. Our various projects offer fun and unique ways for our volunteers to contribute their time, talent and resources. Thank you for your desire to aid us in our mission to fight hunger by engaging, educating and empowering our community.

• The Booth house and The Salvation Army Feedmore mobile feeding: details click here.
• Virginia projects: details click here.
• Foods delivery to the Community Foodbank of the Seton Center in Emmitsburg, MD. : details click here
• Thanksgiving Foods Baskets for needy, activity details see here.
• Christmas Charities, please click here
• McDonald House activity .

Schedule:

Baltimore = "Serving dinner on the street in Baltimore city" (work for the Salvation Army)
SHARE = "Sorting clothes and canned foods for needy in the SHARE of McLean " (work for SHARE)
McDonald Houses charity in DC = to deliver dinner to McDonald Houses in DC for who lives in McDonald Houses charity in DC

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Year 2011 Charity Report

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**Green Fundraising: We're recycling used Ink Cartridges, used Cell phone/PDA to exchange canned foods for needy. All makes and models are accepted. details, please click here.

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• Special Thank you Dr. Benson W. Yu, MD.(Fairfax, VA) provides over-the-counter medications and vitamins for free clinic use.
• A very special gratitude to our long term sponsors - Benjamin L. Leung, CPA.

Year 2011 Thank you letters: (details information, please click on the month abbreviation)

On December, 2011 : Find a way to make a difference in someone's life this holiday season. With our help, Christmas can be a happy time for everyone. Would like to be a Santa Claus to make someone's dream come true? if so, please check the list below.

• Family 1: Hard-working father in this family. Works as a school custodian and does odd jobs to supplement income. Father needs a pair of shoes (size: M). Mother needs a set of glove and scarf. kids need winter clothes.
• Family 2: Mother who is the sole support of her husband and daughter. Husband was recently disabled and cannot receive help for a few months. Mother works for a cleaning service and walks downtown to work at 4:00 a.m. each day. She needs a warm winter coat.(This wish list has to be taken care of by students of the Langley High School, McLean, VA)
• Family 3: a couple with 5 girls have been here a little over a year and are trying hard to adjust to a different culture. (This wish list has to be taken care of by Mrs. Shellie Mashburn family)

Details, please click on the following link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlX1t6yF4X0BdEotcHhfQjBHQ18wRDFRTU1VQ21LZVE#gid=0

	Mr. Stephen Chen, student of the River Hill High School, Clarksville, MD, has assisted in the food packing for our Thanksgiving baskets for past four years. He not only care about the community, but are able to manage his time well enough to balance a volunteer job with other commitments.
	On Saturday, November 19, 2011, Volunteers delivered Thanksgiving Food Baskets to families identified as needy by the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Martinsburg, WV. For the third year in a row, the CHARITY GROUP of Evergreen Senior Care in conjunction with the St. Vincent de Paul Society have participated in a Thanksgiving Basket Program. We delivered a complete turkey dinner, including at least one turkey depending on the size of the family, and winter coats drive.
	On 11/13/2011, because of the generosity of our community, we have delivered holiday food baskets to more than 500 families in DC in the past 8 years. What a wonderful demonstration of caring for our neighbors in need.
	Volunteers Make The Difference!! On 11/12/2011, there are over 50 volunteers who help collected donations, pack meals, and winter clothes to about 200 people who receive Meals from us. We have volunteers from a wide variety of backgrounds doing a wide variety of tasks. Our volunteers ranged in age from 13 – 68, represented a wide range of education levels from not graduating high school through doctorate degrees, and were fluent in different languages. Despite these differences, for many of our volunteers, the thing they have in common is the commitment to our mission. In addition to the volunteers, we like to Special Acknowledgment to Mrs. Joan Lee and Mr. Allen Lai - we could absolutely not do this without your big helps. :)

