Welcome to the TIENS NORTH AMERICA blog

Dear TIENS Family:

Welcome to my new blog! I’m excited to begin this new way of communicating with you! Blogs have become an effective way to record and share current events, news, and happenings on the Internet, and I will be using this blog to share with you what has been happening at TIENS NORTH AMERICA, what we are planning, news about the company, comments about what is going on in our company or our industry, and even tips and training to help you with your TIENS business. I expect that I will share many things with you on this blog, so check in regularly to stay updated!

So let’s begin…

After traveling extensively in the first 4 months of this year, I have been mostly in the office for the month of May. This has allowed me to get a better handle on our operations and make some concrete action plans for the near future.

In June I will be on the road again. For the first week I will be attending the Annual Conference of the Direct Sellers Association of Canada in Charlottetown, PEI. In the second week of June I will be attending the Annual Conference of the Direct Sellers Association of the USA in Phoenix, Arizona. Both of these conferences will allow me to represent TIENS and to learn about the trends in the industry and what other companies are doing to be successful. I will report to you the highlights of these conferences on my Conference Call on Thursday June 12 as well as on this blog of course.

Later in June I will be in Seattle on the 25th and in Portland on the 28th to present at business meetings with consultants in those areas. I look forward to seeing many of you there.

Earlier this week TIENS NORTH AMERICA made a special donation for the relief of earthquake victims in China. You can read the report below.


TIENS NORTH AMERICA RESPONDS WITH AID TO CHINA EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

On Monday, May 12, a powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants in central China, immediately killing about 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the country's worst quake in three decades.

The 7.9-magnitude quake devastated a region of small cities and towns set amid steep hills north of Sichuan's provincial capital of Chengdu. Striking in midafternoon, it emptied office buildings across the country in Beijing and could be felt as far away as Vietnam.

On Tuesday, May 27, cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin told a press conference that "As of noon on May 27, the earthquake has caused 67,183 deaths, with another 20,790 missing". He said the confirmed number of injured from the May 12 earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan province stood at 361,822. About 14.38 million people have been relocated from quake-affected areas, according to the office. Hospitals have treated 83,527 injured people, of whom, 53,247 have been discharged, 17,168 still remain in hospital and 5,914 were transferred to other parts of China for treatment. As of Sunday, May 25, disaster relief workers had relocated 666,331 people to safe areas, and dug 6,537 survivors out of quake ruins.

This devastating catastrophe has affected people around the world, with a desire to do all that can be done to help and assist the Chinese people to rebuild from this great disaster. In order to express our feelings to the affected people, the worldwide Tiens Group initiated a series of activities to support the victims of this disaster and help them reconstruct their homes and their lives.

TIENS NORTH AMERICA immediately responded by inviting and encouraging its employees and independent consultants to make personal donations to the relief charity of their choice, such as the Red Cross and World Vision. These donations went directly to earthquake relief.

On Tuesday, May 27, members of the TIENS NORTH AMERICA office in Toronto Canada presented a cheque for $3,000 on behalf of all TIENS NORTH AMERICA employees and Independent Consultants in the USA and Canada to Mr. Huo Mingwu, Consul at the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Toronto, with our heartfelt condolences and concern for the victims and survivors of this tragedy. This donation was graciously accepted and acknowledged with a letter of thanks from the Chinese Government.

We urge all people and communities everywhere to join us in expressing our profound sorrow for the Chinese people and to assist in every possible way to alleviate their suffering and renew their spirits.

Sincerely,

Peter Gothe
General Manager, TIENS NORTH AMERICA