On Thursday morning, March 26th, the United States has 79,793 confirmed cases and over 1100 deaths. On Thursday night, the United States has the largest number of confirmed cases in the world.

Hospitals are under siege. Many medical professionals on the front lines do not have adequate protection. Some are reusing masks and gloves. Others have taken to social media with public pleas for help using the hashtag #GetMePPE, an acronym for personal protective equipment. And they need it now.

Here is how we help solve the problem:

We #HongKongers4US decide to respond to their pleas, to stand with our medical professionals.

We have successfully secured the supply of half a million of surgical masks through our international community. We have put in place the logistics to distribute them across America to the most needed states. These masks are ready to be distributed to our medical staff.

All we need now is your help to purchase these masks as soon as possible and deliver to hospitals in states that are most badly hit.

The longer we wait, the more medical staff we might lose.

What you can do to help:

If you want to help medical staff in our hospitals, chip in $25, $50, $100, or whatever you can afford. Please note that all donations will be accepted in USD.

If you’re a business owner and you have the means to take action, make a large tax-deductible donation.

One of the most important things we can do is protect our medical staff. We need to protect them so they can protect us.

Thanks for your consideration.

Who are we

#Hongkongers4US is a joint campaign initiated by multiple Hong Kong American activist organizations across the country to support America amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

We like to especially acknowledge Anna Cheung of HKDC (Hong Kong Democracy Council) and NY4HK (New York for Hong Kong) as well as Avyanna in mask procurement. We like to extend our gratitude to David Spergel, Lauren Blumenfeld and her team at Jill Biggs Group for their help in logistics and storage; our medical residents at Mt Sinai and Elmhurst, Blakesley Burkhart, and our army of volunteers including Kathryn Johnston, Jeff Wacksman, Jon Spergel, Louise Spergel, Valdi Sapira, Andrew Elkins, Carol Blum, Camille Swain, Phil Cohen for help in moving all these masks around.

Q&A

1. What happens to your donation?

First and foremost, thank you for your donation! We understand that when you make a donation, you want to know exactly what happens to your money.

All donations will be spent on purchasing and distributing surgical masks to the medical workers across America.

2. How do we prioritize the recipients of the donation?

These PPE items will be prioritized first to the areas or hospitals that are most badly hit by coronavirus.

3. How will we use any leftover funding?

We will purchase other personal protection equipment such as gowns, face shields, goggles, gloves, sanitizer, and alcoholic wipes.

Please also note that there is a fee of 2.9% plus $0.30 fee per donation on GoFundMe for payment processing.

4. What happens if the crowdfunding goal is not reached?

We will distribute as many surgical masks as the collected donations allow.

5. Are donations tax-deductible?

Hong Kong Forum, Los Angeles is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, and your donation is tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law.

6. Like to keep in touch with us?

We will provide updates on our activities and donations through this gofundme page. We also created a brand new list of social media for this campaign, follow/like us for more updates on our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

7. I noticed that you have changed the certification level of the masks.

Yes, we did. We are sorry that we had originally posted that the masks had ASTM Level 1 certification. As soon as we find out that the masks are of generic surgical masks, we amended the content here to say surgical masks.

Hongkongers4US apologize wholeheartedly if any donors feel they have been misled. That is certainly not our intention. We honor all requests for refunds.





Disclaimer:

By donating to HongKongers4US, you acknowledge that HongKongers4US is a middle person who collects Personal Protective Equipment (“PPE”) items for donation purposes (“Donated Equipment”).

You further acknowledge that HongKongers4US shall hold no responsibility or liability, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all express, implied, and statutory warranties, including without any limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness, quality for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of proprietary rights of the Donated Equipment donated by you. In no event shall HongKongers4US be liable or responsible for the quality and effectiveness of the Donated Equipment.

You agree that you will defend, indemnify and hold HongKongers4US harmless from and against any and all liability, loss, damages, claims and attorney’s fees that may be suffered by HongKonger4US resulting directly or indirectly from the possession, use or misuse of the Donated Equipment by me or any other person.

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我們#Hongkongers4US 與美國前線醫護人員同行，致力和這場與武漢肺炎進行生死搏鬥的醫護人員共同抗疫。

武漢肺炎爆發至今，各前線醫護人員疲於奔命拯救患者，但他們的個人防護裝備也日漸短缺，令美國醫療系統響起了求救警號！

口罩、防護衣物、手套、眼罩等防護裝備是醫護人員的最後防線，把他們所面對的莫大安全風險盡量降低。我們不願看見拯救生命的醫護人員變成病人。我們必需立即行動去保護醫生、護士、和各醫護人員的安危！

作為社區一員，我們各州的在美香港人一同發起這個緊急計劃去購買及派發防護口罩給醫護人員。

透過國際網路，我們已成功認購了五十萬個口罩 (數字正在上升中)，並已準備好把口罩物資派往美國各醫院。

請支持我們和美國醫護人員一起共同抗疫。





目標：

我們計劃籌集$300,000去購買五十萬個口罩派發美國的醫護人員。

無論你身在美國、香港或是海外，我們誠邀你捐款讓我們購買更多的防護裝備給美國醫護人員。我們亦歡迎你們把多餘的個人防護裝備捐出。 所有捐款皆以美元結賬, 敬請留意.





