[Colonial Times] CAAL Says “Thank you, Lexington!” for COVID-19 Relief Campaign

Because of your generosity and community spirit, the Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL) has been able to support our Lexington community and frontline healthcare and essential workers during the global pandemic. Our intent is to recognize the unprecedented contributions of over 1,150 donors and volunteers, and 55 organizations, although the lists here by no means are complete.

With your generous donations and volunteering, CAAL has raised $258,025 in total. Together with the PPE donations from our community, these funds enabled us to source and donate 215,219 PPEs (includes N95 respirators, surgical masks, protective goggles, protective suits, face shields) to 61 hospitals, 42 nursing homes, 26 town departments, 7 local organizations and 11 businesses from Lexington to other communities in Massachusetts and beyond. We were also able to help the hospitals in Wuhan in February. In addition, CAAL COVID-relief funds granted total $16,500 to 10 non-profit organizations in Lexington. We also delivered $1,740 hot meals to frontline and essential workers of LPD, LFD, DPW, LPS, and Post Office.

You are our heroes!

We are forever grateful to your generosity and support. Together we shall overcome!

Click this link to read the detailed donor and volunteer list

CAAL9月6日举办2020云上迎新会

Lexington是一个有着三万多人口的小镇。它已经有三百多年的历史，美国独立战争正是在此打响。

麻州因为教育闻名世界，而Lexington因为公立教育又闻名麻州内外。这里每年都会吸引许多新邻居或因为工作、或因为教育搬来莱克星顿。

这些新加入的家庭多多少少会面临着这样那样的问题，比如人生地不熟，暂时没有新朋友，遇到问题不知找谁解决等等，CAAL一年一度的迎新会正是出于帮助新居民融入社区这一目的而举办的。

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$14的“菜篮子” | 救助饥饿 我们年轻人在活动

为了应对目前社区中上述现象日趋严重，Anshul和Ayush组织了Sponsor-A-Basket这一活动来为Food Pantry捐助食物，当CAAL得知这一募捐活动之后，决定支持“Sponsor-A-Basket”的项目，并纳入CAAL Youth Program，同时，支持匹配500美元，鼓励项目能够得到更多来自社区的支持，在短短几天时间内总共募集了3000美金的捐助，远远超出当时活动策划时的预期！

在“菜篮子”项目之前，今年的”莱镇华协社区建设奖”以最高级别授予镇食品救济中心，华协已资助镇食品救济中心$5000以支持其在新冠疫情中的重要运作和贡献。

这次作为Sponsor-A-Basket莱克星顿分站CAAL Youth Program，由Daniel Xiang和Kyrie Ma二名LHS的高中生负责本次分站活动。Arun Kodumuru、Christian Han、Neo Chen和Ellen Wang等学生也纷纷加入进来。 

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1. Make sure you are registered to vote at your proper address: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/OVR/ 

2. Check the status of your mail-in ballot: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema/track/trackmyballot.aspx  If it says: “11/3/2020 State Election Pending”, you’re all set. You should be receiving your ballot in the mail.

3. Otherwise, you need to apply for your mail-in ballot. You can do so here: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/Ele/eleev/early-voting-by-mail.htm

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