Happy New Year and may you all have a wonderful and prosperous 2007!
CACS has accomplished many things this last year. We’ve donated $1,500 to the Locke Foundation for the restoration and preservation of the Town of Locke. Raised over $15,000 for our very own Cares for Kids Project and Operations Santa Claus, and donated a $1,000 Scholarship to the Asian Pacific Islanders State Employee’s Foundation Scholarship Program. We actively support and have made donations to CAPITAL and their Prism Project, My Sister’s House, Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center, Sacramento Chinese Cultural Foundation, Organization of Chinese Americans – Greater Sacramento Chapter.
In addition, our Annual Author/Lecture Dinner featuring Lisa See, author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Gold Mountain, received an overwhelming response. Our 3rd Annual Gold Mountain Celebration honoring Dr. Herbert Yee as the recipient of 2006 Frank Fat’s Founder Award drew over 325 guests. Dr. Douglas and Karun Yee have been working with Dr. Phillip Choy over the past three years on CACS’s first historical book featuring the lives of people in the Sacramento and Delta area, to be released the later part of 2007 or 2008.
Next year, CACS plans to celebrate our 20th Anniversary by honoring all our past presidents who have carried out Frank Fat’s mission and commitment to building a stronger Chinese American presence through leadership in advocacy, civic and cultural activities.
Lastly, I would like to thank all my board of directors for doing such a wonderful job throughout the year. Also, we are thankful to the many volunteers whose time, energy and helping hands were invaluable. Without their support, commitment and enthusiasm, I could not have done it without them. Thank you.
We really want to hear from our members, please feel free to email me at [email protected] and let us know what we can do to encourage more active participation in our organization.
Joyce Eng, President