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INTRODUCTION

St. Lucas Charity Foundation is a non-profit organization. Our members have found peace and happiness by being involved in acts of SHARING, HEALING, and LOVING. Our St. Lucas Charity Foundation established in July of 2016. It demonstrates the LOVE and HUMANITY for those who are less fortunate.

WHAT WE DO

At St. Lucas Charity Foundation, we help people who are struggling by addressing the complex issues at the root of their needs. We provide financial and emotional support for those who are fighting for their lives with terminal illnesses, for education for the future generations, and for people who are still living in poverty.

OUR MISSION

The mission of St. Lucas Charity Foundation is to provide financial and emotional support to people in need and are desperate for help. We provide guidance and lead our children to the PATH OF SHARING, HEALING, and LOVING.  Specifically, St. Lucas provides financial support and assistance to poor, sick and/or less fortunate children living in Vietnam who are suffering from congenital heart defects. We work closely with Caritas, an organization of the Catholic Church in Vietnam, with the objective of restoring some hope to children affected by these health conditions. In the future, St. Lucas may expand the scope of its objectives and purposes to include providing financial support and assistance to other affected age and/or other groups in need in the United States and Vietnam.


ST. LUCAS CHARITY FOUNDATION


CHA LINH HƯỚNG LM. PAUL ĐỨC THANH HOÀNG, C.Ss.R

Spiritual Director

SOEUR THERESA NGUYỄN THỊ HOÀNG MAI
Phụ Trách Chương Trình Nhịp Tim  Caritas Viet Nam
In charge of Heart To Heart Program Caritas Vietnam

Soeur Theresa Nguyễn Thị Hoàng Mai thuộc Hội Dòng Mến Thánh Giá Gò Vấp.  Soeur Theresa bắt đầu làm việc cho tồ chức Caritas Việt Nam (CVN), thuộc Hội Đồng Giám Mục Việt Nam, từ ngày 05/8/2015 cho đến nay.  Những việc của Soeur làm gồm có:
– Chương trình tim với hội VinaCapital Foundation, Việt Nam. Vai trò là khảo sát và chuyển hồ sơ tim đến cho hội VinaCapital để giúp cho các cháu được phẫu thuật tim (từ năm 2016-2018)
– Chương trình tim với hội St. Lucas Charity Foundation, Hoa Kỳ giúp chi phí phẫu thuật tim cho trẻ em tại Việt Nam (từ cuối năm 2016 cho đến nay)
– Phụ trách chương trình Bảo Vệ Sự Sống với mục đích giúp cho mọi người biết tôn trọng và bảo vệ sự sống của thai nhi tại Việt Nam (từ tháng 8/2015 đến 2/2019)
– Chương trình giúp xe lăn, các phương tiện di chuyển cho người khuyết tật với hội American Wheelchair Mission (AWM) (từ tháng 9/2015 cho đến nay)
– Chương trình giúp xe lăn và các phương tiện di chuyển cho người Khuyết Tật với Hội Wheelchair of Love (Xe Lăn Tình Thương) (từ tháng 5/ 2016 cho đến nay)

SY-DAN NGUYEN

President

SyDan Nguyen is a musician, well known both in his community back in Vietnam as well as the Vietnamese community here in the US.  He is a music composer, producer, and broadcaster for the Saigon Broadcasting Television Network (SBTN).  He has been a musician for Asia Entertainment Inc. for 20 years.  He also has owned Sy Dan Music Production since 1997.  SyDan has worked with several charities and Catholic foundations, such as Dong Chua Cuu The, and Xe Lan Tinh Thuong.  In 2016, he established St Lucas Charity Foundation with the desire to help needy children with fatal heart diseases.  His goal is to help the poor in his homeland, especially to help those who are in need of surgery to stay alive.

DIEU-QUYEN NGUYEN-KHOA

Director/Secretary

Dieu-Quyen Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American news anchor, assistant producer, math teacher, and philanthropist.  She graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Engineering and a Masters in Single Subject Secondary Mathematics.  In 2009, she was awarded the State of California Legislature Woman of the Year award for her humanitarian endeavors and contribution to the community.  She was awarded by the Honorable Lou Correa, 34th Senatorial District on May 29, 2014 for Asian Pacific Islander Heritage.  In 2001, Dieu-Quyen became a prime-time news anchor for SBTN.  In 2014, she became a World Language teacher at Pacifica High School.  She serves as the president of “The Association of the Vietnamese Language & Culture Schools of Southern California”.  She has also been the president of the Vietnamese Teachers in Southern California since 2016.  Dieu-Quyen is an esteemed philanthropist, who has co-founded the Ben Em Dang Co Ta Foundation.  Since 2008, Dieu-Quyen has served as an emcee of the Cam On Anh outdoor concert series which has raised millions of dollars for disabled veterans from the Vietnam War.  Joining St. Lucas Charity Foundation, Dieu-Quyen hopes to enhance its mission and commitment.

THAO NGUYEN

Treasurer

Thao Nguyen graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Master of Science degree in Software Engineering from California State University, Fullerton.  She is currently working at The Boeing Company in Seal Beach, California.  She volunteers in the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps youth program as an officer to help and work with youth to help them realize personal success and to learn the values of teamwork and discipline.  She also serves as the secretary of the Vietnamese American Aerospace Peer Association (VAAPA).  Her dream is to help children lead happy, healthy, and successful lives through as many means as possible, whether it is receiving an education or being able to afford surgery to cure a disease or medical condition.

THÔNG BÁO

St. Lucas Charity Foundation xin gởi thông báo này đến những ai cần được biết (to whom that might concern).

St. Lucas Charity Foundation là một tổ chức vô vụ lợi (EIN # 81-3889911)

St. Lucas Charity Foundation là một tổ chức độc lập và không có liên quan đến bất cứ tổ chức, đơn vị, đoàn thể,  chương trình hay cá nhân nào khác ngoại trừ các thành viên chính thức của St. Lucas Charity Foundation.

St. Lucas Charity Foundation đồng thời cũng liên kết và phối hợp với các tổ chức từ thiện vô vụ lợi khác tại Hoa Kỳ cũng như tại Việt Nam, với mục đích giúp đỡ trong các công cuộc từ thiện nhân bản đến cho những đối tượng cần được giúp đỡ.