May~Aug : Thanks Note, letters

• helping 100+ children and Teens back to school. ?
• Special Thanks to the following Donors for making our work possible!Gifts of $500 and above: Benjamin L. Leung, CPA
  Gifts of $100 and above:(in alphabetical order by last name)Byles Family(Rockville, MD), Cheng family (Clarksville, MD), Cowen famil, Ho family (Rockville, MD), Indtai Inc., Ai Chu Lin, Vivia Liang, Tseng family(McLean, VA), Maggie Wang, Yee family
• Gifts-in-Kind and Others Monetary Donations:(in alphabetical order by last name)Amy Shieh Allen, Joy Butler, Yang &Jing Cai, Flora Chen, Loretta Davis, Leigh Henderson, Helen Huang, Jiuan-Jiuan Hu, Debra Marshall, Alicia McCoy, Sze Patrum, Bing-sing Wang, Elizabeth Walter, Jeff Whitesell, Joe Wang, Timothy Yee
• Special Acknowledgement to the following volunteers: (in alphabetical order by last name) Show-Fune Chen and family, Allen Chen, Flora Chen and her mother, Wane-Jang Lin & Min-Ching Chen, Lily Cheng, Flanders family, Quach family (Arlington, VA), Shu Fei Chuang & AK Shyu, Tsai family (McLean, VA), Tseng family, Jen Wang, Joan & Ming Wang Family, Yee family, Hongwei Zhang

April :

• To support Dr. Chaujun Lee's family (full story; Dr. Chaujun Lee passed away peacefully at 9AM 4/19/2011. )
• Thanks to the following Donors:Josephine Wang,Wu family (Holmdel, NJ), Vera Zhao, Tsai family

March:

• To assist helping end hunger for those in need in the Martinsburg, WV community.
• Andrew Cheng ran out from japan tsunami (full story)
• Randy Liang Tragedy (full story,Liang family got back to normal life on May, 2011.)
• The Rotary Club of McLean presented its 2011 Youth Service Awards to our Youth volunteer during a special ceremony. (connection newspaper)
• Thanks to the following Donors:Chih-Hung Chen, Kaelin Lee, Chunyen Chang, Indtai Inc., Ming Wang, Shu Fei Chuang, Woan-Yi Byles, Cowen family, Yee family, Shiow-Min Lin and Yiling Tu, Roche family(Bethesda, MD), Hue-hsing Cheng, Kenny Quach, Lin-lin Kuo, Lily Chang, Tseng family

Jan. Feb.: New warm winter items will be collected and given to local charities for distribution to local, needy families.

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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, the Charity group of Tzu Chi Greater Washington DC, 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 7 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/

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To support Dr. Chaujun Lee's (李朝正博士) family

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4/24:
$300 Grocery Gift Cards have been pass to Mrs. Lee

4/21:
Dr. Chaujun Lee's Memorial Service:
Date: 4/24/2011 (Sunday)
Time: 2:30PM-4:30PM (2:30PM~3PM: Visitation; 3PM: Memorial services)
Place: Chesterbrook Taiwanese Presbyterian Church
(2036 Westmoreland Street, Falls Church, VA 22043)

4/19:
Dr. Chaujun Lee passed away peacefully at 9AM 4/19/2011. His family would like to thank everyone for their support. The funeral ceremony is set to this Sunday 4/24. More detailed information will be posted later. Please continue to support his family.
All medical bills have been covered by the insurance company.

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Per Dr. Chaujun Lee's family request, the charity group of Evergreen Senior care is posting his story on the website. The full story provided by his friend Mr. Joe Wang.

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Our friend Dr. Chaujun Lee has had nasopharyngeal carcinoma (cancer) for about 4 years. He went through many difficult procedures and treatments, but is no longer receiving any. Now, the doctor is just doing his best to try to minimize the pain. Dr. Lee is in Manor Care Nursing Home right now. Due to the expensive medical care and large amount of paperwork, they are in need of others' support.

One critical lesson his family would like to share with those of Chinese heritage in America is that American doctors seldom deal with cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). The symptoms of NPC are very similar to allergies or sinus infection. Despite the fact that he was examined by 3 experienced doctors, the final diagnose came too late. Even blood test might not identify this disease. Checking with an experienced Chinese specialist is highly recommended. (information about NPC can be found as a post script.)

