April 10, 2020 COVID-19 Community Relief Effort in Announcement, Current Events COVID-19 Community Relief Effort Updates We hope our members & friends are staying safe & well amid the challenging times we are all facing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Earlier this month, we set up a COVID-19 Community Relief Donation Drive. Monies raised go toward purchases of needed items to be donated to the brave frontline heroes in our community. Click HERE to see a letter from our chapter president, Laura Lee. Thank you to our chapter's members & friends who have generously donated to this cause! We are truly grateful for your support & generosity! So far, our COVID-19 Community Relief Effort committee has made drop-offs to 4 hospitals in some of the hardest hit areas in NJ. We are continuing to work on finding hospitals to donate needed items to & expanding to include "Food Pantries" & "Senior Homes" in our area that are impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Please donate to this effort if you haven't already done so. If you would like to mail in your donation, please make checks payable to: OCA-NJ Chapter Mail to: OCA-NJ Chapter, COVID-19 Community Relief Effort, 2 Heather Court, Dover, NJ 07801. COVID-19 CHINATOWN HOMELESS RELIEF INITIATIVE Photos of OCA-NJ board members making purchases & dropping off essentials (clothing donations, hats, scarves, blankets, thermos bottles, tarp, etc.) to the homeless & those in need in New York City Chinatown. Thank You to Terri & Steve Chan, Bun & Fern Chan & Edmond Moy for their generous monetary donations that made the purchases of these essentials possible! Photos include OCA-NJ board members, Henry Lee, Laura Lee, John Tan & Theresa Chan, long time friends of OCA-NJ Terri & Steve Chan, Corky Lee the legendary 'unofficial Asian American photographer laureate who recently passed away due to complications from Covid-19 & Patrick Mock, the Chinatown hero & manager of 46 Mott Street Bakery who initiated this relief effort in Chinatown. Laura Lee & OCA-NJ Board Member, John Tan meet up with Corky while making delivery of supplies for Chinatown homeless initiative. OUR COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORT COMMITTEE'S FIRST 3 DROP-OFFS TO OUR FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE HEROES IN NEW JERSEY ~ Holy Name Medical Center ~ Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston ~ St. Joseph Wayne Hospital ~ Holy Name Medical Center Costco Holy Name Medical Center Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston St Joseph’s Wayne Hospital St Joseph’s Wayne Hospital Costco Parking Lot MORE DONATION DROP OFFS DELICIOUS MEALS DROPPED OFF TO OUR NJ FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE HEROES ~ Jersey City Medical Center ~ Hackensack University Medical Center ~ Clara Maas Medical Center ~ Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City Medical Center Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack University Medical Center Clara Mass Medical Center Clara Mass Medical Center Clara Mass Medical Center Clara Mass Medical Center Clara Mass Medical Center Clara Mass Medical Center Thank You Letter from Clara Mass Medical Center FOOD DONATIONS DROPPED OFF TO NORTHERN NJ LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES THANKS AGAIN TO OUR COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORT COMMITTEE & TO OUR CHAPER MEMBERS & FRIENDS WHO DONATED TO THIS CAUSE!! ~ MCFOODS, Middlesex County Food Organization & Outreach ~ Toni's Kitchen at St Luke's Episcopal Church in Montclair ~ First Reformed Church of Boonton Food Pantry ~ MCFOODS Middlesex County MCFOODS Middlesex County MCFOODS Middlesex County MCFOODS Middlesex County MCFOODS THANK YOU LETTER Toni’s Kitchen at St Luke’s Episcopal Church Toni’s Kitchen at St Luke’s Episcopal Church Toni’s Kitchen Food Pantry at St Luke’s Episcopal Church Toni’s Kitchen Food Pantry at St Luke’s Episcopal Church
