Yesterday evening, at the inauguration dinner party for board members of the Seattle Chapter of the Shantou Chamber of Commerce and the Teo Chew Mutual Association of Washington State held at the House of Hong Restaurant in the International Disrict, checks for $31,000 was presented to our Disaster Recovery Fund.
The largest of these checks was for $20,000 from Mr. Gordon Tang, who was inaugurated as the Honorary Chairman of the Shantou Chamber of Commerce and the Teo Chew Mutual Association of Washington State. Additional gifts were received from Tho Tien Tan, Linh Tuyet Tan-tu, and T&T Seafood Restaurant
The checks were presented to Terry Ryan, Snohomish County Councilman District 4, Snohomish County Executive John Lovick and Dr. Dennis Smith, president and CEO of United Way of Snohomish County.
Earlier this month, the Lee family and other members of the Chinese American community donated $12,728 to our Recovery Fund and $3,900 to Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation, bringing the total raised by the Chinese American community to almost $50,000.
KOMO News covered this earlier event on April 8th in Hing Hay Park. Click here for the video.
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