Annual Event “Looking Forward, Giving Back”

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Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California
CENTER
Summer 2012 | Volume 35
Annual Event “Looking Forward, Giving Back” on September 29
The JCCCNC is hosting its annual fundraising event, “Looking Forward,
Giving Back” on Saturday, September 29 at the JCCCNC on 1840 Sutter
Street in San Francisco. Hawaii’s famous Side Street
Inn will return as the featured restaurant, once
again serving up their local favorites! Also, look for
new and returning Bay Area chefs and restaurants
presenting exciting appetizers during our Silent
Auction. With over 400 guests from the Bay Area,
Los Angeles and Hawaii we invite you to join us as
we celebrate and look forward to the future and help us honor NBC Bay
Area and the late, Mrs. Masako Martha Suzuki.
At this year’s event, we will posthumously
honor Masako Martha Suzuki for her on-going
contributions and vision of giving back to the
community that enabled the JCCCNC to create
programs like the Shinzen Goodwill Program
and the Takahashi Youth Ambassador Fellowship
Program which encourage and develop
Japanese cultural education for the youth in our
community. We will also honor NBC Bay Area
for their continued work supporting community
organizations and for their significant role in the promotion and success
of our Northern Japan Earthquake Relief
Fund.
This year, join us as we celebrate and
honor those that have and continue to
give back to our community, our home.
The event will begin at 4:00 p.m. and will
conclude at approximately 8:00 p.m. It
will take place throughout the entire
building, there will also be live and silent
auctions including items donated from
Japantown restaurants and businesses.
Ticket prices are $175 for reserved table
seating and $50 for children 6-12 years
old. This event sold out last year, so call
soon to reserve your seat. Invitations will
be mailed mid-July. Community table and
sponsorship opportunities are now available.
For more information about the 2012 Annual Event, sponsorship or ticket
information, contact Yumi Yukawa, Development Manager at (415) 5675505 or e-mail her at [email protected].
Opportunity for Intergenerational Family Portraits in Association with Annual Event
This year we are very excited to offer Legacy Messages, an
intergenerational opportunity for families to take portrait photos
together and submit a message to the younger generations of
their family as part of our “Looking Forward” theme in our 2012
Annual Event program booklet. We invite your whole family,
whether it’s great-grandparents, grandchildren, parents, aunts,
uncles and kids to take part in this fun project!
Photos will be taken on:
We are offering this intergenerational opportunity for $200,
which includes a digital image emailed to you and ¼ page message
with photo in the Annual Event program booklet (regular cost
for a message is $250). Your multi-generational family photo will
also be part of our front lobby display during our Annual Event:
Looking Forward, Giving Back and will be available for pick-up
after this photo exhibit closes in October. Also available, for
$75, a message-only ad can be purchased in our Legacy Pages.
If you would like to schedule an appointment
or have any questions about scheduling,
please contact Yumi Yukawa at (415) 5675505 or [email protected]. The Legacy
Messages appointment form will be available
online or at the JCCCNC front office.
• Sunday, July 29th
• Sunday, August 19th
• Sunday, August 26th
10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. each day
Deadline to RSVP and submit forms
to Yumi Yukawa is August 17.
Message from the Deputy Director
It’s summer - a fun time for all of us at the JCCCNC!
Whether it’s the hundreds of kids coming each day for JCYC summer camp; watching
the moves of ZUMBA dancers on Sundays; hosting workshops for our Takahashi Youth
Ambassador Fellows; feeling the beat of the matsuri-style taiko; families watching their
children play in summer basketball leagues; or starting the internship for our Kase
Nikkei Community Scholarship participants...they all bring an enormous amount of
energy to the Center and for me, they are all a source of INSPIRATION!
I have been very fortunate, thanks to many of you – members, donors, friends and
family - to be able to work at the JCCCNC and gain a greater appreciation and passion
for giving back to this community and create opportunities for young people to feel the same motivation
and sense of obligation to this Japantown community that I do.
As we continue planning our Annual Event with the theme of “looking forward, giving back,” I’ve come to
understand that we must constantly reimagine the lifecycle or life “circle” of the Center. Like a circle, with
no start or no end; so is the life of the Center. With each generation, we need to plant the seeds so youth
can truly look at and understand their history, culture and heritage, and then, eventually, they will return and
give back to the community that helped shape who they are.
