As many of you know by now, tragedy struck 70 Mulberry Street, the building that houses United East Athletics Association (UEAA), on Thursday evening, January 23rd. A fire started on the 4th floor of the building around 8:45 pm. The fire eventually was considered a 5-alarm fire and firefighters were putting out hotspots on the roof until Friday evening, nearly 24 hours after the fire started. We are grateful that there were no causalities during this tragedy.
UEAA, Museum of Chinese Americans, CMP, CPC Senior Center, and Chen Dance Center are housed in 70 Mulberry and all five non-profit organizations have suffered great losses. The City of New York and community leaders are working on helping all organizations find temporary space and facilities to continue on our activities. However, from the obvious damage to the building, it will be a long road to full recovery.
Many friends have offered their support or inquire about how they can support UEAA. For now, please consider a donation at www.ueaa.org/donate. Other options for donating will appear shortly. Also, consider donating to our affected friends in the building.
Even though UEAA is recovering from this tragedy, we still are moving forward with our activities with the help of friends, family, and supporters. For example, with the support of our wonderful friends at Young Lions and Brooklyn Lion Club, UEAA’s Lion Dance team participated in festivities in Chinatown on the First Day of the Lunar Year. UEAA continues to plan to participate in activities throughout the Lunar New Year celebrations. Our community activities not based at 70 Mulberry Street are also still taking place.
The activities of United East Athletics Association continues on and we will serve our community during the recovery.
Chung Hing Sin
Chairman of UEAA
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我們的朋友，
眾所周知，悲劇發生在1月23日星期四晚上，這場悲劇襲擊了茂比利街70號，該建築物是美东体育會（UEAA）的所在地。晚上8:45分钟左右，大樓四樓起火。這場大火最終被認為是5級火警，幸好在這場悲劇中并沒有伤亡。
UEAA，美國華人博物館，华埠人力中心及其中文学校，华策会华埠老人中心和陈学同舞蹈中心坐落在茂比利街70号，所有五個非牟利利組織都遭受了巨大損失。紐約市和社區領導人正努力幫助所有組織找到臨時办公地点，以繼續開展我們的活動。但是，從建築物的明顯損壞來看，要完全恢復所有活动，将会是一条很長的路。
許多朋友提供了支持或詢問他們如何支持UEAA。目前，請到 www.ueaa.org/donate 考慮捐款。其他的捐款活动將会相继出現。還请大家可以考慮向其他四个受影响的非牟利机构捐款。
即使美东体育会正在從這場悲劇中恢復過來，我們仍然在朋友，家人和支持者的幫助下繼續開展活動。例如，在Young Lions and Brooklyn Lion Club的協助下，美东舞獅隊在農曆年初一參加了唐人街的慶祝活動。 美东舞狮队会繼續在整個農曆新年慶祝活動中參加活動。
美东体育会的活動会繼續進行，我們將会在这段康復期間繼續為社區服務。