U.S. Senators Mr. Jack Reed and Mr. Sheldon Whitehouse have joined us as Honorary Chairs. 05/21/08

We have received support from government officials and local dignitaries. For a full list of our Honorary Chairs, please visit “ABOUT US” page.

As of today, we have raised $27501.19.

Please check out the updated “DONOR REGISTER” page.

We started mass mailing today. Friends from the Chinese Christian Church and some of our committee members worked together on printing, labeling, folding and sorting… More than 3,000 letters will be sent out to local businesses and individuals. It is a quite big task and we need more volunteers for Thursday. If you can help, please call us at 401-965 3666, 401-965 3152.

There will be a committee meeting at RIACA office Thursday at 7pm. The address is 48 Blackstone Ave., Pawtucket, RI 02860. Everyone is welcome.

The Star Chinese School will host a fundraising lunch in benefit of the earthquake victims at the Chinese Christian Church in Pawtucket this Saturdayn’t forget that we have a pledged matching fund of $40,000.

迄今为止，我们一共筹得善款两万七千五百零一美元十九分。

国会参议员 Jack Reed 和Sheldon Whitehouse接受邀请成为我们的名誉主席。本委员会受到本州政要大力支持。

请点看”ABOUT US”网页中的名誉主席名单。

今日我们开始大批量发送募捐信。华人教堂有多位朋友与我们几位委员一起参与了此项工作。 计划将有三千多封信会送出给本州的公司及个人。 寄一封信听起来简单， 但是包含了印刷，折叠。贴标签，装信封，按邮编分类几道工序，因此需要不少人力。明天还要继续工作，如果周四您能来帮忙，请打电话给我们。401-965 3666 或 401-965 3152。 谢谢。

周四（二十二日）晚七时委员会在华人协会办公室开会，欢迎大家参加。

星星中文学校将于本周六在教堂举办为地震灾民筹款午餐会。详情请恰雷公民校长。 电话401 556 6566。