Seattle's Taiwanese community raises $24,000 in typhoon relief for island

The Seattle Taiwanese Christian Church joined with the Taiwanese Association of Greater Seattle for a dinner benefit at the Taiwan Center and raised $24,000 for relief and assistance aid following Typhoon Morakot that hit southeastern Taiwan August 9 and 10.

The typhoon’s winds of up to 115 miles per hour and rains up to 60 inches demolished homes, shut down infrastructure, moved mountains, killed 40 people and displaced people and injured people.

Brandon Duran, who is serving the church’s English Ministry, said that families of some church members have been affected by damage to homes and businesses, but members of their families and extended families were reported to be safe..

“Many members of the Seattle Taiwanese Christian Church come from cities and villages in the south of Taiwan, the area most affected by Typhoon Morakot,” said Brandon.

He has called for people around the Pacific Northwest Conference to join in prayers for Taiwanese communities that lost loved ones, homes and villages; for the relief efforts by the government, non-governmental organizations and church relief agencies, and for the Taiwanese community in Seattle as it seeks to provide response.

For information, call 206-632-4020.

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