URGENT, your endeavour needed to volunteer yourselves

URGENT - URGENT - URGENT
CALL TO ARMS - ALL VM'S
EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA

19,000 PEOPLE LIE BURIED UNDER QUAKE RUBBLE IN ONE CITY ALONE

Dear Owais.,

On Monday, China suffered its worst earthquake in three decades with a 7.9 quake which literally toppled buildings leaving thousands trapped under houses, schools, factories and office buildings or dead. The earthquake was centered in Sichuan Province in southwest China but was felt across the vast country.

There are at least 12,000 known casualties, but some of the worst-hit areas have yet to be contacted. The death toll will likely reach tens of thousands of people, with thousands more injured or homeless. There is a risk of landslides and this, coupled with the fact that a chemical storage plant was damaged and is now leaking dangerous chemicals, makes it all the more urgent for Volunteer Ministers to step forward now to help those who desperately need it and to prevent further damage.

Volunteer Ministers from all over the world must be gotten to the scene NOW, to bring help to those in the worst-affected areas. Not one minute can be wasted - one minute can mean someone's life. These people are in desperate need. Trained Volunteer Ministers need to answer the call.

[Above is a map of Sichuan Province in China.  The epicenter of the earthquake was near Chengdu, the 5th-largest city in China.]

We need VM's on flights to the International airport in Chengdu within the next few hours. Contact the Volunteer Ministers International Office at 1-800-435-7498 (within the U.S.) or 1-323-960-1949 (outside of the U.S.).

If you are unable to go yourself, your help is needed to sponsor another Volunteer Minister who can go.

This is u-r-g-e-n-t and we must act now. Please pass this message on to your friends.

Please send this to everyone you know!

Best,

Disaster Response Director
International Scientology Volunteer Ministers Center