The family would like to emphasize the importance of early detection of NPC (especially for those of Asian heritage). In its early stages, nasopharyngeal carcinoma may not cause any symptoms. Possible noticeable symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma include:

1. swollen glands or lumps on the side of the neck, even without other symptoms or sicknessess
2. potting of blood in mucus from nose or mouth
3. ringing noises, hard of hearing, or pain in the ears
4. constant nasal congestion
5. headaches on only one side of the head for no apparent reason
6. unexplainable loss of pupil control - crosseyes, double vision, numbness in the face

Of course not everyone will experience all of these symptoms, but it is best to err on the side of caution and take preventative action. We would wish this sickness could be detected as early as possible.

It's a daunting task to take care of Dr. Lee in the nursing home. Joe and friends are working on a Google Calendar to share the time among close friends. You would only have to have a Google Email account. Once you have an account and can share the effort, Mrs. Lee will provide you with Permission to “Make changes to event”. Then you could help as a coordinator to arrange the caretaking/visiting time among friends.

One tough question is how to handle the enormous medical expense that is not covered by insurance. A few friends started to look into the issue, but we are still trying to figure this out. If you have any suggestions, please email to Mr. Joe Wang at "joewang_va@yahoo.com" .

Donations can be sent to:
13107 Farmsted Court, Herndon, VA 20171.
Please make checks payable to "Mrs. Chinman Lee"

A few suggestions for friends to visit Dr. Lee in Manor Care Nursing Home :

1. Please come in small group 1~3 people. This is a request from the Nursing Home.
2. If you are sick or not sure, please wait after you are fully recovered.
3. Wash your hand before taking care of Dr. Lee.
4. Sing in, sign out and write a few messages.
5. A few visitors’ notices are posted above the bed. Please read it.

我們的朋友李朝正博士得了鼻咽癌,他和癌症搏鬪了四年,經歷許多痛苦的療程,身體越來越弱,如今在癌細胞的強勢侵襲下,醫生只能開止痛藥減輕他的痛,並安排他住進了Manor Care Nursing Home.

李博士生病在家期間,沒有收入,他的太太菁滿女士在小學當特教助理,薪資不多,他的家庭長期以來飽受精神及經濟壓力, 此時此刻急需要善心人士的幫忙.

經過這麼多磨難, 李家希望把他們不幸的教訓告知在美的華人,事實是美國醫生很少處理鼻咽癌的例子。大多數鼻咽癌的病徵, 和鼻子過敏或鼻竇感染非常相似。那就是為什麼李朝正博士找了3 位經驗豐富的醫生, 最後確定是癌症時, 已經錯過了早期治療的好時機。血液測試可能無法識別這種疾病。強烈建議請經驗豐富的華人專家檢查.

李家強調鼻咽癌早期發現的重要性（尤其是那些亞裔。在其早期階段，鼻咽癌可能不會引起任何症狀。明顯的症狀可能包括：

• 在你的頸部出現腫塊引起的淋巴結腫大
• 血液在你的唾液,鼻子血液分泌物
• 耳鳴,重聽或耳痛
• 常鼻塞
• 沒有明顯的原因頭痛
• 無法解釋的損失瞳孔控制-斜視眼，复視,面部麻木

現在, 李朝正博士正在療養院, 病人照料是一項艱鉅的任務。他的一些好朋友利用 Google Calendar 正在安排人力支援, 希望減輕李太太--菁滿的負擔.在這關鍵的時刻, 李家還面臨的另一個棘手問題,就是如何挑起保險公司不給付的龐大醫療費用。我們懇請, 如果您有任何醫療保險的寶貴建議可供參考，請直接連絡 Mr. Joe Wang 。

同時,善心捐款可以直接寄到：
13107 Farmsted Court, Herndon, VA 20171.
Please make checks payable to "Mrs. Chinman Lee"

如果您去Manor Care Nursing Home探望朝正, 在此有一點小小的建議:

1. 該療養院要求每回訪客人數以1-3 人為限
2. 病人抵抗力弱, 如果訪客本人生病, 請等到完全康復後再去
3. 照顧李博士之前,請洗手
4. 簽名並寫幾句照顧紀錄
5. 請閱讀床頭牆上的”訪客需知”

李家和我們這些朋友深深感謝您對李家的關懷和溫馨的支持, 祝福大家!

