charity

A joint effort by David Kong, CitiHabitats & Patrick Chan, Ling Skin Care

Without knowing you actually helped someone affected by Hurricane Katrina and Rita move get back on their feet and move into their new home. Yes, it’s been 3 ½ years since mother’s nature destruction in the Gulf Coast , not only destroying many homes but devastating & displacing many American families. Clean up, recovery and rebuilding is still necessary and happening right now.

David Kong from CitiHabitats and myself, Patrick Chan, C.E.O. of Ling Skin Care have teamed up to not only make a financial contribution to the Gulf Coast Recovery, I will personally go down to volunteer and put in ‘sweat hours’ with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans this April 2009 to build houses for allow our fellow neighbors to finally have a decent home return to.

As you move into your new home in New York and by some good fortune you were serviced by David Kong from CitiHabitats, you will be pleased to know David is contributing a portion of his service fee to this Gulf Coast Recovery effort. Ling Skin Care will also match David Kong’s generous contribution. So as you settle into your new home in New York, you will smile and know that you have also helped someone else move into their new home in the Gulf Coast Recovery Effort.

David and I passionately believe it is not what you have, but it is what you give to others that matters most! Whether it is giving back with money, time or sweat, every little bit counts and actually makes a difference in someone else life. This I have experienced firsthand as this is my third trip to New Orleans. Upon seeing a family move into their new home after bring displaced for years, I know every little contribution actually made a difference and is worth every drop of sweat!

I have posted information below from Habitat.org Gulf Coast Recovery Effort so you can be familiar with the ongoing recovery situation. I will also be posting pictures from the volunteer building trip at  lingskincare.com/charity. You may also email me at  patrick_ling@yahoo.com if you would like to know more details.

Best wishes,
Patrick Chan
CEO Ling Skin Care




Fact sheet – progress after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Habitat for Humanity’s hurricane-response program was implemented to help low-income, hurricane-affected families in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Alabama build permanent housing.

The program began immediately after Hurricane Katrina and expanded after Hurricane Rita. Now, the Gulf Recovery Effort is being led directly by the Habitat affiliates along the Gulf Coast.

Construction
• The first Habitat hurricane-response house began construction in early October 2005, just six weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit. after Hurricane Katrina hit.
• The 500th hurricane-response home began construction in November 2006.
• The 700th hurricane-response home began construction in January 2007.
• More than 1,300 Habitat hurricane-response homes have been built.
• Tens of thousands of volunteers have worked with Habitat for Humanity to carry out recovery efforts. Partnerships Habitat is working with other organizations to help low-income families in the region.
• Habitat’s ongoing partnership with Church World Service is helping to fund the repair of nearly 650 homes for low-income families over a three-year period.
• Habitat’s partnership with Rebuilding Together helped to repair 235 houses.
• The Habitat for Humanity and Church World Service home-repair partnership was given the “Award of Excellence” by the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (April 19, 2007).
• Habitat is working with The Salvation Army to increase building capacity, provide housing for volunteers and make homes along the Gulf Coast more affordable.
• Lutheran Social Services and other Katrina Aid Today consortium members are also actively engaged in helping families find appropriate housing solutions, including Habitat homes.
• Habitat volunteers have also helped remove debris and clean more than 2,500 homes in preparation for rehabilitation.

Additional facts
• The work in the Gulf Coast continues as Habitat continues to help families build homes in more than 1,600 communities across the United States and Canada, and in more than 90 countries around the world.
• Habitat for Humanity was the first home builder to start construction in Mobile, Ala., after the storm.
• Work began in November 2005, and the first family moved into its new home in March 2006.On May 21, 2007, in St. Bernard Parish, La., Habitat for Humanity raised walls on its 1,000th hurricane-response home with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn. Habitat also raised walls on its 1,001st home to signify the ongoing, long-term effort.