Membership Application - Chinese Historical and Cultural Project

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Membership Application - Chinese Historical and Cultural Project
Stanford University
Market Street Chinatown Archaeology Project
http://marketstreet.stanford.edu/
Market Street Chinatown Digital Exhibit
www.chinesemuseum/historysanjose.org
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Join CHCP & Volunteer to Help
! ___ Program Development
! ___ Program Coordinator
! ___ Docent for Museum
Chinese
Historical
and
Cultural
Project
! ___ Grant Writing
! ___ Education Program
! ___ Community Outreach
"History is for Living,
Learning is for Life”
! ___ Exhibit Enhancement
! ___ Website
! ___ Social Media
! ___ Other
CHINESE HISTORICAL &
CULTURAL PROJECT
P.O. Box 5366
San Jose, CA 95150-5366
Website: http://www.chcp.org
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.chcp.org
Email: [email protected]
Join Chinese Historical & Cultural Project
Educating, preserving, and promoting Chinese & Chinese American
history and culture in the Santa Clara Valley
Ongoing Projects
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Docent Training - Students & Adults
Ensuring the opening of the Chinese
American Historical Museum on the
1st & 3rd Sundays, 11 AM to 4 PM
Collaborative Projects with HSJ &
Stanford University Market Street
Chinatown Archaeology Project
http://marketstreet.stanford.edu/
Traveling Exhibit: “Pioneering Our
Valley: The Chinese American
Legacy in Santa Clara County”, a
free-standing 14 panel display
available for loan to schools, local
businesses & organizations
Heritage Educational Link Program
(HELP) Grants to promote diversity
education in schools & non-profit
organizations of Santa Clara County
Golden Legacy (CD-ROM)
K-12 lessons for Appreciation of
Chinese Americans & QuickTime
documentary, Home Base: A
Chinatown Called Heinlenville, by
Jessica Yu, an Academy Award
winning Director
Interactive Website with
Virtual Library & Digital Exhibits
at website: http://www.chcp.org and
http://chinesemuseum/historysanjose.
org
Chinese'American'
Historical'Museum'
The!original!Ng!Shing!
Gung!was!constructed!in!
1888!in!Heinlenville,!the!
last!of!the!five!San!Jose!
Chinatowns.!Heinlenville!
was!named!after!John!
Heinlen,!a!German!
immigrant,!who!helped!
the!Chinese!after!the!
Market!Street!
!!
Chinatown!fire!in!1887.
!
th
Ng! Shing! Gung! stood! on! the! corner! of! Taylor! and! 6 !
Street.!!The!building!served!the!Chinese!community!as!
a!meeting!hall,!cultural!center,!Chinese!school,!hostel,!
and! a! place! of! worship.! Today! the! building! is! a!
historical! museum,! showcasing! the! Chinese! American!
pioneers!of!the!Santa!Clara!Valley.!
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Upon! entrance!to! the!building,!the! story! and!
artifacts! of! the! previous! Chinatowns! are! in! freeB
standing!exhibit!cases;!also!a!pictorial!timeline,!!
1850B2011,! tells! of! the! Chinese! in! the! USA,! San! Jose,!
and! China.! ! The! second! floor! houses! the! original!
temple! altar! in! all! its! restored! splendor.! ! The! altar!
pieces!show!off!the!elaborate!handBcarved!gilded!teak!
woodwork! that! was! made! in! Canton! City,! China! in!
1892.!
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In! 1987,! Chinese! Historical! &! Cultural! Project!
(CHCP),!a! nonBprofit!organization! was!formed!to!raise!
funds! for! the! reconstruction! of! the! Ng! Shing! Gung!
building! as! a! Chinese! historical! museum.! ! Over!
$800,000!was!raised!between!1987B1991.!!The!Chinese!
American! Historical! Museum! was! dedicated! on!
September!29,!1991!and!gifted!to!the!Community.!
Membership Application
Name _______________________________
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Address _____________________________
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City ________________________________
Zip Code ____________________________
Phone ______________________________
Mobile Phone _________________________
Email Address ________________________
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Membership Level
! Individual Membership - $25
! Family Membership (2) - $50
! Donation in Memory/Honor of
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Mail form & check payable to:
CHCP – Membership
P.O. Box 5366
San Jose, CA 95150-5366
CHCP is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
Fed. Tax ID # 77-0156509