Expat Helping Hands

Media Contact: Allison Bakker
Cell: 010-9432-3612 (Prefered)
Home: 042-625-5316
Email: allisonbakker@gmail.com

Thanks to:

• Soonchunhyang University—for stepping up to the plate and providing a bus for 2 days to get volunteers back and forth to the clean-up site.
• Adam Bertrand—for quickly cobbling together an internet presence for this initiative.
• Katrin Faridani—for a comprehensive and sensitive on-site report in support of helping us prepare this initiative.
• Allison Bakker—for doing what she does best: digging up information and contacts, prepping information and backing us up to get through the steps.
• Cam Meiklejohn—for beginning the linking process to key expat sites.
• Thom Walls—for setting up a bank account and beginning the shopping process for equipment and gear.
• Lee Seon Mi—for talking to the emergency measures folks in Sowon Myeong on our behalf and getting things sorted out for us to go there.
• The Many—for those who have already started to commit to working at the beach and kicking in cash—your names will make it here in due time.

• Park Il—Office Manager of the School of Global Education and Education and Exchange (SGEE) at Soon Chun Hyang University, for making things happen with buses and gear for the clean-up teams we are sending out.
• Park Hyun Hee, SGEE—for making EHH business cards happen in less than 48 hours.
• Yoon HongJin (Jinny), SGEE—for doing what he does best and taking care of all the little things we need done and making it look easy. Thanks for the tide tables for Padori, Jinny.
• Won Sae Il, reporter with the Chosun Ibo—for mentioning our website in a recent article.
• Dr. Lee In Kyu, Professor, Soon Chun Hyang University School of Medicine—for providing information about safe working practices for clean-up workers.
• Dr. Lee Sae Won – Professor, Soon Chun Hyang University School of Medicine—for volunteering to meet us at Padori Beach on Saturday to assess the need for medical support to the community.

• Dr. Shin Gil Sang, Dean of Graduate Studies, Soon Chun Hyang University—for his abiding love of Padori Beach and it’s residents. His support of expat volunteers is constant through time.
• Yonsei University Alumni Association of Soon Chun Hyang Professors—for a significant cash contribution in support of the expat team of volunteers going out to clean-up at Padori Beach.
• Dr. Nah Joo Ok, Professor, Soon Chun Hyang University School of Medicine—for taking the time to track down the appropriate masks that will protect our volunteers this coming weekend.
• Colin Seo—the internet whiz in Canada who came out of the blue to help us put our website out there on the radar.
• Richard Slezak—a man of many talents and leader of the Foreign Language Educators Association (FLEA) in Daejeon. His support of this initiative is there and noticed and appreciated. He constantly works for two things—the good of foreign teachers in Korea and the good of Korea.
• Gwangju International Center (GIC)—for making EHH a prominent post on their website: http://www.gwangjuic.or.kr/gic/?K_Mode=app/k2_board.php&k2_code=freeboard_01&page=1&k2_no=842. Thanks Singsing—you’ve never let the expat community down.
• Expats Advisory Service—for making us the lead story on their South Korea home page. http://www.expat-advisory.com/south-korea/seoul/padori-clean-up-trip.php Thanks Anthony for making a difference.