It’s been a wonderful 2005 year with the leadership of Dr. Douglas Yee. It will be hard to follow in his footsteps, but I hope to do as good as a job as he has done over the past two years. Dr. Yee plans to be the Historical/Cultural chair along with his lovely wife Karun Yee.

The Board of Directors are very excited as we plan for 2006 with our upcoming Membership Dinner, our annual Dinner/Author Lecture, a planned field trip for all our members, Care for Kids Project and many other upcoming activities.

We’ve added two new board members this year, Dr. Wesley Yee and Dr. David Young (Pharmacist) and possibly two other potential board members may be joining us in February.

The success of any non-profit organization is through our membership, volunteers, and sponsors. I hope you will get involved with CACS this year and join us on March 23, 2006 at King’s Restaurant in West Sacramento. I look forward to meeting you and to encourage you to be more active with CACS.

Joyce Eng, President

Retiring President’s Parting Message

CACS has just wrapped up the year 2005 and it’s been a banner year. We hosted a very well attended Author /Lecture Dinner featuring Mr. William Chew and his book “Nameless Builders of the Transcontinental”, we had a fascinating field trip to China Camp State Park, we participated for the fifth time in “Gold Rush Days”, and we honored Ms. Dolly Louie with the “Frank Fat Founder Award” at our annual Gold Mountain Celebration. All these events helped raise funds for our CACS Cares For Kids Projects. This year alone the Chinese American Council of Sacramento donated over $9000 to worthy children in Sacramento through our scholarships, school supply programs, and Operation Santa Claus.

Additionally, we have contributed $500 each to the Tsunami Relief and Hurricane Katrina Relief Funds. CACS is also a major supporter of CAPITAL, SCCSC, My Sister’s House, and many other deserving organizations.

How is it that we can take on so many ambitious programs? We owe much of our success to our generous sponsors, hardworking volunteers, and loyal members. These people are the life blood of an organization like CACS. I’m asking you to support our work in this community by first renewing your membership.

Then get involved by volunteering in some of these events. We are so privileged to live in this wonderfully diverse city. We really are obligated to give something back. I encourage everyone to make a New Year’s resolution to volunteer in some way to make Sacramento an even better place to live. If you are interested in helping, just phone Joyce Eng at (916) 424– 1374.

Dr. Douglas Yee