This summer, I am really excited to work with our ten Takahashi Fellows and begin “planting the seeds,”
teaching them the importance of our history and heritage, so they can better understand who they are
and what type of impact they can have as a future leader in our community. I am equally enthusiastic, if
not more, for the opportunity to work with our six college-aged interns. (You can learn more about them
on page 4.) Three of them have come from past JCCCNC programs and the others have come from their
own communities, but they all feel that it is their time to “give back,” re-establish their connection with the
community, and learn more.
I hope you will allow them to learn from you, as well, as you are all a part of the Center’s circle. Knowing who
helped bring this Center to life, why people support the Center and its mission and who uses the Center
are all important parts of sustaining this circle for generations who are yet to be born. Understanding the
who, why and how behind the Center will allow these young adults to fully grasp the responsibility they
have in front of them.
I invite you to come by the Center this summer, participate
in a program or event, feel the energy, meet our Interns and
Fellows, and remind yourself how important this Center is to
our community, our future!
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
Sincerely,
Lori Matoba
Deputy Director
With each generation, we need
to plant the seeds so youth can
truly look at and understand their
history, culture and heritage, and
then, eventually, they will return
and give back to the community
that helped shape who they are.
Mission Statement
The JCCCNC is a non-profit organization which strives to meet the evolving needs of the Japanese
American community by offering programs, affordable services and administrative support and
facilities for other local organizations. The JCCCNC also provides educational, cultural and
recreational programs that meet and address the interests and concerns of the community. Our
goals remain rooted in preserving the Japanese American cultural and historical heritage as well as
fostering the foundation for future generations of Japanese Americans.
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JCCCNC Board Officers
Kaz Maniwa
Chairman of the Board
Dianne Fukami
President
Brad Yamauchi
Vice President
Donna Kimura
Vice President
Myron Okada
Corporate Secretary
Robert Sakai
Chief Financial Officer
Rumi Okabe
Ex-Officio
JCCCNC Board of Directors
Terry Akiyama
Sherilyn Chew
Aimee Eng
David Fukuda
Scott Hayashi
Yo Hironaka
Lois Hunter
Jeff Maruyama
Don Misumi
Allen Okamoto
Keith Onishi
Diane Onizuka
Marilyn Oshiro
Teresa Serata
Jon Shindo
Kyle Tatsumoto
Peter Weber
Tamiko Wong
Ted Yamasaki
JCCCNC Staff
Paul Osaki
Executive Director
Marjorie Fletcher
Executive Assistant
Lori Matoba
Deputy Director
Ruby Hata
Director of Financial Services
Jeff Yoshioka
Director of Marketing and Membership Development
Ryan Kimura
Director of Programs and Community Affairs
Jennifer Hamamoto
Programs and Facilities Manager
Yumi Yukawa
Development Manager
Courtney Okuhara
Membership Manager
Corey Yamamoto
Program Coordinator
Casey Ikeda
Program Coordinator
Mika Shimizu
Office Manager/Receptionist
Jerry Kika
Volunteer Coordinator
JCCCNC Community
Gift of Frank Taira Artwork on Exhibit at the JCCCNC
The JCCCNC is pleased to announce the exhibition of paintings by
Japanese American artist, Frank Taira (1913-2010). Now available to
view at the JCCCNC is the exhibit featuring two paintings (Fisherman’s
Wharf and Harbor) that reflects Taira’s journey through art and life.
Frank Taira, the son of immigrants from Okinawa, was born in San
Francisco and was met with much adversity throughout his life, but
faced each challenge with an art brush in one hand and fortitude in
the other. At the age of 15, Taira stayed in the U.S. when his parents
returned to Okinawa with his siblings so he could complete his
education in California. He supported himself by working as a “house
boy” for an American family and graduated from Lowell High School
in 1934.
Taira was a self-taught artist who later studied at the California School
of Fine Arts (1935-1938), Columbia University (1945), Arts Student
League (1956) and New School for Social Research (1957). Taira’s
promising art career, which included an invitation for a solo exhibition
at the San Francisco Museum of Art (now the San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art) in 1939, was interrupted when he was incarcerated
in the Topaz, Utah Internment Camp from 1942-1944. None of his
artwork before WWII survived. While in camp, Taira managed to
teach art alongside Chiura Obata, and upon his release moved to New
York to focus on his artwork which he hoped would provide beauty,
peace and harmony to those who viewed his paintings.
