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ACMA Foundation Charity Events And Donations 1999-2022
Major Events On behalf of ACMA and Foundation, at the request of Management Committee, Dr Frank CHIU wrote and invited Lieutenant Governor Hieu Van LE to be the ACMA Foundation Patron on 19/10/2007 which he accepted. He and his wife Mrs. Lan LE were invited to ACMA Gala Dinner on 10/11/2007 at Chauteau Moteur where he made an acceptance speech. FOCOSA also organized a Congratulatory Dinner for him at Teo Chow Chinese Restaurant in Chinatown Adelaide. Lieutenant Governor Hieu Van LE later became the Governor of South Australia in 2014. In 1917, Dr Jane ZHANG, President of ACMA at the time, wrote to His Excellency and invited him to extend his patronage to include ACMA as well as ACMA Foundation which he accepted in his reply on 11/4/2017 for the remaining term of his office.
Fund Raising Effort- Lottery 1999
A major lottery was organized with Revenue SA by ACMA to be drawn on 27/10/1999. The intention was to raise money by organizing a raffle to sell a Mitsubishi motor car (value of $34,612) as a first prize , Voucher of C M William (value of $500) as a second prize and one dozen mixed bottles of wine (value $200) as a third prize. <br>The lottery was to be drawn on 27/10/1999 in Ming Chinese Restaurant but was postponed to Imperial Peking Restaurant on 04/02/2000. ACMA Committee Members had to purchase $2000 tickets before the lottery could be drawn. Only a small profit was made from the lottery sale and profits were donated to CANTEEN and a visiting hematologist, Dr Chuangfan LIU, who was doing research on new bone marrow transplant at the IMVS/Royal Adelaide Hospital. Additional donations were later made by ACMA management committee to CANTEEN and the Chinese hematologist, Dr Chuangfan LIU.
ACMA Foundation Charity Gala Dinner
At ACMA Foundation Committee Meeting on 26/8/2000, it was decided to hold a yearly Charity Gala Dinner toward the end of each year with the aim of raising funds. Great efforts were made to secure sponsorship from various corporate entities. There were three categories of sponsorships: 1. Platinum $8000 2. Gold $4000 3. Silver $2000 Dr. Frank Chiu was asked to write to Ms Ann Middleton, a famous Jewelry Shop owner in Burnside Village, and Mr. Victor Zhang, a famous Chinese brush painter for support with very good respond. They displayed their goods for sale and auction and profit were donated to ACMA Foundation. Since then every year in November, there has been Annual Foundation Charity Gala Dinner with various sponsors and donors supporting these efforts.
ACMA Foundation Blanket Appeal Charity Dinner
For the last 5 years the Foundation has held a winter Blanket Appeal Charity Dinner to raise funds and blankets for the homeless. The funds we raise go towards the Advertiser Blanket Appeal which supports the Hutt St Homeless. So far the Foundation has donated $45000 towards this Appeal. The dinner is usually held at Chef Dong a very good Chinese Restaurant at St Peters. We are fortunate this year The Advertiser Foundation Foundation will support this function. Keep the date open, Saturday 6 May 2023 .
Support Of Medical Education, Research And Emergency Medical Needs
Support Of Medical Education, Research And Emergency Medical Needs
- Since 1995, ACMA and Foundation have continued to fund four Chinese Medical Association Awards ($300.00 each) for medical students who achieve top marks in the Subjects nominated by the respective universities. There were two awards for the University of Adelaide and two for the Flinders University. The awards for the University of Adelaide were suspended in 2006 because ACMA did not agree with the medical student selection guidelines of the Adelaide University. Three years later, when guidelines improved, Dr Frank CHIU was asked to remove the suspension and the ACMA Awards to Adelaide University were increased to $500.00 each year.
- As President of ACMA, Dr Frank CHIU initiated the Dr Peter GOH (deceased) Emergency Fund with the help of Mr. Gordon CHENG, ACMA’s solicitor, and the Australian Taxation Office early in 1997 for the family of Dr Peter GOH with three young children after his tragic murder. All donations were tax deductable. Three trustees were appointed including Dr Frank CHIU, Dr Margaret LIM and Dr Tat Meng CHAN. Joint effort with SEMA and the Adelaide NDGP was initiated to seek donation to the Fund. About $40,000 was raised and the Fund was later closed in August 1997. We later received a thank you letter from Mrs. Catherine GOH.
- Donate $2,000.00 to help a Malaysian Chinese family whose son came to Adelaide for surgery to remove a large teratoma at the Women and Children Hospital and who were faced with financial hardship.
