Subject: HELP A CHINESE FAMILY: from CGSA at UMD (IFCSS HQ NR-4112)

From: IFCSS HQ <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1993 00:59:15 -0500

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IFCSS Headquarters News Release No. 4112       March 26, 1993
        HELP A CHINESE FAMILY: FROM CGSA AT UMD
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Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS)
   733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 440, Washington, D.C.20005
         Tel. (202)347-0017  Fax: (202)347-0018
                Email: [email-masked]

Dear IFCSS Members:

     Your attention to the following message and your help to the
student family will be appreciated.

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					Chinese Graduate Student Association
					Stamp Union, Box 12
					University of Maryland 
					College Park, MD 20742

                                                   March 17, 1993

Dear Fellow Friends:

     I am the president of the Chinese Graduate Student
Association at the University of Maryland, College Park. I want
to bring to your attention a tragedy of one Chinese student, Li
Li, on our campus, and petition you to help.  

     Li Li is a Chinese graduate student in the field of
biomechanics; he enrolled at the University of Maryland, College
Park, in the fall of 1992.  Li graduated from the Department of
Physics, Peking University, in 1982. Li Li is married and has a
lovely 7 year old son, Pung.  His wife is currently a student at
the Women's Imperial University of Tokyo. Li Li's family was very
happy until this tragedy happened.
 
     In October 1992, Pung was diagnosed with a severe form of
blood cancer, more commonly known as leukemia.  Although Pung's
condition has improved since his initial diagnosis, he still
requires continual treatment. Li's wife, upon learning of this
misfortune, returned to China to stay with their son.  Since Li
and his wife are studying abroad, their former workplace will not
cover the medical costs for Pung. Therefore no medical insurance
plan will cover the expensive bills for the vital care Pung needs
to survive.  

     Up to this point, Li and his family have been trying their
best to save the life of their only son and have managed to
provide the money for Pung's care themselves.  After five months
of treatment, Pung's health is improving rapidly, and the chance
of recovery is in sight!  More good news comes from Italy, where
a new medicine, which is called "IdaRubicin", has been developed
and proven to be more effective for this disease.  Unfortunately,
Pung needs to be in the hospital for approximately 6 more months
for the treatment to be completed.  The medical care to cover
this treatment will cost approximately 10,000 yen, or $1,600 each
month.  Up to this point, they have used up all their savings,
and are in deep debt.
  
     Many friends have been trying to help Li's family during
this period, but they have limited resources.  We, the Chinese
Graduate Student Association, would like to petition you to help
by donating whatever you are willing.  With every dollar, you
will help make a difference, and will help Li's family by saving
a life.  For this purpose, we have set up the PUNG FOUNDATION. If
you can help, please mail your donation payable to the 
"PUNG FOUNDATION" as soon as possible to

               P.O. Box 12
               Stamp Union
               University of Maryland
               College Park, MD 20742                             

     We deeply appreciate your support, and depend on your 
donation to keep Pung in the hospital and ultimately to save his
life.  

     Sincerely, 

     Dong Chen
     President of CGSA at UMCP
     (301)405-5025(office) (301)314-9437(fax) 

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