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Tzu Chi History
Tzu Chi in the USA
1989 – 2014
Jan 2010. After the Haiti earthquake, Apr 2012. Tzu Chi Mobile Clinic office
hundreds of volunteers provide months opens in Fresno, CA.
of emergency relief and medical care,
before transitioning into long-term care Jun 2012. Tzu Chi holds the first annual
projects.
Care 4 a Healthy I.E. (Inland Empire)
multi-day clinic in San Bernardino, CA.
Apr 2008. Tzu Chi Great Love Jul 2010. Tzu Chi is awarded Special
Preschool & Kindergarten opens in Consultative Status with United Nations Nov-Dec 2012. After Hurricane Sandy
Dallas, TX. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). devastates the Northeast, volunteers
provide blankets, food, and $10 million
Jun 2008. Tzu Chi and American Sep 2010. Tzu Chi Food Pantry goes into in emergency aid to the affected. Jul 2014. Rotary
Red Cross sign a Memorandum of operation in Cedar Grove, NJ International recognizes
Understanding. Dec 2012. EcoVerse: Jing Si Books & Café Dharma Master Cheng Yen
Nov 2010. Tzu Chi Free Clinic opens its opens in downtown San Diego, CA. with the Award of Honor.
Jun 2008. After Midwest flooding, doors in Wilmington to serve southern
volunteers provide relief and medical Los Angeles.
care in Iowa.
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Mar 2013. Volunteers hold the first annual
Apr 2011. Tzu Chi and Remote Healthy Fresno free clinic event in Fresno, CA.
Area Medical (RAM) hold an eight-
2009. US Tzu Chi 360°, a weekly day medical clinic event to serve
television program about U.S. Tzu thousands of patients in Sacramento Apr 2013. Tzu Chi is recognized by the White
Chi, begins production. House as a Champion of Change for Hurricane
and Oakland, CA. Sandy relief efforts.
2009. Happy Campus Program grows May 2011. Time recognizes Dharma
out of earlier book donation projects Master Cheng Yen on the TIME 100 list May 2013. Dedication ceremony held for the
and relationships with needy schools. three Port-au-Prince schools built by Tzu Chi for
of the world’s most influential people. the Sisters of St. Anne.
Dec 2009. Volunteers begin providing Aug 2011. U.S. Tzu Chi Collegiate
twice-weekly dental care for a Association volunteers travel to South May 2013. Tzu Chi is named NVOAD Member of
winter homeless shelter in Southern Africa to support and learn from local the Year.
California.
volunteers. May 2013. Weekly dental clinic service begins in
Milpitas, CA.
Summer 2011. After scores of
tornadoes throughout the country, Jun 2013. The first Tzu Chi Vision Mobile Clinic
volunteers visit affected areas to debuts. It is Tzu Chi’s fifth mobile clinic overall.
provide relief.
Nov 2013. Buddhist Tzu Chi Free Clinic in
2011. Happy Campus Program expands Alhambra, CA, is renamed Buddhist Tzu Chi
to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with tuition Medical Center.
assistance for students in three schools,
20 as well as tutoring and hot meals. Dec 2013. Copies of Jing Si Aphorisms and Tzu
Chi USA Journal are sent to prison inmates across
Oct 2011. The Roosevelt Institute
presents Dharma Master Cheng Yen the country, building on hotel donation project
begun in 2011.
with the 2011 FDR Distinguished
Public Service Award.