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11/22/03 – Volunteers from 3/18/07 –In Tzu Chi Mid- 11/15/08 – TIMA volunteers
the Free Clinic provided care Atlantic Regional Office, in Boston, Massachusetts,
for communities near Lake twenty-seven doctors began worked together with five
Arrowhead affected by major serving patients with individual other health organizations for
October wildfires. consultations, health seminars, the first time as part of the
vaccinations, blood donation annual Community Health Day
1/24/05 – US medical drives, and more. in North Quincy.
volunteers joined their
counterparts from several 10/21/07 – TIMA volunteers in 1/12/09 – Tzu Chi began
other nations to deliver rice Long Island, New York, worked providing twice-weekly dental
and medical care to Sri Lankan together with St. Hugh Church services to the annual East San
survivors of the major 2004 for the first time to bring Gabriel Valley Winter Shelter
tsunami. medical care to more than four program in Southern California.
hundred patients.
9/1/05 – Tzu Chi Community 8/11/09 – Tzu Chi and Remote
Clinic opened in South El 2/24/08 –Tzu Chi Northwest Area Medical (RAM) held an
Monte, California, to serve Region commissioned its first eight-day major medical clinic
uninsured patients with mobile medical clinic, featuring in Los Angeles for the first time.
Western and Traditional three medical exam chairs,
Chinese Medicine services, x-ray machines, computers, 10/22/10 – Tzu Chi volunteers
social services application and sanitizers. collaborated with The Modern
assistance, and preventive House Call for Women to
education. 2/24/08 – US TIMA volunteers provide three days of medical
delivered much-needed services for low-income and
9/4/05 – Volunteers drove medical services to flood- unemployed women in Long
mobile medical clinics two affected residents of Bolivia. Beach, California.
thousand miles east to
Houston, Texas, to serve 3/31/08 – Tzu Chi Community 11/7/10 – Tzu Chi Community
Hurricane Katrina refugees Clinic in S. El Monte, California, Clinic, Wilmington, opened
staying in the Astrodome opened a dental clinic. to offer Traditional Chinese
shelter. Medicine, dental care, and
7/3/08 – After severe flooding preventive education to the
2/6/06 – Joining together across the Midwest, Tzu Chi South Los Angeles community.
with Remote Area Medical and volunteers offered four days of
American Dental Association, relief distributions and medical 3/24/11 – Tzu Chi Medical
Tzu Chi volunteers held seven services in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Foundation and Association
days of medical relief for of Organ Procurement
Hurricane Katrina survivors in
New Orleans, Louisiana.

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