Free Rides for Charity- charitable donations

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You probably know the most common deductions, such as deductions for property taxes and charitable donations, but there are related deductions you might be overlooking. Read on for some of the common fees and expenses you can deduct to reduce your tax bill.

Tax Deductible Donation Laws

Fees for a Worthy Cause
You donated your skinny jeans and your wagon-wheel coffee table to Goodwill and reduced your taxes by increasing your miscellaneous deductions, but you can fatten the sum of your miscellaneous deductions when you remember to include associated fees, such as appraisal fees, for the big-ticket items you donate.
The IRS requires that you provide "a qualified appraisal of the item with the return" when you donate an item worth more than $500. For items like electronics, appliances and furniture, you need to pay a professional to assess the value of your donation; that fee for service is deductible. (For more on charitable contributions, see It Is Better To Give AND Receive.)

Free Rides for Charity
If you're the type of person who likes to donate your free time to volunteer in your community and you dip into your own wallet to get to your favorite charity, you can add those expenses to your miscellaneous deductions. Whether you ride the bus or drive your own car, keep good records of your charitable activities and keep receipts for public transportation or mileage logs for your car (for which you can charge the standard mileage rate for charitable organizations), as well as receipts for parking and tolls.

Getting Fit Gives Deductions a Leg Up
Staying healthy can cost you an arm and a leg; therefore, the IRS allows you a deduction specifically for medical expenses, but only for the portion of expenses over 7.5% of your AGI. Thus, if your AGI is $50,000 you can deduct the portion of your medical expenses over $3,750. If your insurance company reimburses you for any part of your expenses, that amount cannot be deducted. (Read about how to reduce your healthcare expenses in 20 Ways To Save On Medical Bills.)

According to the National Coalition on Healthcare, in 2009 the average premium for employee-only coverage was $4,824 just for insurance, and the average family of four was $13,375. Employees paid an average of 17% of the cost for single coverage and families paid an average of 27%. If you're an individual making $50,000 you could deduct $650, the amount of the premium that exceeds the 7.5% limit. (Remember, you can't deduct your premiums if you buy coverage through a payroll deduction using pretax dollars - in that case you've already earned your tax savings.) (For related reading, see Buying Private Health Insurance.)

A portion of money you pay for long-term care insurance can also ease your tax burden. Long-term care insurance is a deductible medical expense, and the IRS lets you deduct an increasing portion of your premium as you get older as long as the insurance is not subsidized by your employer or your spouse’s employer.
There's another often-overlooked benefit when you visit your doc: you can deduct the cost of transportation to obtain medical care, which means you can write off the expense of taking the bus, car expenses (the standard mileage deduction for medical purposes), tolls and parking.

You can also deduct any additional copayments, prescription drugs, lab fees and more as part of your medical expenses - if your total expenses exceed the 7.5% limit. The IRS also allows you to factor in common fees and services if they are not fully covered by your insurance plan, such as therapy and nursing services. In fact, the IRS' definition of medical expenses is fairly broad and can even include such items as acupuncture and smoking-cessation programs.

(REFERENCE: 10 Most Overlooked Tax Deductions)

Randy Liang Tragedy

What Local Community did for Randy Liang's family and here is what has been accomplished:

5/1:
Ms. Vera Zhao has recently found a stable job and is doing very well getting back on her feet after Randy Liang’s tragic accident. After Vera was notified of her job hiring, she immediately contacted us and thanked us and all of those who offered her a hand when she was in need.
Not only did she thank Evergreen Senior Care, Inc. and local community for all that all volunteers had done for her, but she also asked to join the charity and is kindly wanting to help those in need around her community as well as lending a helping head to the less fortunate. Because of the amount of compassion and consideration of the volunteers and friends around her, she was moved to return the aid to others who could use her help as well.
As for Randy, he is back in school and living his normal daily routines. The students at Langley High School were very welcoming in his return and assured him that everyone was supporting him in every way and that they were willing to lend a helping hand if he needed it. All in all, one lesson is to be learned from this incident—you cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.

