48 Blackstone Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02860
Honorary Chairs of China Earthquake Relief Committee of Rhode Island:
Mr. Donald L. Carcieri Rhode Island Governor
Mr. Jack Reed U.S. Senator
Mr. Sheldon Whitehouse U.S. Senator
Mr. Patrick Kennedy U.S. Congressman
Mr. James Langevin U.S. Congressman
Ms. Elizabeth Roberts Lt. Governor
Mr. Patrick Lynch Attorney General of RI
Mr. A. Ralph Mollis Secretary of State
Mr. William Lynch Chairman of RI Democratic Party
Dr. Robert Carothers President of URI
Dr. Kathleen Hittner President and CEO of the Miriam Hospital
Dr. Robert D. Billington President of Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
Mr. Roland K. Machtley President of Bryant University
Advisors: Ms. Sandra Cheng, Rev. John Tsang, Mr. George Wu, Mr. Zhanquan Hu,
Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Mr. Lami Yip, Mr. Hon K. Lin, Dr. Ying Yan,
Mr. Allan Fung, Mr. Charlie Chin, Mr. Peter Kwong, Mr. Bobby Lau,
Mr. Gongmin Lei, Dr. Hong Yang, Mr. Julian Zhu
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Chairperson Mr. Louis Yip
Vice Chairpersons: Mr. Tony Chan, Dr. Yan Ma, Ms. Victoria Huang, Mr. Sunny Ng
Treasurer: Mrs. Karen Young
Auditors: Ms. Irene Qi, Dr. Chunsong Luo
Members: Mr. Charlie Chan, Ms. Xiaohong Sun, Mr. Jacky Ko, Ms. Karen Kuai
Dr. Linda Zhou, Ms. Qi Sun, Ms. Ying Liao, Mr. Xu Cai, Ms. Julia Jiang
Dr. Qing Yang, Ms. Liping Yang, Ms. Jinzhu Yu, Mr. Yanjing Chen
Mr. Kun Gao, Mr. Yiyue Yang, Mr. Aizhong Jiang, Mr. Jie Bao,
The China Earthquake Relief Committee of Rhode Island (CERCRI) was created jointly by over ten Chinese organizations on May 18, 2008 in response to the devastating earthquake that occurred in Southwest China on May 12th of 2008. We were established with the mission of consolidating the efforts of the Chinese and local communities to raise the most amount of funds possible for the victims of the earthquake. It will be an on going effort and we hope to raise at least $200,000 by June 1st for the victims in desperate need.
The committee is made up of members from such groups as the Rhode Island Association of Chinese Americans, An Leong Business Association, Chinese Christian Church of Rhode Island, The Star Chinese School, American Chinese Social Association of RI, the University of Rhode Island Confucius Institute, U.S. -China Institute & Confucius Institute at Bryant University, CSSA at Brown University, CSSA at University of Rhode Island, CSSA at Johnson and Wales University , Da Wen Zhai Magazine, Chinese Nurse Association of America , Rhode Island Chinese Library, Rhode Island Chinese Dancing Group.
罗德岛州中国地震赈灾委员会成立于二零零八年五月十八日。由本州十多个华人社团组织共同创立。 其成员包括:华人协会, 安良工商会, 罗德岛华人教会, 星星中文学校,罗德岛华人联谊会,罗德岛大学孔子学院,Bryant 大学孔子学院,Brown中国学生学者联合会, 大文摘,,华人护理协会,URI 中国学生学者联合会, Johnson & Wales中国学生学者联合会,中文图书馆, 华人舞蹈队等。
我们的目的是联合所有的力量,充分发动华人社区和当地社会, 尽最大努力筹得尽可能多的善款帮助受灾同胞。我们的目标是在五月十八日至六月一日的两周内筹款二十万美元。
叶超担任本委员会主席一职,统筹所有对内对外事务。副主席有陈和栋,马焰,黄桦,吴子平,分别负责华人社区,主流社会,文书对外联络和筹款。财政由杨薛锦云担任, 监察审核为亓霭云和罗春松。
本委员会顾问有:胡展权,叶玉霖, 胡英僚, 连汉强, 邝伟英,陈任卓, 严英,雷公民,胡少娟,朱奇志, 刘有成,冯伟杰, Dr. Bernard LaFayette, 杨宏, 曾永辉
本委员会委员有:陈江逊,孙晓红,高建华, 蒯文君,高昆,杨宜岳,江爱忠,孙琦,廖影,周华, 才旭,姜倩,杨丽萍, 杨庆, 鲍捷,Jinzhu Yu, Yanjing Chen
欢迎本州热心人士加入我们的志愿者行列。