Love
in Action
Expenditures
for Charitable and Relief Activities
in Formosa
from September to December 2006
Total amount in Tables 1 and
2 = NT$444,994
(approx. US$13,557.47)
Table 1: Details of expenditures
for charitable activities in Formosa from September to December 2006
Place |
Date |
Description of Activities |
Amount |
Appendix |
Hualien |
Sep. 4, 2006 |
Visiting parolees under the guidance of the Hualien District
Prosecutors’ Office, holding a soul-elevating seminar and
meditation
teaching session, and giving them moon cakes for the
festival. |
5,400 |
A |
Taipei |
Sep.18, 2006 |
Sharing the concepts of vegetarianism and love for animals
with college students, and holding a love-for-life film
exhibition at National Taiwan University, entitled “Love Me,
Please Don’t Eat Me!” |
6,440 |
B |
Hsinchu |
Sep. 26, 2006 |
Visiting the Shi Guang Children’s Center in Hsinchu County,
and giving food to the children in celebration of Moon
Festival. |
10,160 |
C |
Tainan |
Sep.27, 2006 |
Visiting inmates at Tainan Mingde Labor Prison, holding
soul-elevating seminars and Convenient Method teaching
sessions (supported by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Tainan |
Sep.30, 2006 |
Moon Festival visits to underprivileged people in elderly
and children’s homes in Tainan County, giving them festival
food and toys, and presenting entertainment programs. |
23,134 |
D |
Taipei |
Sep.30, 2006 |
September visit to the Sindian Drug Abuser Treatment Center,
holding spiritual seminars and meditation teaching sessions
for inmates (supported by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Taipei |
Oct.03, 2006 |
Visiting halfway shelter for homeless and giving them Moon
Festival gifts. |
5,855 |
E |
Taipei |
Oct.05, 2006 |
Visiting Sindian Drug Abuser Treatment Center and giving
festival gifts to inmates. |
12,100 |
F |
Tainan |
Oct.14, 2006 |
Participating in the Autumn National Beach Cleaning Activity
at Tainan Golden Beach (supported by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Changhua |
Oct.14, 2006 |
Participating in the Autumn National Beach Cleaning Activity
(supported by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Changhua |
Oct.16, 2006 |
Holding soul-elevating seminars and meditation teaching
sessions for inmates at Changhua Prison (supported by fellow
initiates). |
0 |
|
Taipei |
Oct.28, 2006 |
Participating in the 2006 Roots and Shoots Animal Parade
held by the Jane Goodall Institute-Taiwan to promote the
vegetarian ideal of compassion. |
3,950 |
G |
Taipei |
Oct.31, 2006 |
October visit to the Sindian Drug Abuser Treatment Center,
holding spiritual seminars and meditation teaching sessions
for inmates (supported by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Hualien |
Nov.06, 2006 |
Visiting parolees under the guidance of the Hualien District
Prosecutors’ Office, holding a soul-elevating seminar and
meditation
teaching session (voluntary support by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Taipei |
Nov.07, 2006 |
Visiting homeless friends and elderly people living alone,
and contributing washing machines for use by the homeless
friends on Double Ninth Festival (a special day for the
elderly). |
23,362 |
H |
Taipei |
Nov.15, 2006 |
Holding the “Lively Fruits and Vegetables—Healthy Vegetarian
Diet” event and distributing relevant informative material
(voluntary support by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Taipei |
Nov.16, 2006 |
November visit to the Sindian Drug Abuser Treatment Center,
holding spiritual seminars and meditation teaching sessions
for inmates (supported by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Tainan |
Nov.15, 2006 |
Visiting inmates at Tainan Mingde Labor Prison, holding
soul-elevating seminars and Convenient Method teaching
sessions (supported by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Tainan |
Nov.16, 2006 |
Visiting inmates at Tainan Prison, holding soul-elevating
seminars and Convenient Method teaching sessions (supported
by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Changhua |
Nov.17, 2006 |
Posting the Alternative Living message on highway billboards
to promote the healthy vegetarian lifestyle. |
100,000 |
I |
Miaoli |
Nov.19, 2006 |
In
support of the national homeland cleaning project, sweeping
Miaoli Highway No. 28 (voluntary support by fellow
initiates). |
0 |
|
Taipei |
Dec.15, 2006 |
Providing information about the healthy vegetarian diet, and
holding a soul-elevating seminar for stroke patients and
their family members at the Taipei Hospital (voluntary
support by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Nantou |
Dec.16, 2006 |
Responding to the government’s call for a “Healthy Formosa”
by participating in the Golden Age Healthy Vegetarian Fair
held by the Nantou County Health Bureau. |
35,593 |
J |
Changhua |
Dec.17, 2006 |
Setting up Supreme Master TV billboards to direct attention
to positive news. |
21,000 |
K |
Taipei |
Dec.19, 2006 |
Offering winter clothes to destitute patients and the
homeless at Taipei City Hospital to ensure a warm winter for
them. |
7,500 |
L |
Tainan |
Dec.28, 2006 |
Visiting inmates at Tainan Prison, holding soul-elevating
seminars and Convenient Method teaching sessions (supported
by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Taipei |
Dec.28, 2006 |
December visit to the Sindian Drug Abuser Treatment Center,
holding spiritual seminars and meditation teaching sessions
for inmates (supported by fellow initiates). |
0 |
|
Tainan |
Dec.31, 2006 |
To
purify people’s minds and encourage respect for life and the
healthy vegetarian diet, holding health seminars, vegetarian
food tasting, cooking demonstrations, and
Supreme Master Ching Hai
art exhibition. |
28,500 |
M |
Total: |
$282,994 |
|
Table 2: Relief funds given to
needy households in Formosa from September to December 2006
(Currency in NT$)
|
September 2006 |
October 2006 |
|
Place |
No. of Households |
Amount |
No. of Households |
Amount |
Appendix |
Taipei |
1 |
5,000 |
5 |
23,500 |
1 |
Miaoli |
2 |
10,000 |
3 |
15,000 |
2 |
Changhua |
1 |
3,000 |
1 |
3,000 |
3 |
Tainan |
1 |
3,000 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Monthly
Subtotal |
5 |
$21,000 |
9 |
$41,500 |
|
|
November 2006 |
December 2006 |
|
Place |
No. of Households |
Amount |
No. of Households |
Amount |
Appendix |
Taipei |
5 |
23,500 |
6 |
25,000 |
1 |
Miaoli |
4 |
20,000 |
5 |
25,000 |
2 |
Changhua |
1 |
3,000 |
1 |
3,000 |
3 |
Tainan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Monthly
Subtotal |
10 |
$46,500 |
12 |
$53,000 |
|
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