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remote rural communities, Taixi was suffering were among those participants of the service
higher kidney disease cases due to lack of activity in Yunlin.
information on and access to the resources for
prevention/treatment of the disease.
The project was supported by a total of
30 Rotary clubs, and more than 100 Rotarians
rendered their hands-on service, to help people
in the isolated community to have better
concept and care of kidney health in advance
to prevent from the disease and the need for
kidney dialysis. The club members Ming-
sheng Zheng, Wu-quan Zheng , past president
Wen-jin Zhang and his spouse Min-ling Chen

Supports Saint Theresa Sanctuary in its after-school
3521
tutoring to help children

According to club president Ricky Xing,
his Rotary Club of Taipei Hualing in Rotary
District 3521 is a "localized service club" in
Wanhua area in the capital city of Taiwan.
His club have been supporting its neighboring
communities by organizing various service
activities and projects, such as blood drives
at Longshan Temple, donating sport gears
to a baseball team of Taipei Dong Yuan
Elementary School and learning materials to
the disadvantaged students, and so on.
In recent years, even though RC Taipei Hualing also participated in some service
projects in remote communities jointly
sponsored by other clubs in same Rotary
district, its club members are always ready
to serve their own neighborhood when
opportunities come. President Ricky found
such an opportunity at a lunar-year-end banquet
of his friend. After a conversation about Rotary
and its service activities, he learned at the
banquet from a lady sitting beside him that
Saint Theresa Sanctuary of Congregation of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary (or known as

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