疫情不停,捐赠不止,加拿大福建总商会在行动

【环球华语2020年4月28日】自加拿大新冠疫情爆发以来,本地华人华侨的连串行动备受瞩目,从早期的志愿者组织的自我隔离,到组织医学专家分析疫情的发展研讨对策,再到近期持续不断的踊跃捐赠抗疫物资,多伦多华人华侨的表现得到社会各界的高度赞誉。其中加拿大福建总商会就是在这次抗疫战争中最活跃一支队伍。

疫情中,不仅各大医院个人防护设备的严重短缺,许多养老院的老人和社会慈善机构所照顾的弱势群体都成了重灾区。此次加拿大福建总商会捐赠医疗物资活动是在高文雄会长的组织与领导下,由加拿大联邦参议员胡子修和国会议员蔡报国的协助,现场由黄学文执行会长带队将筹集到的物资分别捐赠给万锦多福医院、孟尝士嘉堡长期护理中心、和密西沙加市医院。

上午十点, 总商会的成员就准时汇集在加拿大福建总商会的会所,把今天所捐助的物资全部准备好。 本次捐赠共筹集了三万五千个医用口罩,其中:万锦多福医院一万五千个,Missisaug市医院 一万五千个,孟尝士嘉堡长期护理中心五千个,另外还有福建乡亲CoCo Shi捐赠的一千个口罩。

远在中国的加拿大福建总商会会长高文雄先生(下图)通过微信视频(上)与沟通交流和安排工作。他说: “首先感谢胡子修参议员、蔡报国议员在百忙之中参加我们的捐赠活动并得到胡参议员的大力支持与协助,我谨代表总商会向胡参议员表示衷心的感谢!同时我也感谢商会成员们的无私捐献与互助精神,使商会的捐献活动顺利举行。在此我希望疫情早日结束,祝愿加拿大的明天会更好!”

会长高文雄(左)与参议员胡子修(资料图)

大约十一点左右,他们把口罩送到了万锦市多福医院。

十二点半左右,他们又将6000个口罩送到了孟尝士嘉堡长期护理中心。

下午,他们又来到了密西沙加市医院,将15000个口罩送到了目的地。

值得一提的是,胡子修参议员不辞辛苦和大家一起把物资分别送到了上述三个地方。

参加本次活动的还有王清官理事长、林武执行副会长、中凯金融Kevin Lin执行副会长与黄岩、刘用铿、陈水明、江学强等几位副会长共同参与,由秘书组陈剑峰、Wendy、James 、高浩恒、Jeremy 等做筹备工作,圆满完成为抗击加拿大本次疫情捐赠活动。

▲黄学文执行会长搬捐赠物资

▲常务副会长刘用铿在搬物资

▲常务副会长黄岩在搬物资

▲理事长王清官在搬物资

▲中凯金融Kevin Lin执行副会长、秘书高浩恒、Jeremy

▲中凯金融Kevin Lin执行副会长

英文版

ince the Covid-19 outbreak in Canada, a series of high-profile actions of local Chinese, from the volunteers helping self-isolation in the early stage, to the organization of medical experts analyzing the evolution of the pandemic and developing countermeasure research, to the recent enthusiastically continuous donation of Persona Protective Equipment (PPE) by Chinese community in Toronto, all those actions have been highly appraised by different organizations and institutions in the Canadian society.

The Fujian General Chamber of Commerce of Canada was the most active team in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemics.

There is not only a severe shortage of personal protective equipment in hospitals, but also the elderly people living in nursing homes and vulnerable groups cared for by social charities have been among the hardest hit. The donation action of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by Fujian Genera Chamber was organized and leaded by President Wenxiong Gao, which was coordinated and assisted by Canada federal senator Victor Oh and Congress member Bob Saroya The donation scene was hosted by executive director Xue Wen Huang, who also leaded the team to distribute the donated supplies to Markham Stouffville Hospital, Mon Sheong Scarborough long term care center and Mississauga city hospital.

At ten o ‘clock in the morning, members of the general chamber gathered at the commerce of Fujian, and all the donated supplied were prepared and packed. A total of 35,000 surgical masks were donated to different hospitals and long term care centers, including 15,000 in Markham Stouffville hospital, 15,000 in Mississauga city hospital, 5,000 in Mon Sheong Scarborough long term care center. Another 1,000 masks were personally donated by CoCo Shi from Fujian Province.

Mr.Wen xiong Gao , President of the Fujian General Chamber of Commerce of Canada, who is in China right now, communicated with and arranged work through WeChat video (above). He said, “First of all, I would like to sincerely thank senator Victor Oh and senator Bob Saroya for taking time out of their busy schedules to participate in our donation activities, I also sincerely thank senator Oh to have extended great  support and assistance to this donation activity.”

At the same time, I also want to extend my appreciation and gratefulness to the members of the chamber of commerce for their selfless donation and tremendous mutual assistance to make this donation activity smooth and successful.  I am here to hope that the pandemic will end soon and I wish Canada a better tomorrow!  ”

At about 11 o ‘clock, they took the masks to Markham Stouffville Hospital.

At around 12:30, they sent another 6,000 masks to Mon Sheong Scarborough long term care center in the Scarborough.

In the afternoon, they returned to the mississauga city hospital and delivered 15,000 masks to their destination.

It is worth mentioning that senator Oh deliver the supplies to the three places mentioned above.

To participate in this activity and official director, executive vice President Lin Wu, ZK Capatial financial Kevin Lin, executive vice President  Huang YanYongkeng LiuMingshui Chen Xueqiang Jiang and several vice President of participation.

Steven Chen, Wendy, James, Haoheng Gao, Jeremy and other members of the secretariat did the preparatory work and successfully completed the donation activity for fighting against the epidemic in Canada.