Open Letter to Alumni Regarding the PUMA Specific Fund

Dear alumni,

You must have learned the PKU mountaineering tragedy in which 5 PKU students

lost their young lives (see http://www.pku.org/newsarchive/news95.txt). PUAASC

has just received the following open letter from Ms. Zheng Xu regarding the

PUMA Specific Fund. The project started by PUMA's former members who are in the

United States has cooperated with the office of Peking University Education

Foundation (USA). Let's respond to their call open-heartedly and warmly.

Best regards,

PUAASC

9/18/2002

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From:

Zheng Xu

Representative,

Peking University

Education Foundation (USA)

Tel/Fax: 650-259-9883

Address:

510 Broadway, Suite 300

Millbrae, CA 94030

Dear PKU Alumni,

You might have heard about PKU mountaineering tragedy on 8/7. Here is the link

for remembrance and donation, including many stories and pictures about those

guys. http://cse.unl.edu/~ylei/donation. The donation will be qualified for U.S

tax benefits. They all were very adorable guys. You might like to know more

about them by checking out the link.

If you have any questions, just contact any person in the contact list on the

link. Please feel free to forward the link to your friends if they are

interested. Our joint efforts can make a difference.

Thank you very much.

Some Alumni of PKU Mountaineering Association(Shan Ying She, another name of

PUMA)

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http://cse.unl.edu/~ylei/donation

On August 7, 2002, on the way to the summit of the 23,924-foot Xifeng Peak on

the Himalayas, a major avalanche unfortunately devoured the five ascending

student climbers from Peking University Mountaineering Association (PUMA),

China. This was the second strike for PUMA, when earlier a female climber lost

her life in an accidental slip climbing Mt. Xuebaoding in 1999.

As former members of the association which is also known as the Eagles Society,

we understand their love for the mountains and for climbing from the depths of

our hearts, and are sincerely sorry for our sister's and brothers' families.

While feeling powerless in relieving their inconsolable grief, we believe we

can otherwise help their parents by reducing their losses financially. As most

of the families are farmers who are excluded from the current social security

system in China, their children had been their main hope of old age and illness

care. Therefore, after careful researches and discussions, we decided to raise

a fund for the families with which money we will buy them retirement and

medical insurances.

Many of you have sent your condolence and expressed your desire to contribute.

We appreciate your thoughtfulness. To provide a formal but easy channel for

donating from the U.S., we partnered with Peking University Education Fund

(PKUEF USA) to collect the funds. Please read the links below if you wish to

donate for the cause of supporting these families. A report on fund

distribution will be sent to you by email and posted at

http://cse.unl.edu/~ylei/donation.

Thank you for your charity.

May the souls rest peacefully in Heaven!

Some Alumni of Eagles Society (Shan Ying She, another name of PUMA)

* Details please check http://cse.unl.edu/~ylei/donation