As you may have heard, Typhoon Ketsana devastated the middle region of Vietnam this past week. The city of Da Nang, Quang Ngai, Quang Nam, Kon Tum and the surrounding areas of this region has been severely flooded, houses have torn down, schools are damage, hospital overcrowding, etc… The middle region of Vietnam is known to be amongst the poorest in the country. Many Vietnamese citizens who live inthis region have lost virtually everything after Typhoon Ketsana, including children losing their parents.

We are calling out to everyone in the United States for help in this relief effort. We are asking for you to open your heart and let the less fortunate be a part of your lives by joining our collaborative philanthropic project to fund food, health care and education for the victims of Typhoon Ketsana. Media such as Little Saigon Radio, Hon Viet-TV, Viet-Tide and many others have joined our collaborative project. This is the first ever nation-wide collaborative project to fundraise for natural disaster victims in Vietnam by both young and old generations. With over 1 million Vietnamese-Americans in America, we are prone to making a difference.

We are calling out for support from every other organization/individual around the nation to join our cause by hosting your own fundraiser or simply just asking your network to donate. If everyone can ask ten people to donate $100 or twenty people to donate $50, you would have raised $1000 by yourself. If we can get 100 people to do that, we will raise $100,000. This is the same amount donated to Vietnam by the United States.

There are two ways to get the fundraised money to us:

1. Make a Paypal contribution to the right in our donation box.
2. Mail a check written to Little Saigon Radio Memo: “Tien cuu tro mien Trung” or “help Vietnam Typhoon Ketsana.” Little Saigon Radio will then write a check to Lend A Hand VYO Inc. Please pick one of the following three addresses.

Little Saigon Radio Orange County
KVNR 1480 AM – Orange County, California
15781 Brookhurst St. – Suite 101
Westminster, CA 92683
Phone: (714) 918-4444
Fax: (714) 918-4445 or 4446

Little Saigon Radio Houston
KJOJ 880 AM & KYND 1520 AM – Houston, Texas
7080 Southwest Fwy.
Houston, TX 77074
Phone: (713) 271-7888
Fax: (713) 271-9333

Little Saigon Radio San Jose
KSJX 1500 AM – San Jose, California
478 E. Santa Clara – Suite 205
San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: (408) 287-2250

Next weekend, we’ll be hosting an exciting Christmas events for the kids in conjunction with Little Saigon Radio so we need some volunteers.  There will be a variety of crafts, singing, dancing, and other fun activities! This should be the start of a new annual event with the radio station so we look forward to making it a success. Remember to wear your LAH T-shirt! Please come out and help children learn about the spirit of Christmas.  See you there!

RSVP by Monday, November 24 by emailing Kesia!

It is LAH’s 5th anniversary! Come celebrate our family-style Thanksgiving dinner! Everyone is kindly required to bring something good to eat & share. It is mandatory for all old/new/current members & prospective members (who have emailed us) to come to this event. Unfortunately, since we will have a full house we ask that you do not bring a guest. However, parents and siblings are more than welcome to come with you! This will be a fun filled event that will consist of lots of icebreakers, so it will be a great opportunity for everyone to mingle and get to know each other more in the LAH family. New members will need to bring $10 to buy our LAH shirts. For those who come, there may even be a surprise take home gift for everyone! Once again, please RSVP with Kesia by Monday, November 24th, through emailing her and letting her know that you have received this email and confirming that you are coming, if you are bringing family, and what type of food you are bringing so we don’t have too much of one kind.