組織介紹：

#Hongkongers4US是由 美國各州支持香港民主的團體合作所成立的組織。透過這個共同平台，我們希望集合美國各地香港人團體的力量和號召力，支援美國醫護人員一起對抗武漢肺炎。同時，我們感激美國一直為保衛香港的民主自由而發聲，特別感謝美國議會於2019年通過了《香港人權與民主法案》並於同年11月27日正式簽署為美國法律。我們和美國站在一起，決心向國際社會表示香港是自由世界的重要一員，同心對抗因為貪腐專政而引致武漢肺炎禍患全球的獨裁國家。

1. DC4HK - Washingtonians Supporting Hong Kong 華府香港關注組

2. Global solidarity with Hong Kong - Chicago 芝援香港

3. Hong Kong Forum, Los Angeles 洛杉磯香港論壇

4. Hong Kongers in San Diego 聖地牙哥 香港之友

5. Northern California Hong Kong Club 北加州香港會

6. NY4HK - New Yorkers Supporting Hong Kong

7. Lion Rock Cafe (獅山冰室) New York

8. Project Hong Kong

9. Project R

10. San Francisco Hong Kongers (san francisco hong kongers 三藩市香港人公海

12. SEAriousforHKG西雅圖香港民主監察小組

13. Seattle Hong Kong Students Alliance (SEAhksa. 西雅圖香港學生聯盟

14. Texans supporting Hong Kong

15. Walk With Hong Kong 曈行者

我們組織的主要目標是：

1) 向美國醫護人員派發防護裝備，借此對一直堅定支持香港民主自由的美國政府和社會表達感激訊息。

2) 加強美國社會對香港人獨有身份的認知

3) 鼓勵因懼怕歧視或騷擾而不戴口罩的人行使其個人自由

特別致謝HKDC和NY4HK Anna Cheung和Avyanna採購口罩，以及Project Hong Kong的財務諮詢和安排。

Q&A

1. 您的捐款將會去了那裡呢？

首先感謝您的捐款！我們明白你很想知道你的捐出的金錢去了什麼用途。所有由Hongkongers4US收到的捐款將會用於購買口罩並派發美國的醫護人員。

2. 我們會怎樣確保您的捐款交給最有需要的醫護人員？

我們會根據風險和需求的把個人防護裝備派往給最有需要的地區及醫院

3. 如口罩派發完成，我們會怎樣使用剩餘的捐款？

我們將繼續購買其他的個人防護裝備 (PPE)，如防護衣物、手套、面罩、眼罩、消毒液、消毒濕紙巾等等。請留意GoFundMe的眾籌平台將收取每項捐款2.9%和$0.3的手續費。

4. 請問所捐出去的款項能扣稅嗎？

Hong Kong Forum, Los Angeles洛杉磯香港論壇是501(c)(3) 免稅團體，而您捐出的款項將根據美國法律的規定進行扣稅。

5. 請問如何與我們保持聯絡？

除了在GoFundMe眾籌平台持續更新活動和捐款金額的資訊外，請關注我們Hongkongers4US以下的社交媒體帳號：Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

6. 我注意到你們更改了口罩的規格級別。

是，我們作出了更改。我們為早前在眾籌頁面上寫上錯誤的口罩規格致歉。 最初我們從口罩供應商得知這些口罩在中美洲製造，規格為 EN 14638 Class 2, 是近似於ASTM Level 1的口罩。 然而，我們在收到這批口罩後發現盒上未有標示，我們隨即進行了徹底的調查，並聯絡了製造商，詢問口罩的規格。我們直到此時仍未收到任何答覆。

但為著安全起見，我們決定把這批口罩歸類為 非ASTM Level 1級別並作出修正。





Hongkonger4US在此作出深切的致歉，出現上述情況非我們本身原意及所願。如任何捐贈者感到被誤導，我們可以為你們

辦理退款。





{免責聲明：我們在法律允許的最大範圍內明確拒絕所有明示，暗示和法定保證，包括但不限於適銷性，適用於特定目的以及不侵犯PPE項目所有權的保證。所有PPE物品均按“原樣”捐贈，無任何保證。在任何情況下，我們對個人防護設備的質量和有效性概不負責。｝