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Operation USA To Respond to China Earthquake
13 May 2008 17:16:00 GMT
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OPERATION USA TO RESPOND TO CHINA EARTHQUAKE The Agency is Appealing for Funds to Rebuild Schools and Clinics

LOS ANGELES (May 13, 2008) Los Angeles-based international relief agency, Operation USA, announced today that it is responding to the 7.9 quake affecting Sichuan Province in central China. As the Chinese Army is the lead agency in immediate disaster response, Operation USA and other international relief agencies are planning to assist in the reconstruction of schools and clinics as the rescue stage is completed.

The agency issued an appeal for funds from the general public and from corporate and foundation donors.

HOW TO HELP: To assist Operation USA in delivering aid to China, donate online at www.opusa.org, by phone at 800.678.7255 or, by check to Operation USA, 3617 Hayden Ave., Suite A, Culver City, CA 90232. Ninety-eight cents of every dollar is spent directly on relief programs.

Corporate contributions of essential products in bulk and with at least one year's remaining shelf life can be arranged by calling Neil Frame, Operation USA, 310.838.3455.

Media Contact: Christine Oppenheim or Richard Walden 310.838.3455 coppenheim@opusa.org

[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]

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Yan Hui Fung (C), who was injured from falling bricks during the earthquake, sits with friends in a tennis court which has been made into a provisory hospital, in Mianzhu, Sichuan ...



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