В прошлом году 79% американцев сделали хотя бы одно пожертвование в благотворительные фонды (их в США огромное количество).
И мой Институт/Клиника, и моя лаборатория постоены на пожертвования. Моя зарплата - тоже частично идет за счет пожертвований, из фондов типа АНА, "Канцер сосаэти", "Diabetiс fund" етц. Из этих же благотоворительных источников идут и зарплаты многих из наших коллег, работающих в США.
А многие задумывался о том, чтобы не только получать, но и давать?
Кто-нибудь из уважаемых коллег участвует в благотоворительности?
(Какое красивое слово: "Благо творить"!..)
Вот, например,
Вчера, я получил письмо от одной из наших сотрудниц, бывшей москвички (я убрал только ее имя):
International outreach program.
Good day to all of you,
The reason I have decided to contact all the Russians and Ukrainians working in our Clinic is the following: every year, the holiday season is a time when numerous Charity agencies in USA are running their fundraising campaigns. Recently, I asked myself a question: What prevents us of helping people in need in our own country? Knowing numerous specifics of Russian bureaucratic system we have too good reasons to believe that all our money will be stolen or used for different purposes. To this end, I spent considerable amount of time looking for an organization which can assure that every cent donated will be used for the great purpose.
I ask you to help a specific hospital in tremendous need: the Department of Children’s Hematology-Oncology in Regional Hospital of Kherson. This department takes care of children with various forms of hematological cancer (leukemias, lymphomas etc). Compared to many hospitals in Moscow and Russia, this hospital is in an extremely bad shape, missing all the normal and necessary items such as blankets and beds. Many kids are terminally ill and they are dying in terrible conditions. I spoke to the Chair of the Department, Vera Gavrilovna Red’kina (work phone is 011-380-552-492428) and I know that they will be happy for any type of help. Parents of these kids spend most of their money for medications. While chemotherapeutic drugs are sponsored by Ukrainian’s Ministry of Health, the need for anti-nausea drugs and antibiotics is tremendous. If any of you has personal connections with pharmaceutical companies which might donate certain drugs, please, let me know (I have a list of needed medicaments). I am organizing a delivery of toys and clothes for the kids (they must be new since all the kids have immune problems) and I also would like to raise money to buy certain items for the Department. They are in a great need of mattresses and they can buy a high quality mattress for about 20$. I thought if each of us can sponsor a mattress, it will be great. The Department will send us pictures of their newly equipped rooms.
Money will be wired via Zion Bentleyville Church in Chicago area where volunteer Irina Polansky (she is originally from Kherson, phone in USA:1-618-628-2507) has an account for “Ukranian mission”. Thus, all donations should be made to "ZionBellevile Church, Ukrainian Mission" (see more on the web http://zionbelleville.org/ ) and money will be wired for only 8$ per transfer. All the receipts from the purchases will be sent to us. All donations are tax deductible. Please, call me if you have any doubts or concerns in this regard. I have personally checked every link and can assure you that all the work is done by parent volunteers which use every cent for sick kids. It is done under the leadership of Nadezhda Chermorchenko (phone: 011-380-552-496996) who lost her child to cancer in that hospital. If somebody wants to send presents or postcards or anything on their own, this is an address of the hospital: Address: Regional Children's hospital, Department of oncology and hematology. Ukrainskaya street 81, Kherson, Ukraine, 73013.
I attached a flyer about this hospital.
I hope that we will be able to raise at least something for this hospital. I am also making a booklet and if anyone is interested to help me in this fundraising, do not hesitate to ask.
Thank you very much for your consideration and help!
Tatiana ..., PhD
Associate Staff
Department of Molecular Cardiology
Никто из наших "американцев" не хочет присоединится к этой акции? Или к любой аналогичной?
Помочь не просто нуждающимся, а нуждающимся в наших же странах.
Конечно, легко найти множество других клиник нуждающихся в помощи, и в России, и в Украине. И для оказания помощи вовсе не нужно обязательно работать в США. Просто в данном случае вот это предложение огранизовано именно для "американцев", и есть гарантия, что наши деньги не будут украдены, а будут потрачены именно на помощь.
Как вы? Поможем кому-то? Пусть не обязательно именно этой больнице.
Мне бы также хотелось, чтобы те, кто хочет принять участие в благотоворительности ("кто хочет "творить благо") помещали здесь и другие конкреные адреса. Главное - помочь людям.
Ведь не всем так повезло, как нам, не у всех есть то, что есть у нас...



