There will be FREE Japanese food! Donations to Tzu Chi Foundation and American Red Cross for Japan earthquake relief will also be accepted at the event.
It will be in History Corner (Building 200) at 8 PM.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
May 4 - Movie Night
Stanford University Nikkei (SUN) is screening "Howl's Moving Castle," an award-winning animated film.
There will be FREE Japanese food! Donations to Tzu Chi Foundation and American Red Cross for Japan earthquake relief will also be accepted at the event.
There will be FREE Japanese food! Donations to Tzu Chi Foundation and American Red Cross for Japan earthquake relief will also be accepted at the event.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Earth Day 2011
Happy Earth Day everyone! Let's work together to care for our planet.
Come to Tzu Chi's "Bottles to Blankets" exhibit in White Plaza on Friday and Saturday, where we'll have a display on how plastic bottles can be converted into eco-friendly blankets, clothing and other textiles. Reduce, reuse, recycle! And rethink! We will also be helping the Million Crane Project table to raise awareness for Japan earthquake relief.
To find out more on the awesome process of how bottles are turned into blankets:
A Greener Blanket http://tinyurl.com/3h4ad3o
Textile Tycoon Swaps Putting Greens for Green Products http://tinyurl.com/3ccc8vs
Fabrics Go Green http://tinyurl.com/3s8mukr
Plastic Alchemy Turns Garbage into Gold http://tinyurl.com/3tphrw5
DAAI Technology Company Unveils Eco-friendly Products http://tw.tzuchi.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=301
Global Company Certifies Tzu Chi Recycled Goods as 'Green' Gold http://tinyurl.com/43gxwb8
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Tzu Chi Kicks Off Street Fundraising for Japan Earthquake Relief
Starting tomorrow, Tzu Chi volunteers across the US will be collecting donations for disaster relief in Japan, including our Bay Area chapters. Volunteers have already contacted store owners in nearby Mountain View, who have given permission for Tzu Chi to set up charity stations. If you want to help out with fundraising, here is the list of locations close to campus:
Another way you can help is to make a donation online:
Shift times: 10-12 PM, 12-2 PM, 2-4 PMTzu Chi volunteers will be recognizable in their blue and white uniforms. If there's interest in going to help out, just send us an e-mail. (khsu@stanford.edu and melhsiao@stanford.edu)
1. Kyo-Po Supermarket (3379 El Camino Real, Santa Clara)
2. 99 Ranch Market in Mountain View (1350 Grant Road, Mountain View)
3. Nijiya Market (143 East El Camino Real, Mountain View)
Shift times: 11:30-1:30 PM, 1:30pm-3:30 PM
4. New Mongolian BBQ (304 Castro St, Mountain View)
5. Queen House 元寶之家 (273 Castro St, Mountain View)
Another way you can help is to make a donation online:
Visit http://northerncal.us.tzuchi.org/nc.nsf/home/index for our local Tzu Chi chapter; you can use PayPal or Google Checkout to make a contribution to relief efforts.and by keeping the people of Japan in our thoughts and prayers.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Japan Earthquake: DaAi TV News Clips 大愛電視台
*In Chinese. English-language clips soon.
Relief Center Opens in Japan, Provides Hot Meals
日本分會開放 提供熱食飲水
日本分會開放 提供熱食飲水
Earthquake Command Center to Coordinate Relief
日震災協調中心 任務分組愛馳援
日震災協調中心 任務分組愛馳援
Conference with Tzu Chi's founder, Dharma Master Cheng Yen
上人開示 天地負重大不調 戒慎祈福遠災難
上人開示 天地負重大不調 戒慎祈福遠災難
Video from major earthquake in Japan; Tzu Chi plans to raise funds for relief
日本強震視訊 慈濟規劃募款
日本強震視訊 慈濟規劃募款
Japan Earthquake: Status updates from Tzu Chi HQ and Japan
Hi all,
Here are some status updates from Tzu Chi HQ and Tzu Chi Japan. In the US, Tzu Chi volunteers will begin street fundraising to support the relief efforts on Sunday (March 13). Please stay tuned for how we can help!
