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May 2019 Foundation President’s Message
After a long and wet winter, we started the spring of 2019 with fully stocked reservoirs and ready for a prosperous year. CACS Foundation started the 501 (c) 3 application three years ago in May of 2016. Coincidentally, our federal nonprofit tax-exempt status was finally approved on October 12, 2018 – the date we held our Gold Mountain Celebration last year! With the 501(c) 3 status, CACS Foundation is enhanced with more opportunities and resources to carry on our mission.
CACS Foundation will continue our focus of historical, cultural and educational activities. We are planning quite a few exciting events for you. On June 1, CACS Foundation will join forces with Locke Foundation to present an interesting author lecture event, featuring Kim Luke, a past President of CACS and her new book “The Lu Family Saga: A Generational Family History Through Revolutionary China”. On July 21, don’t miss our 2nd annual “Fashion in Tradition” Chinese fashion show and luncheon, benefiting the future Folsom Chinese Heritage Museum and Folsom Historical Society.
With the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad, 2019 brings the most significant national recognition of Chinese American achievements. CACS Foundation will be part of the Crocker Art Museum’s Race to Promontory Exhibition and family festival day on June 23.
Please save the date for our signature Gold Mountain Celebration on Friday, October 11, 2019. More detailed information about all of our events is inside this newsletter or on our website www.CACSweb.org
Our programs depend on your generosity. Your donation will be fully tax-deductable now! We are also calling for your help! Come and volunteer at our many exciting and rewarding activities. If you have any suggestions or ideas for CACS Foundation, please feel free to contact me at [email protected].
All of our Best,
Cathy Wei
CACS Foundation, President
Fashion in Tradition 2019
The Chinese American Council of Sacramento Foundation and the Folsom Historical Society will present “Fashion in Tradition,” a benefit Chinese fashion show and luncheon on Sunday, July 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Happy Garden Restaurant, 5731 Stockton Boulevard, in Sacramento.
The fashion show will present exquisitely embroidered Chinese garments from the private collection of Karun Yee, dating back to the Qing dynasty (1644-1912). Garments and photographs from the archives of the Folsom History Museum will also be presented. The luncheon will feature fine Chinese Mandarin and Cantonese dishes.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the restoration of the historically significant Chan House, home of the future Chinese Heritage Museum in historic Folsom. The Chinese Heritage Museum will join the family of Folsom Historical Society museums, which include the Folsom History Museum (823 Sutter St.) and Pioneer Village, an outdoor interpretive center (196 Wool St.)
The Chinese Heritage Museum is being established to recognize the many contributions the Chinese have made in Folsom and California. Those contributions will be on display in the Chan House at 719 Sutter Street, which was the home of Howard Chan Sr. and Mabel Chan, descendants of Oak Chin Chan, a Chinese immigrant who arrived in Folsom in 1852 and became a prominent business man and the Chinese mayor of Folsom. The Chan family first rented the property in the 1920s but was not allowed to purchase the home until 1943 when the Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed. Howard Chan, Jr. and June Chan grew up in the home and are still local residents.
Folsom’s Chinese history is featured in the Folsom History Museum’s newest exhibit, “The Chinese Legacy in Folsom,” which runs from May 4 through September 1.
Tickets for the fashion show and luncheon are $50 per person. They can be purchased online at www.folsomhistoricalsociety.org/events, or by telephone at 916-985-2707 between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. The Folsom Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) corporation.
Download PosterASPEA Scholarship Winner
On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, CACS Council and Foundation sponsored Zernaz Waiz, from Armijo HIgh School, with a $1,000 scholarship and 1/2 table at the APSEA Annual Scholarship Gala at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria. Zernaz is multilingual and has traveled to Greece and Afghanistan to translate for refugees. Her ability to converse in other languages is a valuable asset throughout her volunteer work at the Lao Family Community Development, Arman Hope Foundation, and Fairfield Youth Commission. Zernaz plans to pursue a degree in business administration and nursing.
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Locke in the 1970s
Locke Asian Pacific Spring Festival
Chinese tradition meets Aztec dancers at the Crocker Art Museum
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