“Harbor” by Frank Taira. (1961, 30” x 25”)
Taira was classically trained and experimented with semi-abstraction
and realism. In a 2005 interview, conducted by Taira’s caregivers
asking about how he describes his art, he said “the artist feels
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Looking Forward, Giving Back: Spotlight on the Center’s Youthful New Staff Members
Over the years the JCCCNC has understood
the importance of educating youth about the
history and issues affecting the Japanese American
community through programs such as the
Shinzen Youth Goodwill Program and the Nikkei
Community Internship (NCI) Program.
The Center is now seeing many of its past
participants in both programs coming back to
volunteer, get involved and mentor their own
peers. The truest testament of our work and
involvement with young people participating in
our programs is that many have become staff
members at the Center, with nearly half of our
entire staff now 30 years or younger. These new
staff members bring with them a new vision and
strength to our programs as we create future
leaders who will work to preserve our Japantown
community.
Ryan Kimura
Director of Programs &
Community Affairs
JEFF YOSHIOKA
Director of Marketing &
Membership Development
COURTNEY
OKUHARA
Membership Manager
YUMI YUKAWA
Development Manager
Ryan Kimura, Director of Programs and
Community Affairs, and Courtney Okuhara,
Membership Manager, were both former NCI
participants and agree that the program not only
allowed them to see the hard work that goes on
behind the scenes at the JCCCNC, but it also
opened their eyes to different advocacy, volunteer
and career opportunities available to young people
in the community.
Jeff Yoshioka and Yumi Yukawa are two other
young staff members who have joined the Center
in the last few years. Jeff is the current Marketing
Director and is originally from Hilo, Hawaii. He
came to the JCCCNC in 2009 as a marketing
consultant and then joined the staff full-time in
2010. Jeff looks forward to continuing to bring
greater awareness to the Center’s programs and
services, connecting generations to preserve and
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JCCCNC Community
JCCCNC Welcomes New Interns
The JCCCNC is proud to announce five new interns, Erika Geer, Casey
Ikeda, Sara Matsumoto, Lauren Morimoto and Miya Yung, who will
participate in the Kase Nikkei Community Scholarship Program, a yearlong program that allows college students the opportunity to obtain
experience supporting the work of various Japanese American community
nonprofit organizations. These five students have been selected based
on their desire to become involved in the community, preserve culture,
enhance community outreach and become community leaders.
The Kase Nikkei Community Scholarship Program (Kase Program) consists
of two parts–an eight-week summer internship and a nine-month career
internship. During the summer internship, students will work in the
Programs and Development Departments at the JCCCNC and get a firsthand view of how the organization is able to face challenges and continue to
sustain itself for generations to come.They will also learn and share ideas on
how they can take an active role in the future preservation of our Center,
culture and community. One day of each week is reserved to participate with
the Nikkei Community Internship (NCI) program, where they will attend
training meetings to develop leadership skills, and meet with community
leaders and discuss issues that are affecting local Japantown communities.
There will also be three statewide retreats to work with peers in other
regions and discuss issues facing the Japanese American community, like the
preservation of Japantowns and community leadership.
Erika Geer is a fourth year double major in International Relations and
Japanese at the University of California at Davis. Actively serving on UC
Davis’ Cabinet of the Japanese American Student Society (JASS), Erika
enjoys creating various social events for the members as well volunteering
for the Sacramento JACL. She joins the Kase Program with hopes to learn
the intricate details of how an idea from inception becomes an active
program positively impacting the local community—a skill that she intends
to apply to her role on the JASS Cabinet and in future work settings. She
also looks forward to bettering her understanding of the needs of the
Japanese and Japanese American community in the Bay Area.
Casey Ikeda recently graduated from University of San Francisco with
a degree in U.S. History. Interested in teaching, working in the non-profit
sector and law, Casey joined the Kase Program to meet and connect with
other young individuals that share his passion of helping the community.
“No other internship gives you so much training with non-profit work.”
With energy, ideas and hard work, Casey wants to reenergize the Yonsei
generation about San Francisco’s Japantown and make sure this community
thrives for many years to come.
Sara Matsumoto is a fourth year at San Francisco State University
majoring in Business and Marketing and minoring in Asian American
Studies. Growing up in Southern California, Sara participated in many
Japanese American Buddhist programs. She is interested in non-profit
organizations specifically focused on the Japanese American community
and broadening her skills in public relations, program development
JCCCNC WELCOMES INTERNS—(Left to Right) Miya Yung,
Erika Geer, Sara Matsumoto, Drew Mametsuka, Lauren Morimoto,
Casey Ikeda
and marketing. “I feel as if it is our generation’s responsibility to keep
our Japanese American community thriving,” says Sara. “Personally, my
Japanese American community raised me and I want to make sure the
future generations have similar or more opportunities than I had.”
