Tzu Chi USA Pacific Islands Region

Written by Tzu Chi USA’s Chinese Writers Team and Ida Eva Zielinska

Published #75 | Winter 2024 Issue

➊ Hawaii Chapter

With Master Cheng Yen’s blessing, several volunteers in Hawaii become Buddhists and her disciples on July 21, 1996, under the guidance of Stephen Huang (fourth right), leading the ceremony. Among them are Fengliang Fan (third left), Cathy Rush (fourth left), Chiu Yuling (fifth left), Chingching Wu (sixth left), Fengying Hsiao (seventh left), Paichij Chen (third right), and Kueiling Chen (second right). Photo/Tzu Chi USA Hawaii Chapter

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The establishment ceremony of the Hawaii Service Center on April 20, 1996, later upgraded to the Hawaii Chapter on May 5, 1999, is attended by Kangching Huang (left), Changti Lai (second left), Paichih Chen (middle), Fengliang Fan (second right), and Fengying Hsiao (right). Photo/Tzu Chi USA Hawaii Chapter
Volunteers give back to the community by cleaning up the Chinese Cultural Plaza in Honolulu's Chinatown in 1996. Hawaii Service Center's first head, Fengying Hsiao (right), is in charge of checking in the volunteers at this community service event. Photo/Tzu Chi USA Hawaii Chapter
Hawaii volunteers Hsiulan Chen (left), Chaohsiong Chen (second left), Chingjung Wu (third left), Fengliang Fan (third right), Kueiling Chen (second right), and Chingching Wu (right) return to Hualien for the first time in 1996 and perform a traditional Hawaiian dance. Photo/Tzu Chi USA Hawaii Chapter

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