• Ms. Vera Zhao (Randy's mother) got a full-time job. Liang family pass $300 grocery gift card of May to Dr. Chaujun Lee's family.
• If you would like to find out more on how to support Randy and his family, please contact Silvia Roman at langleybandassn@gmail.com.
• The Forestville ES community should contact Deanna Keyes at deannakeys@yahoo.com

4/2:

• Langley Bands donated $5000 USD
• Community provided the spring cleanup and yardwork to Liang family
• Evergreen Senior care volunteers delivered $300 gift cards, Roast chicken, Rice, Peaches and Peanuts butter to Liang family.

3/24:

• update news on the worldjournal.com
• Joining Team Randy (Great Falls Connection)
• Mother Praises Neighbors for their Help (McLeanPatch)
• Community helps Fairfax family hit by tragedies (ABC 7)
• Chinese school 希望中文學校 pass $5,000 USD donation to Liang family

3/23:

• The charity group of Evergreen Senior Care fundraises for people in need. For the Liang's family, Evergreen has committed to raise found to support meals and expense for 6 months ($300 Giant/costco certificate per month). All donations are tax deduction. If you would like to support our charity activities:
  * Checks can be made to the "Evergreen Senior Care", enter "Meals for Liang's family" in the memo line
  * Send the check to our new address: 1921 Birch Road, McLean, VA 22101.
  * Evergreen Senior Care will email you a donation receipt after check has been deposited to bank.
  * Please note:It is Evergreen's policy not to accept or distribute cash. We accept check or goods (include gift card) donations only.


• Message from Beth Stvan: We are thrilled to report that the Liang family returned to their home yesterday! It was a long, exhausting and stressful journey from the New Jersey hospital trauma unit as Randy’s condition is still “fragile” but fortunately all the connections went smoothly. Despite a bad headache, fever and stomach pains, Randy’s trip home went as planned. A HUGE thanks goes out to the Great Falls Fire Station for providing an ambulance and two medics who volunteered their time to transport the family to their home. Randy' s road to recovery will be closely monitored by his doctors and involve six weeks of bed rest, no stairs and limited movement but he is grateful to be home finally. We know that so many people are eager to help out with Randy's recovery and we'll be sure to reach out with an update as we become aware of their needs. The outreach and support from the community over the last few days has been amazing and efforts continue to help this family in their time of need.


• April is Team Randy Month at Chick Fil-A in Sterling! Ellie Kim, a band parent and owner of the Sterling Chick Fil-A, has agreed to make the whole month of April, Team Randy Month at Chick Fil-A!!!A portion of the purchases made by families from Forestville Elementary School and Langley High School will be donated to the Team Randy account. All you have to do is order food at Chick Fil-A and identify yourself as supporting Team Randy! As with the benefit concert and art sale, we will need volunteers to publicize this month long fundraiser! Once again, please contact "Beth Stvan" at stvanatva@juno.com if you are interested.

3/22:

• Randy and family are on the Amtrak now, and will back to DC this afternoon. (1:50pm)
• Band Concert at Langley High School (6520 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101) Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 7:30pm @ Auditorium This will also be a Benefit Concert for Randy. Donations will be accepted at the door.

3/21:

• Donations can be sent to:Wachovia 750 Walker Rd.Great Falls, VA 22066 Make checks payable to "Liang Family" account 8857, or via a Paypal account to donate to this account on-line. The Paypal account is accessible via liangfamilyfund@gmail.com. If the Paypal does not work right away, please try it again later. It should be active by 3-23-11, but probably sooner.
• Message from Beth Stvan: Hello, Freshman Parents. Many of you have requested an update. Randy's mom, Vera wants all of you to know that Randy is improving. He is eager to get home. If all goes well, he may return home tomorrow. His condition is fragile and he will need to abstain from activity for awhile. Vera wants you all to know how grateful she is for the outpouring of support from the Langley community............................... Thank you, again!! Your Cass Parents
• Lotus Light Charity DC 華光功德會 promised they will mail a check to Wachovia Bank, 750 Walker Road, Great Falls, VA 22066 to support the Liang's family.