Lauren Morimoto is a recent graduate from the University of California
at Irvine. Growing up Lauren was highly active in the Japanese American
community, participating in the United Japanese Christian Church and
multiple Asian summer camps as a camper and a counselor. However,
through high school and college she felt as though she lost a sense of
connection to her community. “I moved around from Fresno to the Bay
Area and before I knew it, I was going to college in Irvine. I was doing my
own thing and towards the end of college I found myself wanting to draw
back to my roots and give back to the community.” Lauren has joined the
Kase Program in hopes to work and connect with folks from different
generations of the Japanese American community.
A third year majoring in Child and Adolescent Development at San Francisco
State University, Miya Yung was introduced to the Japanese American
community at a young age by her mother. She participated in the Shinzen
USA basketball goodwill exchange program at the JCCCNC, played 10 years
for the SF Enchantees and volunteered at Kimochi Home. From high school
to college, Miya became more involved in other ethnic communities and
now looks forward to returning to the Japanese American community. Yung
comments, “Looking back, I understand how much the JCCCNC’s programs
impacted my life and am looking forward to helping out around the Center.”
Also joining the JCCCNC this summer is Drew Mametsuka who
will be participating in the Nikkei Community Internship (NCI) program,
interning in the Development office. He is a second year at San Jose State
University, currently majoring in Animation/Illustration but thinking of
changing to Pre-Nursing. Interested in community outreach, different
forms of art, the outdoors and sports, Drew applied to the NCI program
with the intent to give back to the community. “I was raised in the
Japanese American community and I think being in this program will help
me become more involved,” says Drew.
JCCCNC Community
Takahashi Youth Ambassador Fellowship Program Participants Selected
The JCCCNC is proud to announce the participants that have been
selected to the 2012-13 Takahashi Youth Ambassador Fellowship
Program. The 2012-13 Takahashi Fellows are:
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Riki Hisayo Suzuki Eijima, 14, San Francisco;
Tai Masako Iwamasa, 15, San Francisco;
Claire Kazumi Nakamura, 15, San Francisco;
Andrew K. Shoji Nielsen, 17, Clayton;
Sydnie Mika Osaki, 15, San Mateo;
Aislinn Kiyomi Ozawa-Burns, 15, Sunnyvale;
Tae Li Shimamoto, 16, Oakland;
Jessica Kinuko Svoboda, 16, Concord;
Kai Erika Wong, 14, San Francisco; and
Wesley Hitomo Yee, 16, San Francisco.
On June 16, the Takahashi Fellows had their first workshop. It was
a fun-filled and challenging day that began with a few icebreakers,
which then led to the “Tabemasho Challenge,” where, in small
groups, the fellows had to shop for and prepare their own lunch
of hiya-yakko, zaru soba and kinpira gobo. After lunch, the group
learned the basics of planning, creating goals and objectives for
their upcoming All You Can Eat Udon Fundraiser. The goal for the
Takahashi Fellows is to raise $3,000 at this fundraiser that will take
place on Saturday, July 21 from 11:00 a.m. at the JCCCNC. They
will plan, promote, sell tickets and cook for what looks to be a
deliciously successful fundraiser.
Other activities that are planned for the
Takahashi Fellows this summer include
workshops on Japanese American history,
civics and government, and Japanese
culture, along with taking the first steps
of planning and preparing their own
activities. Because this is a two-year
program, the Fellows will remain active
by participating in JCCCNC’s Annual
Event in the fall, pound mochi for the
new year and then next spring lend a
hand at the JCCCNC’s Colma Cemetery
Clean-up.
Next summer, they will continue their
workshops that will focus more on the
preparation needed for their trip as
ambassadors to Japan in late July 2013,
representing their families, the JCCCNC,
our community and the United States.
TAKAHASHI YOUTH AMBASSADORS — (front row, L to R) Jessi Svoboda, Kai Wong,
Tai Iwamasa, Mika Osaki, (back row, L to R) Andrew Nielsen, Aislinn Ozawa-Burns, Tae
Shimamoto, Claire Nakamura, Riki Eijima, Wesley Yee
These ten Takahashi Fellows will participate in workshops this
summer to learn about the Japanese American community, research
and present their own family history, develop and strengthen their
leadership skills, fortify their relationships with each other through
teambuilding activities and begin learning more about Japan, its
culture, history and how they can better prepare for their role as
ambassadors on their trip to Japan next summer.
