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Organizations  signed  an    3/9/13  –  Tzu  Chi  Haiti
                                            agreement for  Tzu Chi to    volunteers held a major medical
                                            promote organ donation in    clinic,  helping more  than six
                                            Asian-American communities.  hundred patients. Six doctors
                                                                         traveled from the United States
                                            10/20/11 – Tzu Chi volunteers   to offer their assistance and
                                            participated in the four-day   present equipment to their
                                            CareNow major health clinic   Haitian counterparts.
                                            held in the Los Angeles Sports
                                            Arena, helping more than     5/20/13 – Great Love Dental
                                            4,000 uninsured patients and   Mobile began offering weekly
         In the first months after the January   setting up follow-up care.  free  dental  services  for  low-
         2010 earthquake, Tzu Chi volunteers                             income patients in Milpitas,
         treated more than fifteen thousand   1/2/12 – On the invitation of   on the outskirts of San Jose,
         patients in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photo:   OneLegacy, an organ donation   California.
         Joemei Tung                        organization,  Tzu Chi Medical
                                            Foundation volunteers helped   6/22/13 – Great Love  Vision
                                            decorate the Donate Life float,   Mobile joined the fleet of
                                            honoring people who have     mobile medical vans, making
                                            saved others’ lives through   its debut at the Care 4 a Healthy
                                            their organ donations.       IE event in San Bernardino,
                                                                         California.
                                            2/21/12 – In Mesa, Arizona,
                                            “Mesa’s Woman of the Year” was   11/1/13 –  Tzu Chi Medical
                                            presented to Dr. Ruth Tan Lim,   Foundation celebrated its
                                            Phoenix TIMA coordinator, for   twentieth anniversary by
                                            her service to the community.  helping thousands of patients
                                                                         throughout the four-day Care
         Then-California Governor Arnold    3/22/12  –  Tzu  Chi  and  RAM   Harbor clinic in downtown Los
         Schwarzenegger visited Tzu Chi during   collaborated again to provide   Angeles.
         The Modern House Call for Women in   eight  days of  free  medical
         October 2010. Photo: Michelle Chen  clinics—four days each in
                                            Oakland and Sacramento,
                                            California.


















         The newest Tzu Chi Community Clinic
         opened in Wilmington, California, in
         November 2010. Photo: Michelle Chen





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