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On August 8, 2021, Tzu Chi Medical Association sponsors a special event in Long Island, providing community check-ups and food distribution services. Photo/Tzu Chi
Tzu Chi USA collaborates with International Community Health Services (ICHS) to set up an outdoor COVID-19 vaccination station on July 6, 2021. Photo/Anne Chen
On August 28, 2021, Tzu Chi volunteers host a celebration commemorating the 20th anniversary of Tzu Chi USA’s mobile medical missions in Fresno and the Central Valley in California.
Since 2001, Tzu Chi USA’s Fresno Mobile Clinic has traveled throughout rural areas in Fresno, California, committed to helping low-income residents meet their medical needs. The team has also inspired local community groups, medical professionals, and community residents to participate in volunteer work through these regular community clinics. The Fresno Mobile Clinic has now been stationed in Central California for 20 years, and volunteers continue to pursue progress, always reminding themselves that there is still room for further improvement.
Tzu Chi Medical volunteer TsuiLin Venezuela assists in administering the vaccine. Photo/Audrey Cheng Written by Audrey Cheng Translated by Diana Chang Edited by Ida
Dr. Denq has been an incredible Tzu Chi volunteer for many years. After over two decades of kind, compassionate service, he has taken the reins at Tzu Chi Medical Foundation (TCMF), stepping up as Chief Executive Officer after the retirement of the dedicated Dr. William Keh. With his extensive experience both as a practicing physician and head of one of Tzu Chi’s Medical clinics, Dr. Denq is sure to guide Tzu Chi’s medical mission to new heights.
In 2010, the Tzu Chi Medical Foundation (TCMF) in the United States established a Tzu Chi Community Clinic in Wilmington, CA, adjacent to the Port of Los Angeles. With compassionate outpatient services, medical outreach activities, and food distribution events, the clinic has become like another home for many locals. And ten years after its founding, this home energized by love and care still endures.
Coming from humble beginnings in Taiwan, Carole Liu overcomes poverty, life as an immigrant, and the death of her husband in her pursuit of the bodhisattva path as a Tzu Chi volunteer.
As a response to the spike in new, confirmed cases of COVID-19 witnessed across the nation as states begin the gradual process of reopening, Tzu Chi Medical Foundation (TCMF) called its supporters and volunteers to action, urging the donation of personal protective equipment, and delivering plant-based meals, sticky rice dumplings, and fruit, to dedicated frontline health workers.
As the pandemic has progressed, the Tzu Chi Medical Foundation has procured and donated personal protective equipment (PPE) and sanitizing supplies to more than a thousand medical institutions across the United States. In meeting with many of their representatives, staff and volunteers at Tzu Chi Medical discovered how constricted time was for lunch breaks at healthcare facilities. As a result, a new initiative was born: “A Better Meal, A Better Earth,” where, beginning May 19, 2020, Tzu Chi Medical began donating vegetarian lunches to healthcare workers alongside PPE donations.
Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
Tzu Chi Health Centers | Medical Clinics
Tzu Chi Mobile Clinic
9620 Flair Dr
El Monte, CA 91731
Tel +1 (626) 427-9598
Fax +1 (626) 788-2321
Alhambra
1000 S. Garfield Ave.
Alhambra, CA 91801
Tel +1 (626) 281-3383
Fax +1 (855) 710-5853
South El Monte
10414 Vacco St.
S. El Monte, CA 91733
Tel +1 (626) 636-8700
Fax +1 (855) 710-5853
Wilmington
1355 Broad Ave.
Wilmington, CA 90744
Tel +1 (310) 684-4466
Fax +1 (855) 710-5853
Fresno
3898 N. Ann Ave.
Fresno, CA 93727
Tel +1 (559) 291-8800
Fax +1 (559) 272-6180
1008 S. Garfield Ave.
Alhambra, CA 91801
Tel +1 (626) 427 9598
Fax +1 (626) 788 2321
Alhambra
1000 S. Garfield Ave.
Alhambra, CA 91801
Tel +1 (626) 281 3383
Fax +1 (626) 281 5303
South El Monte
10414 Vacco St.
South El Monte, CA 91733
Tel +1 (626) 636-8700
Fax +1 (626) 671-8778
Wilmington
1355 Broad Ave.
Wilmington, CA 90744
Tel +1 (310) 684-4466
Fax +1 (855) 651-1717
Fresno
3898 N. Ann Ave.
Fresno, CA 93727
Tel: (559) 291-8800
Fax: (559) 272-6180
Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a GuideStar Platinum Participant.
Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, recognized as GreatNonprofits’ 2020 Top-Rated award and a GuideStar Platinum Participant.
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
