These charities must exhibit the following characteristics:
- An extremely high proportion of funds donated must end up on programs rather than in « administration » or « fund raising ».
- Must have a history of effective, non-partisan work.
- Should be providing medical relief of some kind.
- Be actively involved in the current affected area of interest to the Caring Nurses group.
The current area of concern for the Caring Nurses of Nanaimo is the Japanese tsunami disaster, which has resulted in serious problems with delivering medical care to a significant portion of the affected population.
We accept cash or cheques for donations. Cheques should be made out to « Caring Nurses Nanaimo ». Donations will be passed on to the charities in a lump sum.
Current members of the group (and people to contact for tickets) are: (in alphabetical order)
ISHII, Mariko
HOWSON, Victoria
RENVILLE, Kiyomi
SHIMURA, Yoshie
YAMANE, Akemi