Global Headquarters (Hualien, Taiwan)
Tzu Chi Japan
Related Articles
Tzu Chi Japan Opens Relief Centre after Catastrophic Earthquake (March 12) http://bit.ly/hLM5bw
Tzu Chi begins distributing warm food to earthquake victims (March 12) http://bit.ly/fZXnnx
Tzu Chi set up Earthquake Command Center (March 11) http://bit.ly/fLTBUA
Here are some status updates from Tzu Chi HQ and Tzu Chi Japan. In the US, Tzu Chi volunteers will begin street fundraising to support the relief efforts on Sunday (March 13). Please stay tuned for how we can help!
Global Headquarters (Hualien, Taiwan)
- An emergency command center at Tzu Chi headquarters was established on March 11 to coordinate earthquake relief efforts
- Command center staff held a video conference with Tzu Chi's Japan branch to find out what aid was needed
- Tzu Chi headquarters has prepared 50 tons of instant rice and 17,000 environmentally-friendly blankets to be delivered as soon as flights can take off
Tzu Chi Japan
- Tzu Chi members distributed 500 hot meals to people stranded on Tokyo streets because of power outages and traffic jams
- The foundation’s Tokyo branch has opened a relief center to help those affected by the biggest earthquake in the history of Japan. Located on the branch’s first floor, it began operations at 6.30 p.m. on Friday, less than four hours after the quake.
- The center is providing people with hot food, snacks, Internet service to contact their loved ones, a place to rest and sleep, and comfort for those in shock.
- Volunteers checked on the safety of their fellow Tzu Chi members in the affected areas. All those in Tokyo, Kanagawa and Kansai reported in safely. But it was impossible to contact those close to the epicenter of the quake, in Utsunomiya and Gunma and Yamanashi prefectures. The volunteers will continue to try to make contact with them.
Tzu Chi Japan Opens Relief Centre after Catastrophic Earthquake (March 12) http://bit.ly/hLM5bw
Tzu Chi begins distributing warm food to earthquake victims (March 12) http://bit.ly/fZXnnx
Tzu Chi set up Earthquake Command Center (March 11) http://bit.ly/fLTBUA
Friday, March 11, 2011
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami - Disaster Relief Coordination Center
Hi everyone,
As you've probably heard, Japan just experienced a major earthquake, followed hours later by a tsunami. Tzu Chi volunteers in Asia are mobilizing, and the CEO of Tzu Chi USA's Northwest Region just sent a status update. Please stay tuned for how we can help.
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
Last night, Japan experienced its largest-ever earthquake. A Tzu Chi Relief Center was rapidly set up and reported in to Tzu Chi global headquarters and Dharma Master Cheng Yen. The US Emergency Response Team is also in contact with Taiwan HQ for status updates. (The disaster briefing they presented to Master Cheng Yen is attached.)
Let us wish for the road to recovery to be smooth and quick. We are awaiting instructions from headquarters for any support that we can provide.
Let's also raise our awareness and level of alertness to be prepared for earthquakes, which can strike anywhere without notice.
Regards,
Minjhing Hsieh
Japan Earthquake Briefing (in Chinese): http://bit.ly/glsGFK
[Original Chinese]
大家好：
日本於加州時間昨晚 9:46 PM 發生大地震，引發海嘯，「慈濟日本強震海嘯賑災協調中心」隨即成立，向 上人稟報災情。總會 ERT 立即與本會聯繫，了解狀況，附上賑災協調中心簡報。讓我們戒慎虔誠，祈願災情早日得以控制，生命財產損失降到最低，我們會配合本會採取協助，並自我提高警覺，為地震的可能性做好準備。
無限感恩！
明晉（濟晉）合十
As you've probably heard, Japan just experienced a major earthquake, followed hours later by a tsunami. Tzu Chi volunteers in Asia are mobilizing, and the CEO of Tzu Chi USA's Northwest Region just sent a status update. Please stay tuned for how we can help.
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
Last night, Japan experienced its largest-ever earthquake. A Tzu Chi Relief Center was rapidly set up and reported in to Tzu Chi global headquarters and Dharma Master Cheng Yen. The US Emergency Response Team is also in contact with Taiwan HQ for status updates. (The disaster briefing they presented to Master Cheng Yen is attached.)
Let us wish for the road to recovery to be smooth and quick. We are awaiting instructions from headquarters for any support that we can provide.
Let's also raise our awareness and level of alertness to be prepared for earthquakes, which can strike anywhere without notice.
