In July of 2022, Tzu Chi USA, local volunteers and advocates, and a former San Dimas City Councilmember, met to discuss the expansion of community clothing distributions. Through collaborative efforts, we hope to deliver better, more effective care for local families.
After a two-year pandemic pause, Tzu Chi Education Foundation was elated to be able to host their one-day camp centered around environmental protection. Students, teachers, and parents from Ekstrand Elementary learned how to “reduce, reuse, recycle” through immersive activities.
For the past eight years, George Hardwick has been a dedicated partner of Tzu Chi’s Phoenix Service Center. A social worker by day, and altruist in his free time, George has his very own food bank stocked with items to be donated to those in need. The selfless donor invited Tzu Chi volunteers into his home to check out his pantry for themselves, sharing his spiritual space and his personal connection to Tzu Chi’s mission.
Tzu Chi volunteers in Southern California often visit communities in Tijuana, a border city in Mexico just south of California, to offer their love and care. Volunteer Ah Mui Pse and Tzu Chi physician Sihong Wang have worked in the local area for 15 years — and their commitment to helping others is unstoppable. Alongside fellow volunteers, they delivered love to care facilities for seniors and people who are battling AIDS, helping them overcome challenges and improve their living environment.
On the afternoon of August 7th, 2022, twenty local community members from Tijuana, a border city in Mexico just south of California, arrived at the Tzu Chi medical campus for a long-awaited event. On this special day, they would all be participating in their first-ever Tzu Chi volunteer training course.
Tzu Chi Northwest Region’s medical team resumed the Milpitas free clinic on June 26. Children who regularly visited the clinic joyfully embraced the medical volunteers.
On Saturday, August 6, 2022, the courtyard of Tzu Chi USA’s National Headquarters was brimming with life. Working amiably with such warmth, it was not difficult to see volunteers beaming with joy under their protective face masks. Volunteers carefully organized all the supplies to be distributed by the Food Pantry into tidy care packages that would be easier for guests to retrieve. On that day, 240 boxes of fresh vegetables and fruits had been packed, coupled with a whole box of canned rice and noodles delivered by the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, making up approximately 480 grocery boxes for families.
Early in the morning, the street just outside Gabrielino High School in San Gabriel, California, was lined with vehicles, as no one wanted to miss the Tzu Chi grocery distribution event taking place that day. Inflation has increased daily household expenses across the nation, making Tzu Chi USA’s regular community grocery distributions crucial for many at present.
Tzu Chi Collegiate Association members and Tzu Chi USA Sacramento Service Center volunteers join forces for a river cleanup on the American River Parkway in
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