An opportunity to help the Mi sisters

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A community is more than just a place where you live. A community is made up of the people around you. A community can become that thing you rely on when tragedy strikes. We are all painfully aware of the tragic murder of YunYi Zhang, on March 14 in her home in Castro Valley, right here in our community. Her daughters are now on a long journey of healing.

The Mi sisters are part of our community. Whether or not you know the girls, or whether or not you knew YunYi Zhang, their mother, they are a part of our community. We have an opportunity to show the sisters our support as they rebuild their lives.

The Mi sisters have received incredible support from their swim team, the East Bay Bat Rays. Teammates rallied around the sisters days after the tragedy, embracing them and reassuring them that they were surrounded by love. This is what community does. The swim team board has set up a charitable account for them at Wells Fargo in Hayward.

If you wish to make a donation, please send a check to Mi Fund PO Box 2131 Castro Valley, Ca. 94546.

Let us all show these girls that their story is not just a tragic story in our community. Let us show them that their well-being matters to us all, that we are a community with compassion.

Yun Yi Zhang was a Navy Reservist. As far as i understand her children have many benefits coming her way because of her affiliation with the United States Navy Reserve. In order to recieve these benefits and help with funeral arrangments, funeral honors etc. they must approach Yun YI’s reserve center in Alameda.
Ph; 510 814 2605. i understand an interpreter will be needed to interpret for her parents.

Thank you for this information. It is great that in addition to the support they will receive from the Castro Valley Community, that they will also receive military benefits. Neither is a substitute for their mother, but will help. I will pass it along to the EBATs board as they are in closer contact with the girls and their aunt.

Please look into Pension the children Will receive as survivors of: again through the Veterans Administration. I can pass on information if there is an email I can sen it to.

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