Regards,
Minjhing Hsieh
Japan Earthquake Briefing (in Chinese): http://bit.ly/glsGFK
[Original Chinese]
大家好：
日本於加州時間昨晚 9:46 PM 發生大地震，引發海嘯，「慈濟日本強震海嘯賑災協調中心」隨即成立，向 上人稟報災情。總會 ERT 立即與本會聯繫，了解狀況，附上賑災協調中心簡報。讓我們戒慎虔誠，祈願災情早日得以控制，生命財產損失降到最低，我們會配合本會採取協助，並自我提高警覺，為地震的可能性做好準備。
無限感恩！
明晉（濟晉）合十
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Tzu Chi in South Africa
By working with and empowering the local population, Tzu Chi activities in South Africa are becoming more sustainable and rooted in the community. For example, volunteers in Durban provide lunches every day to more than 5,000 AIDS orphans, often their only full meal of the day.
Since beginning the lunch program, the volunteers have also established more than 120 "vegetable gardens of love," which they cultivate themselves. They use the produce at 120 food stations for the lunches for the orphans. They also provide rice, corn flour and other foods to supplement the vegetables.
The most classic illustration of this "long-term sustainability" approach is Tzu Chi's job training program, which teaches Zulu women vocational skills, such as how to operate a sewing machine to sew clothing. The first training center was set up in Durban in 1995, and to date, several thousand women have participated in the trainings, which allow them to make an income and support their families. The city now boasts 524 such centers.
In 2004, the “Blue Bank Project” was launched near Ladysmith. Like the sewing training centers, the Blue Bank Project also assists local residents to become self-sufficient by providing them with cloth, sewing machines and needles so that they can make clothing for sale. ("Vows and Commitments in South Africa")
Furthermore, as one woman noted, the benefits are not just material: the independent income is personally empowering, because the women no longer have to beseech the male head of household for money to buy basic necessities like salt.
Many of these Zulu women went on to become Tzu Chi volunteers, returning to train others and most notably, beginning outreach projects in the larger Zulu community, such as caring for AIDS patients. Today, they form the backbone of Tzu Chi's volunteer corps in South Africa. They have moved from being the recipients of aid, to giving to aid to others even more impoverished or marginalized. In this way, the cycle of caring continues onward, with Taiwanese and Zulu volunteers working hand in hand to spread the seeds of love.
(Photos by Huang Chun-kai. 11/18/2010)
Since beginning the lunch program, the volunteers have also established more than 120 "vegetable gardens of love," which they cultivate themselves. They use the produce at 120 food stations for the lunches for the orphans. They also provide rice, corn flour and other foods to supplement the vegetables.
Tzu Chi volunteer Bathobile Maphumul cares for a "Vegetable Garden of Love"
(Photo by Yuen Ya-chi, 10/9/2010)
In 2004, the “Blue Bank Project” was launched near Ladysmith. Like the sewing training centers, the Blue Bank Project also assists local residents to become self-sufficient by providing them with cloth, sewing machines and needles so that they can make clothing for sale. ("Vows and Commitments in South Africa")
Furthermore, as one woman noted, the benefits are not just material: the independent income is personally empowering, because the women no longer have to beseech the male head of household for money to buy basic necessities like salt.
Many of these Zulu women went on to become Tzu Chi volunteers, returning to train others and most notably, beginning outreach projects in the larger Zulu community, such as caring for AIDS patients. Today, they form the backbone of Tzu Chi's volunteer corps in South Africa. They have moved from being the recipients of aid, to giving to aid to others even more impoverished or marginalized. In this way, the cycle of caring continues onward, with Taiwanese and Zulu volunteers working hand in hand to spread the seeds of love.
Video: Tzu Chi in South Africa
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
"Love Without Borders" - Empowering Women in South Africa
In post-apartheid South Africa in the early 1990s, Taiwanese businessmen and Tzu Chi volunteers started a job-training program to empower Zulu women and help them overcome poverty. Thousands eventually took part, and not only did these women emerge from poverty -- they also uncovered the power of unconditional giving. As they began to care for AIDS patients and orphans in impoverished Zulu communities, their actions sparked a movement that continues to spread the seeds of love.
Two of these legendary Zulu women, Gladys Ngema and Tolakele Mkhize, recently led a workshop at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Please join us for a special evening, where Gladys, Tolakele and businessman Michael Pan will share their inspiring life stories and discuss their humanitarian work with the Tzu Chi Foundation (慈濟基金會) in South Africa.