For more information on the Takahashi
Youth Ambassador Fellowship Program,
please visit the JCCCNC website and/
or look for updates in our monthly
eNewsletters.
All-You-Can-Eat Udon Fundraise
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Help the Takahashi Fellows reach their
$3,000 goal!
Saturday, July 21
11:30 a.m. at the JCCCNC
For more information, please call
the JCCCNC at (415) 567-5505
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JCCCNC Special Events
Volunteers Assist in 3rd Annual Colma Japanese Cemetery Clean-up
In preparation for Memorial Day, the JCCCNC
organized its 3rd Annual Colma Japanese
Cemetery Clean-up Day on May 19, which
over 100 volunteers from around the Bay
Area ranging in ages from 6 to over 80 years
old gave up most of their Saturday beautifying
the three acre cemetery. Close to 50 large
garbage bags of green waste were discarded
as a result of the clean-up.
This year, an anonymous donor made a
$1,000 contribution to help with the
clean-up to purchase supplies, food and
beverages for the volunteers. Some volunteers
also brought their own special homemade
treats to share. Typically, the JCCCNC funds the
event as part of a giving-back program and as a
tool to educate others about a place that deeply
represents the history of the Japanese American
community.
“It’s a unique cultural treasure that deserves
our attention, our respect, our time. For many
of us, it’s the place where our loved ones are laid
to rest. For all of us, it represents our history,”
explains Lori Matoba, JCCCNC Deputy Director,
on why cleaning this cemetery is important.
“Furthermore, currently the sole caretaker of the cemetery, Mr.
Nishi, is over 80 years old and can only do so much,” she adds.
Before breaking for lunch, Diane Matsuda, co-organizer of the event,
shared a brief history of the cemetery, thanked the volunteers and
held a moment of silence to remember the lives lost as part of the
Great East Japan Earthquake.
The JCCCNC would
like to thank all of the
volunteers and the following supporting organizations for helping
to make this project a success: Bay District Jr.YBA, Genryu Arts,
Japanese Benevolent Society of California, Japanese Chamber of
Commerce of Northern California, Japanese Community Youth
Council (JCYC), Kokoro Assisted Living, National Japanese American
Historical Society, Nihonmachi Little Friends, Pack 58, San Francisco
Japanese American Citizens League, Sei Ko Kai and Troop 58.
Families Enjoy Fun For All Ages at 2012 JCCCNC Track Meet
It was a sunny day in Palo Alto at Gunn High School for the JCCCNC’s 6th Annual Track Meet on
Sunday, June 24th. From the 5 year old super sprinters to the 20 year old athletes, everyone was
excited and couldn’t wait to begin the day! Events included the Toddler 25 Meter race, 50, 100,
200, 400, 800, 1600 and 3200 Meter races, Soccer Kick, Softball Throw, Long Jump,Triple Jump, High
Jump, 4 x 25, 4 x 100, 4 x400 Meter relays, Shot Put and the 110 Meter High Hurdles. One of the
most enjoyable events was the Toddler 25 Meter race, where the little super sprinters ran in and
out of their lanes, but still finished strong to the line. All toddlers received medals and the smiles
on their faces said it all!
An additional highlight of the day was the Community Picnic where everyone brought food to share.
There was a variety of different foods from Japanese, Chinese, American and scrumptious desserts. The sharing of food is a great example of
the sense of community that is shared throughout the event.
After loading up on carbs, and regaining their energy,
the kids were eager to go! Of course one of the events
that stole the show was the 4 x 25 Meter Toddler relay.
Passing batons, weaving in and out of lanes, and getting
cramps were all minor hurdles for the little ones, but
in the end they all were smiling when all received a
medal. In addition, the men’s 100 meter sprint was
a tight photo finish, and left the crowd in awe of the
raw speed of the young high school talent. In the end,
from the little ones to the speedy high schoolers,
the event brought smiles to all on the field and in
the stands.
This event couldn’t have been possible without all of
our volunteers and committee. A special thanks to
Dean Kumagai, Mr. Kumagai, Mr. Kumagai, Michelle
Nieda and Craig Hamakawa.