- Practical and moral support to a Malaysian Chinese family of five involved in a traffic accident tragedy outside Mt Gambier by Dr Frank CHIU and Dr Chin Hian LIM .Two surviving daughters were in the intensive care unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital for a month and then in the General Wards at the RAH and then at the Women and Children Hospital for another month. The total cost was in access of $300,000.00. Fortunately with legal aids, this was eventually covered by Victorian Third Party Insurance through the efforts of the Foundation and ACMA committee members.
- $ 2000.00 was donated to Queensland institute of Medical Research in the production of vaccine against nasopharyngial cancer which is more prevalent among Chinese.
- On behalf of ACMA, Dr Frank Chiu, Vice-President ACMA, was authorized by the Management Committee to initiate the formation of the Forum of Chinese Community Organizations in South Australia and he became the Chairman at the inaugural meeting at the Ming Chinese Restaurant on 24/2/1996 (attended by 16 community leaders including Ms Bernice PFITZNER, MLC, and Ms Claudia CREAM, Solicitor). Memorandum of Understanding forthe Members of the Forum of Chinese Community Organizations in South Australia was finalized on 17/8/1996. Monthly meetings were held. There were 15 participating Chinese organizations which later evolved to become FOCOSA (Federation of Chinese Organizations of South Australia) in 2002 and he became the Vice –Chairman and then the Chairman.
- For the past 4 years, the Foundation has been running the Winter Blanket Appeal Charity Dinner in May, just before Winter Season. Foundation has donated $35,000 to Sunday Mail Blanket Appeal. The intention is to continue the activity annually.
- Student Scholarship for newly arrived migrant students. Since 2018, in collaboration with Australian Migrant Resource Centre, Foundation awarded four $500 prizes to high achieving students of migrant background in year 12. The scholarships go to high school in disadvantaged socio-economic zones.
- 2013 ACMA Foundation organized a Charity Gala Dinner at Audi Solitaire showroom in Hawthorne on 2/11/2013 for Cure for Life Foundation. The guest speaker was Dr Charlie TEO. Dr Teo is an internationally acclaimed neurosurgeon and a pioneer in keyhole minimally invasive techniques. He has been invited to many distinguished universities in over 50 countries as visiting professor, including the Karolinska Institute, Vanderbilt, Stanford and John Hopkins Universities. Dr TEO has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored 2 books on keyhole techniques in neurosurgery. He is the Founder of Cure for Life Foundation that has raised over $8 million for brain cancer research. The ACMA Foundation Charity Gala Dinner was well attended. During the evening, Dr Francis GHAN asked Dr Frank CHIU to present a cheque for $10,000.00 to Cure for Life Foundation.
Other Recipients Of Charity Donations
The ACMA Foundation is recognized by the Australian Taxation Office as a Charity Organization and donations to the Foundation can be deducted from the taxable income. Some of the projects funded by the Foundation include the following:
- AMA (SA) Building Fund – $1,000.00
- Medical Benevolent Society of S.A – $ 13,500.00
- Royal Blind Society – $1,000.00,
- Royal Flying Doctor Service – $12,000.00
- CANTEEN – $2,000.00
- TEEN Challenge – $1,500.00
- SUNRISE ORPHANAGE in Cambodia- $10,000.00
- Sichuan Earthquake Appeal- $10,000.00
- Eyre Peninsula Bushfire Appeal through Australian Red Cross – $2,000.00
- Victoria Bushfire Appeal – $2,500.00
- Indigenous Health Scholarship in conjunction with Rotary Club -$10,000.00
- Beyond Blue Ltd in memory of Holly Threadgold -$5,000.00
- Movember -$5,000.00
- Kids Foundation – $ 5,000.00
- Guide dogs -$ 5,000.00
- Life Line- $ 5,000.00
- Chinese Welfare Association of SA- $3,000.00
- Kangaroo Island & Hills Bush Fire Appeal (2020) SA CFS – $15,000.00
- Thailand Medical Mission – $ 1,000.00
- Daw House Hospice Foundation -$2,000.00
- Dr K Tan African Medical Mission – $5,000.00
- FOCOSA -$11,000.00
- G COX – $3,700.00
- Sky Orange – $10,000.00
- Global Development Group- $3,000.00
- Australian Tanzanian Service Foundation- $2,000.00
- Legacy (SA Veterans) $15,000.00
- Katherine House- $5,000.00
- Medicins Sans Frontieres- $2,500.00
Sunday Mail Blanket Appeal over three year 2017,2018,2019,2022. $450
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