Asian Pacific Americans in California have given more than $200 million in tsunami relief, and their contributions surpass those of other ethnic groups in the United State, reports Sam Chu Lin. Those are the findings of a study commissioned by New California Media, based in San Francisco, and conducted by pollster Bendixen & Associates, headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, in partnership with InterTrend Communications, the Chinese American Voters Education Committee, and special support from the San Francisco Foundation and the Peninsula Community Foundation
More than 700 random, multilingual telephone interviews were conducted with APAs in California. California was singled out because it has the largest APA population in the country.
Seventy percent of those polled indicated they donated $100 to $150 to tsunami relief. Indonesian Americans led the way in total contributions., followed by Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Sri Lankan, Thai, Indian and Japanese Americans. (Source: Sam Chu Lin, Asian Week, Mar 04, 2005)