JCCCNC Celebrates Completion of the Nikkei Family
On Saturday, June 23, the JCCCNC hosted an exhibition to celebrate the completion of the
Nikkei Family Legacy Project. After a year of researching, organizing and documenting their
family histories, nearly 30 participants received a hardcover copy of their book along with a
certificate of completion. Participants shared their uncovered family stories and their own
personal growth through this program. Friends and family got to experience the variety of
books by walking through the exhibit that showed selected photos and stories. The exhibit
showcased the rich and diverse stories that came out of this project. The JCCCNC would
like to thank the Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a program of the California State
Library, The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation and the 100th Anniversary
of Japantown Fund for providing the funding to make this whole project possible. Also to the
participants, thank you for all your hard work and for sharing your wonderful family stories.
The JCCCNC will soon be displaying the stories and photos that were featured at the
exhibition, so be sure to stop by and see them!
Legacy Project
Seniors Gain Knowledge of Technology
through Intergenerational Digital
Literacy Workshops
The JCCCNC looks to
continue bridging the
digital, generational divide
with their second series
of Digital Leadership
Program workshops this
summer.
Launched in December
of 2011, the Digital
Leadership Program, part
of the Jtown Connected
Project organized by the
JCCCNC, was created
to educate seniors on basic computer skills
and current technology, educate youth to be
teachers and leaders and to bridge different
generations through digital literacy.
The first DLP series helped 30 senior citizen
students gain basic knowledge to use a
computer and communicate with family
and friends through e-mail and social media.
Eleven youth instructors from the Japanese
Youth Leaders (JYL) program, a program
by the Japanese Community Youth Council
(JCYC) which fosters leadership and personal
development, developed the lesson plans,
designed the handouts and executed the
workshops.
The series of five digital literacy workshops
began on July 11th and will continue weekly
on Wednesdays for two hours each. The
workshops include instruction on PC
basics, uploading photos and information
organization, introduction to the internet,
e-mail basics and internet II. Classes are
limited to only 15-20 students to improve
student to instructor ratio, and one-on-one
tutoring sessions is being added this summer
to help address the
students’ individual
needs.
All classes and oneon-one tutoring
sessions are full. For
more information or
to learn about future
workshops, please
visit www.jcccnc.
org or contact Ryan
Kimura at (415)
567-5505 or e-mail
[email protected].
NBC Bay Area and the Late Mrs. Masako Suzuki
to be Honored at Annual Event for Support of JCCCNC
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We will honor NBC Bay Area to express our
appreciation for their passion and commitment to
individuals and issues in communities across the
bay area. Furthermore, we salute NBC Bay Area’s
dedication of “giving back” to communities, large and
small, including our San Francisco Japantown and more
specifically the JCCCNC for their significant role in the promotion and success of our
Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund (NJERF). Whether it has been on-air talent
hosting special events, participating in our various community programs or promoting
our telethon and NJERF relief efforts, their past and continued support has helped to
build awareness of the JCCCNC and our mission.
Two roundtrip tickets to Japan
plus 5 night hotel
accommodations
The late Mrs. Masako Martha Suzuki helped her sister,
Tomoye, establish The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable
Foundation in 1985. Through her philanthropy, she helped change
and improve the lives of thousands of people. She always believed
that it is not about how much money you have but rather what
you can do to make a difference in people’s lives. In 2010, Mrs.
Suzuki was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver
Rays from the government of Japan for her contributions toward
improving U.S.-Japan relations. A native of San Francisco, she
maintained a strong commitment towards helping others appreciate and understand the
Japanese and Japanese American culture and history. Mrs. Suzuki
was a dedicated supporter of the JCCCNC and its programs to
promote Japanese culture and history to all individuals. She had a
special interest in making sure younger generations were informed
and proud of their Japanese American heritage and frequently
sponsored many youth development activities at the JCCCNC.
Young JCCCNC Performers to
Entertain at This Year’s Annual Event
To celebrate this year’s JCCCNC Annual Event theme of “Looking
Forward, Giving Back,” we will have special performances from the
JCCCNC cultural youth groups. From the cute little Kirakiraboshi
students serenading you with Japanese children’s songs, to the
powerful force of Genryu Arts’ youth taiko drumming and the
cute dancing by the youth hula group, the performance aims to
showcase the future of the JCCCNC. These young cultural art
students are giving back by entertaining the JCCCNC crowd as
well as showing their appreciation for all the support that is given
to the center in order for these programs to exist.
