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May 20, 2008

Local fund set up for Chinese earthquake relief

A relief fund has been set up in Rhode Island to help victims of the earthquake in China that has left at least 40,000 people dead and 5 million people homeless.

A group of various Chinese and Chinese-American organizations has started the China Earthquake Relief Committee of Rhode Island. So far, the group has raised nearly $20,000.

Participants include The New England Chinese Nurses Association, the Confucius Institute at the University of Rhode Island, the R.I. Association of Chinese Americans and various Chinese student associations at colleges and universities around the state.

In addition, the group has begun putting collection boxes in restaurants around the state and holding cooking classes and dinner events, according to Sunny Ng, one of the committee's organizers.

Tor more information on the committee, visit the China Earthquake Relief Committee of Rhode Island Web site.

Donations can be mailed to China Earthquake Relief Committee of Rhode Island, 48 Blackstone Ave., Pawtucket, R.I. 02860. Checks can be dropped off at any Rhode Island branch of Sovereign Bank or at the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center, 175 Main St., Pawtucket, R.I. 02860. Make checks payable to China Earthquake Relief Fund.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 12:38 PM | Permalink

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