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Letter Of Appreciation Letter Of Appreciation 1 From The Mayor Of Saint-Hyacinthe,Canada (Originally In French) Saint-Hyacinthe Mayor's cabinet March 2, 1998 Supreme Master Ching Hai Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association 12316, Voltaire Street Montreal, Quebec H1C 2E4 Madame, It's with great pleasure that I write this letter today in order to share with you the gratitude of all the people in Saint-Hyacinthe for your grand generosity towards us. Like millions of others, you have been informed about the particularly difficult conditions under which our fellow citizens have had to live during the Ice Storm of January 1998; especially for the most destitute people. You have also through your significant donation, brought your support to us in a tangible way. In a situation like this, every measure had to be taken immediately to assure that the health and safely of several thousand people would not be endangered. Thanks to the competency and devotion of the emergency teams, assisted by hundreds of volunteers who were themselves victims of the disaster, it was possible for us to get through this bad situation without any direct loss of human life, at least in our community. However, it was not realistic to imagine that everything would return to normal as soon as we recovered our electrical power. Hundreds and hundreds of victims -- men, women and children -- still live with the consequences of these recent hard weeks. And probably, it will continue like this for the following months, since many people, especially the seniors, have already used up a great portion of their energy. It was in this context that your generous contribution of $20,000 arrived. This amount will provide help for our fellow citizens, the most destitute ones, in facing the aftereffects of the Ice Storm. I can assure you, Madame, that this money will be used in good ways and it will go directly and solely to the most needy ones. The Ice Storm in January of 1998 has already allowed us to realize how the solidarity of our people can accomplish great things. Your contribution brings us the proof that this solidarity can also have roots in the international community, and that the need for intervention to help the most affected ones in our community has received a favorable voice in your Association. To conclude, I say "thank you" once more in my personal name, in the names of my co-workers on the municipal advisors' board and in the names of all the Maskoutan people. Please accept, Madame, our expression of gratitude. Mayor of Saint-Hyacinthe Claude Bernier Letter Of Appreciation 2 From The Mayor Of Saint-Jean-Sur-Le-Richelieu Ladies and Gentlemen, April 6th,1998. (Originally In French) On behalf of myself and all the members of the Municipal Council of Saint-Jean-Sur-Le-Richelieu, I would like to thank you for your great act of generosity. Thanks to you and many others, the Saint-Jean Fund to help the victims, is able to continue in a effecient manner. Again we thank you for your assistance towards the people of Saint- Jeanand the region of the Haut-Richelieu, which was the heart of this disaster. Please accept our most sincere feelings of gratitude. The Mayor, Myroslaw Smereka Letter Of Appreciation 3 From The Mayor Of Granby, Canada Mayor's office April 6th, 1998 (Originally In French) Supreme Master Ching Hai Meditation Association Ladies and Gentlemen, Following the visit from a group of representatives of the Supreme Master Ching Hai Association on Friday February 27th 1998, I wrote this letter. We had the privilige of receiving a $10,000 dollar donation from your Association for our SOS Depanage Moisson - Granby, the food bank for Granby and the surrounding regions. We would like to thank you for this generous donation, that will help to refill the shelves of the SOS Depanage Moisson - Granby. In fact, following the ice-storm that our region witness this last January, SOS Depanage had the task of distributing the supplies to the fellow citizens in need. Also many members of our community, that are less fortunate had a chance to come and restock, but the demand was so great that we could not help all the disaster victims. Thanks to your help and generosity, SOS Depanage can continue its essential work in the community, and we are very grateful. Your humanitarian act will directly touch thousands of people in our region. Please accept, ladies and gentlemen my most sincere feelings of gratitude. The Mayor, Michel Duchesneau Letter Of Appreciation 4 From The Mayor Of Saint-Athanase , Canada March 5, 1998 (Originally In French ) Madame, Through this letter, I would like to thank you for the generosity of your Association. Our municipality underwent hardship during the recent ice storm which caused severe damage to the environment. Please be assured that your donation of $4,000 will go to good use in assisting all of our inhabitants. In a difficult situation such as the one we recently experienced, I can tell you that your helpful gestures really touched me and cannot be overlooked. It has assisted me greatly in continuing the mandate that I have begun. Thank you! Maurice Bergeron Mayor Letter of Appreciation 5 from the Mayor of Saint-Athanase, Canada (Following is an excerpt from the originally letter) March 5, 1998 (Originally In French) Madame, I must confess that after all of the recent emotional stress and my fatigue, and due to certain family problems, I felt like giving up everything, because it seemed that it was not worth all the pain. However, I changed my mind after the act of generosity from your Association and also after reading the material about your Association and Master. This has enabled me to regain my strength and continue the work of helping my fellow citizens. Thank you, Maurice Bergeron Mayor Letter Of Appreciation 6 From The Mayor Of Saint-Athanase (Originally In French) Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association Following the event of the ice storm, we have chosen two projects in our municipality to motivat our fellow citizens. The first project will involve planting some 10,000 new trees that we our citizens can enjoy in the future. This project will help to replace the trees that did not survive the storm, and will cost $20,000. Also, I have begun actions to obtain a grant to build a bicycle path and regional park. This cycle path will be on Bellerive Street along the Richelieu River. With this in mind, I would like to obtain permission from your Master to name a rest area in honor of your Association. This project will cost $175,000. Finally, the estimated cost of the ice storm to our municipality is approximately $600,000. Maurice Bergeron Mayor

Letter Of Appreciation

Letter Of Appreciation 1 From The Mayor Of Saint-Hyacinthe,Canada
(Originally In French)

Saint-Hyacinthe Mayor's cabinet
March 2, 1998

Supreme Master Ching Hai
Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association 12316, Voltaire Street Montreal, Quebec H1C 2E4
Madame,

It's with great pleasure that I write this letter today in order to share with you the gratitude of all the people in Saint-Hyacinthe for your grand generosity towards us. Like millions of others, you have been informed about the particularly difficult conditions under which our fellow citizens have had to live during the Ice Storm of January 1998; especially for the most destitute people. You have also through your significant donation, brought your support to us in a tangible way.

