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| In 2009, working closely with Hearts & Lives staff, Tzu Chi Foundation volunteers arrived in the Mountain Communities to deliver holiday gifts to ten families in need of some holiday cheer.
Many of you will remember Tzu Chi Foundation volunteers assisting in the recovery phase after the 2003 and 2007 wildfires. Tzu Chi provides financial, medical, spiritual, and other services in times of need. Family services include short-term and long-term support. Volunteers assist around 2000 needy families in the United States annually. Among them, some have been cared continuously for more than a decade.
In addition Tzu Chi provides assistance to victims of fire, earthquake and flood disasters. Volunteers give out emergency cash and relief supplies within days of a disaster. Tzu Chi assisted survivors during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the 9/11 attacks in New York, the 2003 Southern California wildfires, Hurricane Isabelle in 2003, Hurricane Charlie in 2004, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Yucca Valley and Esperanza Fires in 2006, Alabama Enterprise Tornado, North Texas Flood, South Lake Tahoe Fire, Brooklyn Tornado, Minnesota Flash Flood, Ohio Flood and Southern California Wildfires in 2007, Arkansas Tornado in 2008 and the Midwest flood disaster. To date, Tzu Chi has distributed emergency cash totaling $2 million dollars, blankets, and daily necessities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in June 2008.
To learn more about the Tzu Chi Foundation please visit their website at http://www.tzuchi.org/
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