By Joyce Eng
The late Dr. Sonney Chong was posthumously awarded the Asian Pacific CultureFest Inspiration Award on Sunday May 4, 2025 at the Asian Pacific CultureFest held in Elk Grove Community Center at Civic Center Drive .

Alex Eng, CACS Council Chair represented the CACS Foundation to speak about Sonney and his involvement with CACS and CAPITAL in which Sonney was co-founder and chair since 1997. CAPITAL was the umbrella organizations of over 91 APIA organizations including Hmong, Mien, Pacific Islanders, Muslims, LGPTQ. CACS Legal Counsel and brother Jerry Chong accepted the Asian Pacific CultureFest Inspiration Award on behalf of Dr. Sonney Chong.

There were over 30 vendors as well as food trucks at this event and I would say there was at least over 1,000 people enjoying the festivities, entertainment and food from 10 am to 4 pm that Sunday!