In a situation like this, every measure had to be taken immediately to assure that the health and safely of several thousand people would not be endangered. Thanks to the competency and devotion of the emergency teams, assisted by hundreds of volunteers who were themselves victims of the disaster, it was possible for us to get through this bad situation without any direct loss of human life, at least in our community.

However, it was not realistic to imagine that everything would return to normal as soon as we recovered our electrical power. Hundreds and hundreds of victims -- men, women and children -- still live with the consequences of these recent hard weeks. And probably, it will continue like this for the following months, since many people, especially the seniors, have already used up a great portion of their energy.

It was in this context that your generous contribution of $20,000 arrived. This amount will provide help for our fellow citizens, the most destitute ones, in facing the aftereffects of the Ice Storm.

I can assure you, Madame, that this money will be used in good ways and it will go directly and solely to the most needy ones.

The Ice Storm in January of 1998 has already allowed us to realize how the solidarity of our people can accomplish great things. Your contribution brings us the proof that this solidarity can also have roots in the international community, and that the need for intervention to help the most affected ones in our community has received a favorable voice in your Association.

To conclude, I say "thank you" once more in my personal name, in the names of my co-workers on the municipal advisors' board and in the names of all the Maskoutan people.

Please accept, Madame, our expression of gratitude.

Mayor of Saint-Hyacinthe
Claude Bernier

Letter Of Appreciation 2
From The Mayor Of Saint-Jean-Sur-Le-Richelieu

Ladies and Gentlemen,
April 6th,1998. (Originally In French)

On behalf of myself and all the members of the Municipal Council of Saint-Jean-Sur-Le-Richelieu, I would like to thank you for your great act of generosity.

Thanks to you and many others, the Saint-Jean Fund to help the victims, is able to continue in a effecient manner.

Again we thank you for your assistance towards the people of Saint- Jeanand the region of the Haut-Richelieu, which was the heart of this disaster.

Please accept our most sincere feelings of gratitude.

The Mayor, Myroslaw Smereka

Letter Of Appreciation 3 From The Mayor Of Granby, Canada

Mayor's office
April 6th, 1998 (Originally In French)

Supreme Master Ching Hai Meditation Association
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Following the visit from a group of representatives of the Supreme Master Ching Hai Association on Friday February 27th 1998, I wrote this letter.

We had the privilige of receiving a $10,000 dollar donation from your Association for our SOS Depanage Moisson - Granby, the food bank for Granby and the surrounding regions. We would like to thank you for this generous donation, that will help to refill the shelves of the SOS Depanage Moisson - Granby. In fact, following the ice-storm that our region witness this last January, SOS Depanage had the task of distributing the supplies to the fellow citizens in need. Also many members of our community, that are less fortunate had a chance to come and restock, but the demand was so great that we could not help all the disaster victims. Thanks to your help and generosity, SOS Depanage can continue its essential work in the community, and we are very grateful. Your humanitarian act will directly touch thousands of people in our region.

Please accept, ladies and gentlemen my most sincere feelings of gratitude.

The Mayor,
Michel Duchesneau

Letter Of Appreciation 4 From The Mayor Of Saint-Athanase , Canada

March 5, 1998 (Originally In French )

Madame,

Through this letter, I would like to thank you for the generosity of your Association.

Our municipality underwent hardship during the recent ice storm which caused severe damage to the environment. Please be assured that your donation of $4,000 will go to good use in assisting all of our inhabitants.

In a difficult situation such as the one we recently experienced, I can tell you that your helpful gestures really touched me and cannot be overlooked. It has assisted me greatly in continuing the mandate that I have begun.

Thank you!

Maurice Bergeron
Mayor

Letter of Appreciation 5 from the Mayor of Saint-Athanase, Canada
(Following is an excerpt from the originally letter)

March 5, 1998 (Originally In French)

Madame,

I must confess that after all of the recent emotional stress and my fatigue, and due to certain family problems, I felt like giving up everything, because it seemed that it was not worth all the pain.

However, I changed my mind after the act of generosity from your Association and also after reading the material about your Association and Master. This has enabled me to regain my strength and continue the work of helping my fellow citizens.

Thank you,
Maurice Bergeron
Mayor

Letter Of Appreciation 6 From The Mayor Of Saint-Athanase
(Originally In French)

Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association

Following the event of the ice storm, we have chosen two projects in our municipality to motivat our fellow citizens.

The first project will involve planting some 10,000 new trees that we our citizens can enjoy in the future. This project will help to replace the trees that did not survive the storm, and will cost $20,000.

Also, I have begun actions to obtain a grant to build a bicycle path and regional park. This cycle path will be on Bellerive Street along the Richelieu River.

With this in mind, I would like to obtain permission from your Master to name a rest area in honor of your Association. This project will cost $175,000.

Finally, the estimated cost of the ice storm to our municipality is approximately $600,000.

Maurice Bergeron
Mayor

Letter Of Appreciation 1 From The Mayor Of Saint-Hyacinthe,Canada (Originally In French) Saint-Hyacinthe Mayor's cabinet March 2, 1998

Letter Of Appreciation 2 From The Mayor Of Saint-Jean-Sur-Le-Richelieu

Ladies and Gentlemen, April 6th,1998. (Originally In French)