3/20:

• From: vera zhao Subject: Re: Randy Liang Tragedy Date: Sunday, March 20, 2011, 6:01 AM 非常感谢你们的热心帮助和建议。我会认真考虑并采纳。再一次感谢你们那一颗颗善良的心，给了我无比巨大的温暖和鼓励赵锐敬


• Evergreen Senior Care increased support groceries certificate $300 per month for Randy Liang's family from March to June.(4 months, Chong Hwa Saint Tao Yuan, Mountain View , CA 加州中華聖道院 donated one month)


• Team Randy T-shirt sale: Lynette Planto has generously offered to order Team Randy t shirts and coordinate the sale of the shirts during the lunch periods on Monday, March 28, Tuesday, March 29 and Wednesday, March 30. She will be setting up two shifts each day and has requested two parent volunteers for each shift. The shirts will be sold for $15 and checks made payable to Langley High School (with Team Randy in the memo line) will be accepted as well as cash. We will need to keep track of shirts sold each day and provide an accounting to the finance office each day, as well as the money collected. If you are interested in selling shirts, please contact Lynette Planto at lplanto@cox.net


• Chick FilA fundraisers Ellie Kim, a band parent and owner of the Sterling Chick FilA, has offered to hold Spirit nights. A portion of the purchases made by families from Forestville and Langley HS would be donated to the Liang family Wachovia Account. We will provide more information about this event as soon as it is scheduled.In addition, she has offered to make sandwiches available for sale at Langley HS (right after school) for cost. We are in need of parent and student volunteers to run these sales. Please send me an email if you are interested in volunteering on this fundraiser.


• Coin Drive in Band Room: Mr. Gekoskie has set up a bucket in the band room to collect spare change and donations from students each day. Put your spare change to good use and send it in with your students

3/19:

• email from From:vera_zhao Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:51 AM Subject: Re: giant/costco certificate for Randy Liang's family oh my gosh, I felt like i am not in a real world. but it is true so many love, so much support around us thank you so much


• Evergreen Senior Care promised support groceries certificate $300 per month for Randy Liang's family from March to May.(3 months)


• Langley High School staff have been working behind the scenes to facilitate communication with the hospital, the schools, the Fairfax County Public Schools, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Here is what school are working on: 1. A unified and easy way to make monetary contributions for the family. Stay tuned for more information. 2. Team Randy t-shirts will be sold by Band Parents and students to raise money and to have a visual show of support for Randy around the building and around the community. 3. Band students have started their own coin drive. 4. Fairfax County Public School officials are working on insurance options for the family. They are not yet certain if this can happen. School should know something on Monday.5. Social Workers from Forestville, Langley High School, and the hospital are in communication about resources and needs, including Randy's medical needs.


• Ms. Rebecca Kwan works for Montgomery County and specializes in helping the Chinese get medical care (and medical insurance, where possible).


• Donations can be sent via mail to Wachovia Bank, 750 Walker Road, Great Falls, VA 22066. Please make the check payable to Liang Family and enter the last four digits of the account number 8857 in the memo line. (This is to prevent any confusion, because there is another account for another family with a similar name.)

3/18:

• Dr. Khan of Fair Oaks hospital has agreed to act as the medical advocate for the family and will assess if the child is able to be moved.


• Families have stepped up to donate money to help cover the COBRA expenses of the family for the short term.


• Dawn Carpenter and Don Caron have offered to function as the families financial advisor.


• Fern Slack has agreed to complete the COBRA paperwork on behalf of the family


• A medical flight was donated from the Angels Flight Network to transport the child back to the area when able.


• Langley Band has set up their t-shirt fundraiser.


• A facebook page has been set up called Team Randy and has already had nearly 500 hits.


• Four different business owners have requested Vera’s resume in hopes of connecting her with future employment.


• Media stations and newspapers have expressed concern regarding this human interest story through the Chinese community and local NBC affiliates.


• A social worker through Forestville and Langley has been in contact with the family.Various Fairfax County agencies, Lions Clubs, CEO Networks and other organization have been notified and are taking action to assist the family.


• Stories have been posted on Forestville and Langley websites.

Full Story in English:

Randy Liang, 14 year old Freshman and member of the Langley High School band, was attending an out of state school band function the weekend of March 12th. He became ill Saturday and went back to his hotel room where he passed out during the night from pain and was rushed to the emergency room in the morning with a ruptured spleen.

