OVCAG Member Tutu's Chinese Earthquake Relief Opportunity

OVCAG member Tutu (Tu Tao) is from the area of China devastated by the recent earthquake. She is taking one of Linda Mau's ceramic classes at De Anza and several of us have gotten to know her there as well as at recent Guild meetings. We have an opportunity to participate in her effort to raise relief funds. The following excerpts are from an email Tutu sent to some of her ceramic friends:

"Julie Liao and her husband are the best friend couple of my husband and mine. We all came from the same capital city (Chengdu, Sichuan Province), around 90 KM away from the center of the earthquake. We still have families live back there. So far all our families are safe except my father-in-law, 91 years old, passed away the day after the earthquake. Thank you all for your concern and sympathies to the victims of this horrible natural disaster."

"These couple of days, we are thinking about what can we do and contribute to help those families who lost their loved ones or lost everything in the earthquake. Not everyone can work as a doctor or nurse to save lives in China, but we can make our own contribution towards saving lives, rebuilding the houses, and reconstructing the schools for millions of children in Sichuan, China. If everyone put a drop of water together, it could become an ocean!"

"Many thanks and best wishes," TuTu & Yuan, Sunny Zhang & Julie Liao

Tutu is offering us the opportunity to donate a piece of our art to be sold through a website which they have established. Purchase money can be paid to Tzu Chi Foundation (local with Chinese contacts), American Red Cross, or Churches of Christ Disaster Relief, Inc. Donations of art should be made before June 30. To contribute a piece of work, please:

1. Email a photo of the piece to doodletutu@gmail.com with price they should list, a brief description of your piece, a brief introduction of yourself, and contact information.
2. No photo? Please let them know and they will schedule to take one.
3. You will be notified when your work has been sold and , if necessary, a time will be arranged to drop it off .
4. You will be given a signed paper from them when you drop off your piece.

1. Go to http://picasaweb.google.com/SichuanEarthquake08 where you will find pictures of the art for this charity sale. To see a larger picture of a piece, its price and the artist's name, click on the photo in which you are interested. Note the purchase price and the number posted for the item, then follow these instructions. This website is for viewing art work only.
2. Pay by check made out to Tzu Chi Foundation, American Red Cross, or Churches of Christ Disaster Relief. Write on the check "Sechuan Earthquake" and include a note with the number of the piece you are buying, which will be marked as sale pending.
3. Mail your check to Tutu's friend Julie Liao, 195 Monroe Dr., Palo Alto 94306. Julie will mail the check to the designated organization. Include contact information with your check and a time will be set to pick up the art work.