CMP Executive Director Hong Shing Lee Handing Over the Check to Aaron Hu
Today, August 26, 2022, we visited Aaron and made a lump sum distribution of the Aaron Hu Fund to him and his family. CMP has covered all the online transaction fees occurred, so that 100% of your donations went to Aaron.
CMP thanks everyone who has joined us to support Aaron. Donations came from 649 kind and generous donors across the country and even overseas! Your heartwarming and encouraging words, care and love have been conveyed to Aaron. Thank you!
a THANK-YOU Message from Aaron:
Background
(Picture from the internet)
Twenty-two year old recent immigrant Aaron Hu just graduated from CMP’s career pathway program and was interning at our Fiscal Office. With our guidance and assistance, he also started his first semester in a community college to further his education.
In the morning on April 12th 2022, he and his friend were at the 36th Street subway station in Brooklyn and were on their way to school, when a gunman opened fire randomly into his subway car. He was shot 5 times.
How Badly Was Aaron Hurt
An unidentified doctor passenger helping Aaron, trying to stop his bleeding (picture from the internet)
Two of the bullets went through his left leg; 3 hit his right leg. One of them hit his right knee, and the most damaging one hit his right ankle
An unidentified doctor passenger helped and stopped Aaron’s bleeding and possibly saved his life
Hospital doctors performed surgery on Aaron. He spent more than a week in ICU, and a total of 4 weeks in the hospital
Doctor estimated at least an 8-month rehabilitation time. He was optimistic about Aaron’s recovery, but was unsure if he can recover 100%
What Challenges is the Family Facing
Due to his injuries, Aaron requires extensive physical therapy before he can resume walking. However, the hospital has been unable to find in-patient rehab for him because of his age
Immigrated to the U.S. only 6 months ago, Aaron’s family is living with relatives and the parents are working minimum wage jobs. As Aaron is starting physical therapy at home, one of his parents will have to quit working to take care of him, which further strains the family’s financial situation
The family is concerned that they may lose their medical coverage and will be unable to pay for Aaron’s medical expenses
How Can You Help
Help support the family while Aaron works his way towards recovery and gets his life back on track
Support the Aaron Hu Fund by sharing this appeal with your family, friends, colleagues, and social network
Make checks payable to CMP and mail it to CMP, c/o Aaron Hu Fund, 55 Chrystie Street, Suite 209, New York, NY 10002, Memo: The Aaron Hu Fund
For online donations, please click on the button below (remember to designate your donation to The Aaron Hu Fund):
100% proceeds from the fund, minus potential online transaction fees charged by our online donation processing provider, will be going to Aaron and his family. Donations made by checks will allow us to avoid the online transaction fees.
Donations to support Aaron through CMP are 100% tax deductible!
More About Aaron
One of CMP’s Train & Earn Program students who made great improvement of his English and computer skills after arriving in the U.S. for only 6 months
A star pupil so much so that CMP took him in as an intern at our Fiscal Department
Aspiring to be a medical doctor, he had taken up first aid training in China and such knowledge helped him to remain calm, stay alert, and asked for proper help after being shot
Contact CMP
For further information about supporting Aaron and his family, please contact Sonya Lin at sonyalin@cmpny.org or Hong Shing Lee at honglee@cmpny.org.