Vera Zhao, mother, is in New Jersey, staying 24/7 in the hospital at her son's bedside where he remains in the trauma unit. The future is difficult for doctors to predict right now as his condition is very serious; however, they are optimistic that he will eventually return back to his home in Virginia.

Unfortunately, this is a family that has come upon some very difficult times in the past year. Vera's husband died this past summer after an 8 year battle with cancer. Due to his condition, they were unable to obtain life insurance. Vera did return to work as an Oracle database administrator; however, in February 2011, her consulting contract with the government was not renewed and she has been out of work, without benefits, since February 28th. At that time, she was given the option to sign up for COBRA insurance but struggled with being able to afford the monthly fees of $1,200. Today(3/18), she has decided to fill out the COBRA paperwork as she is still within the 45 day window to register; however, making ends meet will now be challenging since she is unable to seek employment as she needs to be with her ill son.

Derrick, (Forestville 3rd grader/LeLoup), is residing with relatives in New Jersey, an hour from the hospital.As always, our community does a wonderful job of assisting those in their time of need and this truly is a family in need of help.

Vera was incredibly calm and upbeat on the phone yet broke down in tears when the offer was extended to “rally the troops” to collect money to assist her and her family.

For the short term, the immediate need is financial assistance.

• Cash donations to cover expenses
• Pro-bono financial advisor to review their expenses and develop a plan for the near future to cover costs
• Pro-bono financial advisor abreast of current laws and regulations regarding setting up trusts for charitable contributions
• Assistance completing COBRA paperwork and any other school paperwork (insurance related)

Long term needs:

• Potentially, hotel rooms or a home rental for up to six months in the New Jersey area if the diagnosis is that the child cannot be transported back to VA
• Medical transportation back to VA for Randy (this will be complicated as his system is extremely fragile)
• Meals when back in VA
• Assistance with 504 Plan and tutoring for Randy If you are able to "pay it forward", Donations can be sent to: Wachovia, 750 Walker Rd., Great Falls, VA 22055, payable to " Liang Family" account 8857 (this is a non-tax deductions)

Full Story in Chinese:

華生出意外 社區發起互助網記者許惠敏維州報導 (世界新聞網-北美華文新聞 ) 費郡蘭格利高中(Langley H.S.)高一學生梁詣深(Randy Liang) 上周六與學校樂隊赴紐約演出，不慎在旅館內發生意外，造成第四級脾臟破裂，由於梁家男主人八個月前才因腸癌過世，支撐家計的女主人趙銳又不巧在上個月失業，包括梁詣深就讀學校、華人社區已發起互助網，希望能助梁詣深一家度過又一難關。

趙銳指出，梁詣深是在旅館上樓時走急了自己撞了牆，一開始只覺腹痛，第二天上午送醫後，才確診出是脾臟破裂。

新澤西州聖約瑟夫醫院院方對梁詣深給予止痛劑，減緩痛楚，醫生觀察後認為脾臟出血應已控制，器官並可自行復原，並未開刀或進行治療。

趙銳說，丈夫抗癌八年，已積欠一筆可觀醫藥費，今年2月又丟了工作，正愁著房子貸款繳不出來，也沒來得及申請COBRA空窗期醫療保險就碰到這意外，真的是雪上加霜！

趙銳說，過去這幾天，來自社區的關心與協助，讓她在人生低谷中看到希望，蘭格利高中校長Matt Ragone領隊利用學校官網發起關懷網，幾天內即有家長、教職員出面，有的代表梁家和醫院交涉、為趙銳申請COBRA入保，還有家長志願擔起每個月1200的保費，她說，關懷源源湧至，讓她感動之餘，也惶恐不知如何回報。社區慈善機構、公益組織，希望在梁詣深轉回費郡醫院後及未來長程的休養過程中，號召華人社區出錢出力，幫助這家人度過難關。

有心協助梁家的華人，可以在下周一(3/21)起響應蘭格利高中樂隊所設立的Team RandyT恤義賣活動或捐款，網站是:http://www.fcps.edu/LangleyHS/，華人社區有心協助者，Please contact Evergreen Senior Care 。

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