Dear members and friends,
After three weeks of hard work and careful consideration of the current situation, we decide to stop accepting the donation, effective April 12th, 2020, for the fundraising event “fight with COVID-19.” The PayPal link for donation is also removed from our webpage.
With your generosity, we have raised $ 47,927 from 282 donors by 9 PM on April 12th. Net the Paypal fees of $794.78, the amount is $ 47,132.22.
So far, we have purchased 39,500 surgical masks, 1,000 KN95 masks, 230 bottles of hand sanitizer, 60 boxes of medical gloves. We also received about 2,800 surgical masks, 240 N95 masks and a few cleaning wipes from various donors. Most of the supplies were sent to 11 hospitals, one nursing home, one police department, and one church, etc.
We will keep the effort going, all remaining supplies and fund will be used to help more people in need.
Once again, we are grateful for your support! We also thank all the first-line responders for saving lives and keeping our community safe to everyone!
Sincerely,
Yanhong Na, President
Chinese Club of Western New York
亲爱的华人联谊会会员们和社区朋友们，
大家好！经过为期三周的紧张筹款工作并审慎考虑当前形势后，我们决定从4月12日开始停止接受为本次”Fight with COVID-19“慈善活动提供的捐赠，同时从我们网站上取下捐赠链接。
在社区朋友热心支持下，截至4月12日晚上9点，我们收到282名捐赠人的善款共 $47,927。扣除手续费$794.78，总金额是$ 47,132.22。
目前为止，我们购买了39,000个外科手术口罩，1,000个KN95口罩，230瓶免洗净手液，60盒医用手套。我们还从多个捐赠人处收到了2,800个外科手术口罩，240个N95口罩，以及若干清洁湿巾。其中绝大部分已分别赠送给11家医院，一家养老院，一个警察局，一个教会，等等。
接下来我们会继续努力；所有剩余的物资和资金会用于帮助有需要的人士。
我们再次感谢您的支持！我们也感谢所有一线工作者，感谢你们拯救生命，感谢你们让社区每一个人都感到安全！
谨启，
那燕红，会长
西纽约中华联谊会
2020年4月12日
