SiChuan, China Earthquake – CCASJ is calling for your support

English version below

四川省汶川县发生了7.9级大地震 – CCASJ is calling for your support

各位同胞，

在我们祖国的四川省汶川县发生了7.9级大地震，据报道已经有超过20，000 同胞死亡，现在仍然有大量的人员正处在很危难的时刻。让我们为远在千里之外的亲人尽绵薄之力！！！ 一方有难，八方支援，感谢大家的工作和你们对祖国灾区人民的爱心。

Here are a few possible options to donate to the Sichuan Earthquake:
(Please note that many companies would match employee’s donations. You may ask your HR if your employer has such a policy)

1. Embassy of PRC in Canada, Donation for Sichuan victims

所有捐款将通过中国驻加拿大大使馆及时转给灾区人民。个人独立捐款通过银行汇到下列帐户:

收款人： The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China

帐号： 0005 1052-695

开户银行： Bank of Montreal, Ottawa Main Branch

开户银行地址: 269 Laurier Ave., West, Ottawa, ON, K1P 5J9

2. 现在的加拿大red cross 已经开通中国大地震的网上捐款。

Canadian Red Cross has opened donation fund for China Earthquake. Please click the following link. In the middle of the page, there is “Fund Designation”, and you can choose China Earthquake, pay online:

http://www.redcross.ca/， 在首页点击china earthquake 联结donate

https://www.paypaq.com/redcross/new/index.php online payment.

If you know any of our Chinese families or students who have family members or relatives in the affected region in Sichuan, please let us know.

为受灾的人民祝福和祈祷！！

The CCASJ Board of Directors

SiChuan, China Earthquake – CCASJ is calling for your support

Dear All,

A deadly earthquake measured grade 7.9 Richter scale suddenly happened in Sichuan Province, China on the 12^th of May, at 2PM local time. More than 20,000 people have been killed up to now and the number is still rising because at least 94,000 people have been buried under collapsed buildings. The quake can be felt as far as in Thailand and Taiwan. The disaster damaged the road accesses to the hardest hit counties which makes the rescue extremely hard. Outside of DuJiangYan, a county about 45 miles north of Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan Province, 9000 trapped after the three-story JuYuan Middle School collapsed. A hospital in the same county collapsed with an estimated 100 people. A chemical plant in ShiFang city also was destroyed, burying hundreds of people and spilling tons of toxic liquid ammonia….

There are many things that we can learn from this event, but first the Red Cross needs our assistance to rescue the survivors, and this takes money. We can all help by donating money now. It does not take a lot to have a positive impact. It is a desperate fight against time to save more lives. Your help means a lot to the families who had just lost their beloved ones, to the survivors who had just seen lives vanished beside them, and to the volunteers who are now overcoming mountains and dashing to the earthquake site.

Canadian Red Cross is now accepting online donation to help China. It’s simple to donate online (https://www.paypaq.com/redcross/new/index.php) with a credit card or call 1-800-418-1111 to donate over the phone. For the Fund Designation, please select “China Earthquake”.

Thank you, everyone, for your understanding, for your care, and for your help.

Sincerely,

The CCASJ Board of Directors