On January 26, 2020, the California Museum hosted the opening exhibit – Gold Mountain: Chinese California Stories. The VIP breakfast was sponsored and hosted by the following donors and community organizations: Dr. Herbert Yee and Yee family, Asian Pacific Islander Public Affairs Association and the US China Railroad Friendship Association. The guest speakers included: State Controller Betty T. Yee, Senator Richard Pan, Journalist Lisa Ling, CC Yin, and Amanda Blake. Lisa Ling about her experiences as a Journalist while Lawrence Tom spoke about his new book titled, The Last Chinatown. At 1 pm, the Lion Dancers showcase the opening of the Gold Mountain exhibit.

In addition, there was a special documentary shown by a former Set-Designer wo worked at Walt Disney studios. The documentary describes a miniature house designed against a San Francisco Chinatown environment. The creator passionately spoke of the fond memories going through each room showing the delicate colors and textures of hand-made furniture – from a kitchen scene to a living room filled with colorful furniture.

The exhibit showcases the Chinese contribution from the Gold Rush Days to the current period. The museum tastefully separated scenes through literature, photos, artifacts, and video-recordings: Gold Rush, Delta reclamation, Angel Island, Chinese medicine.

View Chinese New Year poster and rules for painting and calligraphy contest.

Join Us on a Bus Trip
CACS Foundation is hosting a bus trip to the theatrical production of “the Joy Luck Club” by the Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra.

Date: Sunday, April 26, 2020
Place; Kohl’s corner parking lot, 1896 Arden Way, Sac. CA
Time: Departure promptly at 11:30am

Returns at 6:30-7pm depending on traffic

Price: $65pp (Includes sack lunch, snacks, ticket to play and bus trip)

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Contact: Karun Yee 916 591-8181 or [email protected]
Make Check payable to CACS Foundation
Send check with name and phone number to:
Karun Yee, P.O. Box 60267, Sacramento, CA 95860

By Brenda Fong
On December 31, 2019, the Crocker Museum hosted their high-energy “Noon Year’s Party” for families. The day was filled with live stage performances and musicians featuring the many diverse groups and faces that make-up Sacramento. In addition the Museum featured hands-on forms of arts and crafts located throughout the complex. The Museum featured a ball drop at 12-noon!

CACS Foundation staff (Douglas Hsia, Corliss Lee, Karun Yee, and I) hosted a table to share our Chinese culture through paper arts; Douglas gave demonstrations on an antique abacus that fascinated the visitors. We represented China in the “Global Village Room” along with 3 other cultural groups from the API community.

By Karun Yee

The Foundation proudly presented our 12th annual “Operation Santa Claus” program under the leadership of Chair, Anne Luong. Working with the Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center staffers, we procured applications from their after school program for deserving youngsters.

A big thank you to our faithful volunteer shoppers and our Board members for shopping and gift wrapping gifts; a big thank you to Dave Young for housing and organizing the many bags of gifts and driving them to the assigned school. Thanks to Ray Giles for offering his services as our photographer, and thank you to Service Center staff for providing snacks, beverages, and coordinating activities for the kids.

We provided a craft activity coordinated by Karun Yee, Merlayna Yee-Chin, June Fong and Brenda Fong. The highlight of the day was a visit from “Santa Claus” (aka Franc Martinez) –Santa was a great hit with the kids and their families!

We are grateful to the SCCSC staff, and our many CACS volunteer shoppers, and donors who made this year’s a success. We serviced approximately 100 families from 7 local area schools.

This annual event is a way of giving back to those less fortunate, and sharing with the community the holiday spirit!

Three student scholarships will be awarded:
1st prize $1,000; 2nd prize $500; 3rd prize $500
to help fund post-secondary education.

Seniors at Kennedy High School were invited to submit a 1 minute video. The topic is – My viewpoint of diversity and inclusion in the community. The videos were judged on creativity and impact.

The scholarship winners will be recognized at CACS’ annual Gold Mountain Celebration Oct. 11, 2019.

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Sarah Yang

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Christina Chen

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Rom David Arca

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Peter Saephan

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Kasia Leanne Her

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Michelle Yang

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Kaylyn Yu

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Casandra Lee

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Emily Kui

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Evelyn Wu

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Oziel Carrillo-Rendon

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Jessica Thao

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Billie Dee Scott

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Maia Campos

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Logan Bermudez

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Anna Lau

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Malia Duran

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Arianna Rodriquez

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Jasmin Andrade

By Karun Yee
CACS Foundation was invited to have a Calligraphy Booth at this free family multicultural day on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at the Crocker Art Museum. Board Directors Doug Hsai, Cathy Wei, Brenda Fong and Karun Yee participated and dressed in traditional Chinese outfits.

We also had the honor of modeling our Chinese outfits for the famous Locke artist, Ning Hou who painted us on a 4′ x 4′ canvas as shown on the photos below. Douglas was left doing the calligraphy and holding down the booth by himself, while the 3 of us spent 3-1/2 hours as models for this oil painting by Ning Hou. Everyone in attendance enjoyed the painting and our Calligraphy booth!

This opportunity gave CACS Foundation a chance to interact with the art and multicultural community in a different way. Bringing focus on Chinese culture and talent is one of our mission statements we have accomplished.

On June 1, local author Kim Luke, who made Sacramento home after escaping Revoluntionary China, discussed her book, The Lu Family Saga, an autobiography of a young girl whose great-grandfather, Lu Haodong, plotted alongside Dr. Sun Yat-sen to overturn the feeble Qing Dynasty, the last of the Chinese Dynasties. Generations later, the girl was born into a world still in turmoil. She and her family struggled, suffered, and survived.

This author lecture, held at the Jan Ying Museum, 13947 Main Street, Locke, was jointly sponsored by The CACS Foundation and the Locke Foundation.

Photos of the author lecture can be viewed here.