Help The Wong Family Recover From Burglary
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Hello everyone,
We (Nica, Adrian, and Phalgun) are setting up this fundraiser to help our family recover from a burglary. Our family's home got burgled in Bedford, New Hampshire with a lot of jewelry and cash stolen. Luckily, no one was hurt as everyone was away for different reasons. It is suspected that the burglars kept track of our movements and ransacked our home while we were not at home on purpose. All of our jewelry (including anniversary gifts, and also the ones inherited from grandparents and passed down many generations) and cash, lifelong savings and memorabilia from when they first started working, various amounts of international currencies, and things of sentimental value were stolen. The insurance doesn’t cover the losses as they max out at $2500 for jewelry and many of the expensive goods weren't individually insured. Cash is not covered by any insurance too, so that cannot be claimed. The burglars not only robbed us of our belongings but also our sense of security as well.
All the jewelry that you see in the above two pictures from Nica and Phalgun's Indian wedding, purchased in November last year were stolen too.
Our family runs a Chinese restaurant (Aloha) in Manchester, New Hampshire and has been doing so for over 30 years. This burglary seems like a targeted effort toward Asian-American restaurant owners, according to law enforcement officials (they are already on the case). https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pennsylvania-asian-american-chinese-restaurant-owners-home-burglaries/
While we cannot put a monetary value on many things that hold a deep sentimental value (like the gift sets from multiple anniversary celebrations); the jewelry, lifelong savings, and other valuables stolen are worth upwards of $90,000 with more losses being discovered every day during the cleanup. This is not even accounting for the damage done to the property as everything was left in shambles. We are still working on cleaning up the house & our minds slowly and taking back some amount of control of our lives, step by step. We would like to raise $30,000 to cover part of the losses. We hope that you will be able to help us out in whatever way possible. Even spreading the word on social media and leaving a positive comment on this fundraiser will be highly appreciated.
We would also appreciate it if you can continue supporting our restaurant during these troubling times -
Aloha Restaurant
901 Hanover St, Manchester, NH 03104, United States
Here are a few images that show the extent of damages during the burglary:
Office:
Safe:
Ceiling destroyed in the basement:
Another part of the office:
Master bedroom:
Nica's bedroom:
Fundraising team (3)
Phalgun Lolur
Organizer
Bedford, NH
Adrian Wong
Beneficiary
Reanica Wong
Team member