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.

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.

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