Gary Ermann
Chi Nguyen Tingwei Li
FOUR MISSIONS OF TZU CHI
Charity
Medicine
"Educating the rich to help the poor; inspiring the poor to realize their riches"
"Patient-centered medical care that respects patients as teachers"
Tzu Chi recognizes that by helping the poor, the rich will be able to feel the gratitude when helping others; and by helping others, they will be able to find the true meaning of life. As for the poor, if they are determined to love unconditionally and to help those who are less fortunate than themselves, they will be able to relieve their stress and despair.
During one of her charity visits, Master Cheng Yen noticed that many families became poor after getting treated for certain major illness. Thus, she founded the Tzu Chi Free Clinic for the Poor in 1972, which started the mission of medicine. Later, Tzu Chi opened more hospitals in Taiwan. The goal is to ensure proper care of the patient's body, mind and soul. Nowadays, you can find serveral free medical and dental clinics in America provided by Tzu Chi.
Master Cheng Yen founded Tzu Chi in 1966, and the foundation' s initial mission started with Charity, but over time, it extended into Medicine, Education, and Humanistic Culture. With these 4 missions, volunteers selflessly contribute to their communities with a sincere mindset of gratitude.
Education
Culture
"Educating children to be more moral and upright"
"Recording the examples of goodness and integrity for future generations"
Master Cheng Yen created the Tzu Chi Nursing College in 1989 in order to foster more future compassionated medical professionals. Master also wanted to address the lack of education and employment opportunities given to women of Eastern Taiwan. In July 2000, Tzu Chi was able to finish its establishment of its educational program, which runs from kindergarten to graduate studies. Their motto for the schools is: “kindness, compassion, joy, and selfless giving"
Tzu Chi Foundation believes that every individual is expected to behave in a moral way with proper manners and to have respect for Mother Nature. Every individual is also expected to cultivate his or her inherent integrity and to maintain appropriate behavior while interacting with others. The Mission of Humanistic Culture strives to purify the human mind, to help those in suffer, and to pacify our society.
! ~5 hours Aaron Alvin Meiqi Michael Amy Angela
~10 hours Long Chen Giselle Marlene Stephanie Jessica
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Chi Julie Sally Izzy Tingwei Maggie Manpreet
~20 hours Eddy Celina Gary
20+ hours Carol Sae
MEMBERS' HOURS 20+ hours 7%
~20 hours 19% ~5 hours 41%
~15 hours 15%
~10 hours 18%
REMINDER: You need 20 HOURS by SPRING QUARTER to get your official UNIFORM!
Oct 8
Right before apple season ended, we drove up to an apple orchard about an hour away from campus and had the first social event of the year. This is a wonderful annual social that TC has in which new and old members get to bond together over the struggles of using a tin can on a stick to pick apples off of a pretty tall tree. After filling our buckets with freshly picked fruit each specially selected, we went over to Shi Gu and Shi Bo’s house to make apple pie. With the help of a lot of butter and sugar, we were able to make three delicious pies which were quickly devoured. Throughout the whole afternoon while walking through the orchard, sitting in the car, and waiting for pie to bake, we made new connections and had a great afternoon.
CHECK YOUR HOURS
We left Davis at 7 a.m. on a cool November morning to distribute breakfast and backpacks stuffed with sleeping bags and 49ers scarves to the homeless in Sacramento. Those of us with uniform handed out backpacks in a neat row, while the rest of us made sandwiches or passed out breakfast food with the local Tzu Chi chapter. After we'd given out all the food (minus 4 boxes of cupcakes), we ate DONUTS!! Come on: meaningful humanist work, and then donuts from a shop nominated for best donuts in Sacramento? Not a bad Sunday morning.
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POSSIBLE EVENTS: Baking Social Hiking Social Breakfast Distribution Nursing Home
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Program
The internship program at Tzu Chi Collegiate Association at UC Davis provides opportunities for new members to understand how each volunteer event is made. Not only do they get the opportunity to understand what each officer position does, but also get to provide insight of events during Winter and Spring Quarter. The interns can work with an officer who’s position they would like to take up and work with them on projects (aka. Singular events). This allows the interns to try as many positions as they like before deciding what they would like to do. This program allows the smooth shift towards a new team of officers as the interns gradually take responsibilities to create events and publicize.
*On a side note: I hope that the intern program allows new members to become friends with our officer members and create meaningful relationships that aide and helps them continue their journey with Tzu Chi Foundation.
Available Positions: President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Historian Public Relations Social Chair Events Chair Officer Deputy
Sae Yokoyama, President
Want to Be Featured in the Newslet er? Hi everyone! Next quarter, I would like to feature a member who will be willing to share their experiences as a Tzu Ching. You can talk about anything you want, such as why you joined Tzu Chi, favorite events, favorite food, etc. It won’t take much of your time, and you will be featured in the Winter 2017 Issue Newsletter! If you are interested, please send me an email at jyling@ucdavis.edu, or simply message me via Facebook. Hope to work with you soon!
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- Julie Ling, PR
Contact Us
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