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2003 Press Releases
Collecting and Delivering Secondhand Musical Instruments to Schools in After-earthquake and Remote Areas of Taiwan
TAIPEI, February 18, 2003 - FedEx Taiwan cooperates with Chou-Ta-Kuan
(CTK) Foundation to collect and deliver donations of secondhand musical
instruments to schools in after-earthquake and remote areas of Taiwan.
This cooperation program aims at assisting the Ministry of Education in
implementing its 2003 policy for the development of music education in
Taiwan. FedEx and CTK Foundation both believe that students from these
areas can benefit from the opportunity to receive music education.
It is the second time FedEx is cooperating with CTK Foundation
following the donation of 1,000 small FedEx squeezable toy-planes to
the Foundation during a visit to Korea in June 2001 to assist
hospitalized children. "CTK Foundation continuously organizes
charitable activities to assist different groups of people in various
locations," said Mr. Jimmy Chen, Managing Director of FedEx TW. "FedEx
is honored to have this opportunity to work with CTK Foundation again."
Through this program, FedEx will deliver the secondhand musical
instruments to selected schools so that their students can have access
to the instruments as soon as possible.
From February 24 to May 20, 2003, the public can send their donations
to any of the 100 FedEx Authorized Shipping Centers (FASC) in Taiwan or
to the CTK Foundation. In addition, they may contact CTK Foundation to
arrange pick-up services for large and heavy musical instruments such
as pianos. CTK Foundation will report the final donated amount to the
Ministry of Education and FedEx will begin delivering these instruments
from May 20to June 2003.
Mr. Chin-Hua Chou, founder of CTK Foundation said, "We sincerely
appreciate FedEx, a leader in its industry , assisting in this charity
program. We hope this program will alleviate the shortage of musical
teaching materials, and provide the assistance we need to support music
education in the after-earthquake and remote areas of Taiwan."
Jimmy Chen further indicated that FedEx is committed to helping the
second generation of Taiwan people. By means of this charity program,
FedEx not only delivers packages, but also delivers love and compassion.
In addition, FedEx and CTK Foundation will jointly announce the results
of the collection in the first month at the opening reception of the
Secondhand Music Instrument Museum in Chung-Li junior high school in
April. For more information regarding this charity program, please
contact CTK foundation at Tel: (02) 29178775 or visit its website www.ta.org.tw. Donors can also call FedEx customer service hotline at Tel: 0800-075-075 or visit its website www.fedex.com/tw for FedEx Authorized Shipping Centers (FASC) information.
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About Chou-Ta-Kuan Foundation
The Chou-Ta-kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation was established in
1997 by Ta Kuan’s parents, Chou Chin-Hua and Kuo Ying-lan, with
the help of Chao Tsui-hui and other benevolent individuals from Taiwan
and overseas.
Chou Ta-kuan, a young poet fighting cancer, had great enthusiasm for
life. The spirit he lived on was "love your life and live it happily."
To spread Ta-Kuan’s spirit, his parents and those benevolent
people established the Foundation. The notion they have been spreading
across the world is "be nice to yourself - love your life; be nice to
others - respect their lives; be nice to nature - protect the life of
earth."
For the past three years, this Foundation has had various activities to
propose its belief to the public. The Foundation held workshops,
seminars, conferences, and camps to communicate Ta-kuan’s belief
to the public, and even provided private counseling to help people who
were in need. They visited children with cancer, people with rare
diseases, the mentally ill, the physically ill, and those who are
fighting for their lives. To stand by them, to persuade them to love
their lives, though that is exactly a life of defects, to help them to
live it happily, though they are actually suffering from the defects of
their lives, the Foundation takes all these as its duties.
The Foundation gathers domestic and overseas resources, and constructs
its skeleton with love and wisdom. Though the Foundation has a
business-like operation, it operates its business with
humanity-oriented management. The Foundation has successfully achieved
its goal. By the end of December 2000, more than one hundred and ninety
thousand people have volunteered for the Foundation. They effectively
propose to the public Ta-Kuan’s belief in life. That is, "love
your life and live it happily".
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