同心合力为地震灾区募捐义卖通知.doc

Earthquake Yard-Sale Fundraising Committee News Release For immediate release, May 22, 2008 For further information, contact Peter Chieh, Ph: 519 746 5133, e-mail: HYPERLINK mailto:pcoccc@yahoo.ca pcoccc@yahoo.ca, Central Ontario Chinese Cultural Centre News, reports, images, and footages of the earthquake in China strike everyone’s heart. They strike those having relatives and friends in the quake stricken area particularly hard. Some residents living in the Kitchener and Waterloo region had tears in their eyes. On May 19, Prime Minister Harper expressed, on behalf of Canada, his deep sadness and heartfelt sympathy with the Chinese people suffering as a result of the earthquake in China’s Sichuan province. With tears in their eyes, area residents of Chinese descend differing in religion, dialect, ethnicity and background band together for comfort. A few of them suggested hosting a yard sale to raise funds and the voice sent a strong wave of force through them. In addition to donating generously, they rolled up their sleeves and decided to work together to aid the earthquake victims. They want to host the yard sale to provide an opportunity for those who want to help. The yard sale will take place on the last day of May from nine o’clock in the morning till two in the afternoon at the parking lot of NCR located in the north of Waterloo close to the Waterloo and St. Jacobs farmers markets. They invite yard-sale vendors to bring articles to the NCR parking lot to sell and then donate the proceeds through the Committee, which will channel the fund to the Canadian Red Cross earmarking it for China earthquake relief (see http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=27454tid=001). During the yard sale, Wok Wagon Catering, a local business, together with local restaurants will donate Chinese food for lunch for a donation of $8 or more. During the early seventies, some Chinese restaurants used the same strategy to raise relief funds for the flood victims in Galt, so called th