Tzu Chi, whose name means "compassion and relief," is the largest NGO in the Chinese-speaking world. Founded in 1966 by the Venerable Master Cheng Yen, it has over 10 million members and chapters in over 40 countries. The group's core activities span Charity, Medicine, Education and Disaster Relief, and it provides aid to all people regardless of race or religion.
7:30 PM at San Jose State University (March 8)
2 PM at Bayview Opera House, SF (March 9)
Free and open to the public. For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://www.tcnw.org/love or call (408) 666-0624.
Cooking hot meals for orphans
Two of these legendary Zulu women, Gladys Ngema and Tolakele Mkhize, recently led a workshop at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Please join us for a special evening, where Gladys, Tolakele and businessman Michael Pan will share their inspiring life stories and discuss their humanitarian work with the Tzu Chi Foundation (慈濟基金會) in South Africa.
Tzu Chi, whose name means "compassion and relief," is the largest NGO in the Chinese-speaking world. Founded in 1966 by the Venerable Master Cheng Yen, it has over 10 million members and chapters in over 40 countries. The group's core activities span Charity, Medicine, Education and Disaster Relief, and it provides aid to all people regardless of race or religion.
7:30 PM at San Jose State University (March 8)
2 PM at Bayview Opera House, SF (March 9)
Free and open to the public. For more information or to RSVP, please visit: http://www.tcnw.org/love or call (408) 666-0624.
Video: About the Event
PHOTO: Tzu Chi volunteers gathering donations for charity work
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Winter Clothing Sort
Hi everyone!
Even though it feels like it's already springtime at Stanford ... we're getting ready for our next event that has a chillier theme. Tzu Chi is teaming up with BCAS and Orchard International to sort through winter clothing donations on Saturday, February 12.
We'll be gathering at Tresidder Union Bus Stop at 12:30 pm to carpool to the warehouse in San Jose. Please fill RSVP if you'd like to help out!
P.S. Don't forget to register for the all-California Tzu Ching retreat at the end of the month, ASAP! You'll get to meet up with all the cool Tzu Ching from around the state.
Even though it feels like it's already springtime at Stanford ... we're getting ready for our next event that has a chillier theme. Tzu Chi is teaming up with BCAS and Orchard International to sort through winter clothing donations on Saturday, February 12.
We'll be gathering at Tresidder Union Bus Stop at 12:30 pm to carpool to the warehouse in San Jose. Please fill RSVP if you'd like to help out!
P.S. Don't forget to register for the all-California Tzu Ching retreat at the end of the month, ASAP! You'll get to meet up with all the cool Tzu Ching from around the state.
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
California Tzu Ching Retreat
The all-California Tzu Ching Retreat is coming up at the end of the month, on Sat/Sun February 26 & 27.
The intrepid UC Davis chapter will be hosting the event (located on their campus in pastoral Yolo County) and they'll be providing accommodations for us on both days. Our fellow Tzu Chi volunteers from UC Berkeley, UC Merced, San Jose and San Francisco will all be there!
This is a great opportunity to meet up with other Tzu Ching and find out about the projects they're implementing at their schools, as well as to absorb some Tzu Chi culture. =D The theme they've chosen is "Environmental Protection."
It'll be a worthwhile weekend, with workshops on putting "compassion into action" and plenty of other fun activities, too! If you're interested, don't forget to register. It'd be great if our whole Stanford team could represent!
P.S. We will figure out transportation soon. For now, we can just put "Friday" and "Sunday" for arrival/departure, and "Carpool" for Mode of Transport.
P.S. We will figure out transportation soon. For now, we can just put "Friday" and "Sunday" for arrival/departure, and "Carpool" for Mode of Transport.
Hey there, California Tzu Ching!
We're Kacey and Gina, leaders of the UC Davis chapter,
and we'd like to welcome you all to
attend a retreat at the end of February.
Our whole team has worked hard to plan the activities,
and we look forward to seeing you there!
and we'd like to welcome you all to
attend a retreat at the end of February.
Our whole team has worked hard to plan the activities,
and we look forward to seeing you there!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Tzu Chi Food Distribution (Saturday, 1-22-2011)
Stanford Tzu Ching participating in a food distribution to low-income families in San Jose.
Saturday, January 08, 2011
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