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sponsoring an one-week meal delivery project.
Rotarians took lunch boxes from Save Food
Kitchen and rushed the meals to the elderly
who live alone. No matter it was a raining,
windy or hot day during the week, all members
were engaged in and helped each other, busy
in driving cars, navigating the road courses,
confirming the right time and addresses and
making sure the meals arriving on time.
Rotarians are incredibly happy that they
can have the opportunity to work with the
Kitchen, serve their community, offer their
helps to the needed, save food and love Taiwan.
They are glad all these are possible because
they join Rotary and become a member of their
club.
Abdominal sonography on hepatitis screening
3523
to help low-income citizens
Liver disease is the most common Club of Taipei Hwachung in Rotary District
infectious disease and one of the leading causes 3523 has worked with the foundation in actions
of death in Taiwan, because its symptoms may of liver-disease prevention since 2011. For 10
remain absent for several years and are difficult consecutive years, under the leadership of the
to identify. Inspired by the Liver Disease current club president each year, namely Mark
Prevention and Treatment Research Foundation Ho, Jonathan Peng, Jerry Wu, Angel Chen,
and Chairman Jin-Chuan Sheu, the Rotary Spencer Kuo, Asic Chen, Used Lin, Charles
Juang, Jack Lu, and Vincent Hsieh, the Rotary
club co-sponsored with the foundation in more
than 20 events of free abdominal sonography
for hepatitis screening.
In 2022, the club and the foundation
worked together again by conducting a series
of hepatitis and liver-cancer screening project.
On November 13, they provided abdominal
ultrasonography for 200 disadvantaged citizens
in the five villages (Hulu, Hudong, Shezi,
Sheyuan, and Yonglun) of Shilin and Shezi
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