Helping to bring the community together, the young performers
will also help to lead an interactive finale, in which we hope all
will participate. Prepare yourselves for a fun filled night at the
JCCCNC!
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Third Place Winner will win the remaining prize.
SPECIAL JCCCNC MEMBER PRICING!
Star Wars Game
Members: $47
Non-Members: $50
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Charitable Foundation
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Mrs. Julie Takahashi
Mr. Masao & Mrs. Yuki Ashizawa
G. Kase
Mrs. Takako Ishizaki
Mrs. Shigeko Marumoto
Mr. George* & Mrs. Teruko
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Anonymous
Ms. Mutsuko Arima
Mrs. Fumi Ashizawa
Bambi Play Group
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Ms. Bette Hamachi
Mr. Noboru Hanyu
Mr. Albert Haruyama
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Mrs. Yo Hironaka
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Mrs. Michiko Horio*
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Kikue Kiyasu
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Fukunaga
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Fukami
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Ms. Kay Nomura
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Mr. Van Okamura & Ms. Glynis
Nakahara
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Mrs. Misao Otsuki
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Nakamoto
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Ahtye
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Dr. David Walton & Ms. Machiko
Nakatani
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Fukuda
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Mr. Herbert & Mrs. Julieta Honma
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Ichinose
The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye
& Ms. Irene Hirano
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Serata
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Ms. Patricia Wada
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Muramoto-Yung
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Mrs. Sumiko Akashi
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Ms. Janice Aritomi
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Mr. Thomas & Mrs. BJ Baba
Benkyo-do Company
Ms. Roberta Berteau
Mr. Jim Boddy & Ms. Betsy Dodd
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Mrs. Clarice Hoy
Ms. Helen Hoy
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Mr. Charles Ingram & Ms. Midori
Tabata
Mr. Mas & Mrs. Sets Ishikawa
Mr. Edward & Mrs. Cynthia
Ishizaki
Mr. Ronald & Mrs. Mimi Kagehiro
Mrs. Setsuko Kagehiro
Mr. Joe & Mrs. Miyeko Kamikawa
Ms. Hope Kamimoto
Ms. Peggy Kanzawa
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Kashima
Ms. Noriko Kashiwabara
Mr. Hiroshi & Mrs. Sadako
Kashiwagi
Mr. Gary & Mrs. Sharon Kato
Mrs. Stella Kato & Ms. Cindy Kim
Mrs. Shigeko Kawabe
Reverend Masato & Mrs. Alice
Kawahatsu
Mr. Thomas Kawakami
Ms. Grace Kawamoto
Mr. Eric & Mrs. Vera Kawamura
Ms. Kikuye Kayano
Mr. Hans Keller
Ms. Nancy Kikuchi
Mr. Todd Kimoto
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Kishida
Mr. Arthur Kitagawa
Mr. Gary & Mrs. Barbara
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Mrs. June Kitagawa
Mr. Stephen & Mrs. Ella Kitagawa
Mr. Gary Kitahata
Mr. Calvert & Mrs. Betty Kitazumi
Dr. Robert Kiyomura
Ms. Sachiko Kjerbo
Mr. Dick Kobashigawa
Ms. Kuniye Koga
Dr. Tom & Mrs. Kay Koike
Ms. Betty Kojimoto
Ms. Pamela Kojimoto
Mrs. Sharonlee Kotabe
Kresge Foundation
Mr. Jonathan Kubo
Ms. Kristy Kunisaki-Marino
Mr. Aki & Mrs. Michiko Kuramoto
Mr. Joseph Kurata
Ms. Rachel Kuruma
Mr. George & Mrs. Joyce
Kuwatani
Ms. Yaeko Kuwatani & Ms. Hiroko
Kuwatani
Mrs. Mary Kyono
Mr. Timothy Leach
Ms. Merijane Lee
Ms. Miyoko Lee & Ms. Donna Lee
Ms. Sabrina Lee
Ms. Susan Lee
Mr. Sherman Lim
Mr. Stephen & Mrs. Mary Louie
Mr. Collen & Mrs. Rose Low
Mr. Greg Low
The Low Family
Ms. Barbara Ludlum
Mr. Frank & Mrs. Yoko Lum
Mr. John & Mrs. Shannon Mandel
Mr. Kerry Mark
Mr. Kazuo Maruoka
Ms. Sandi Matoba
Mr. Alan Matsuda
Mr. Tony & Mrs. Noriko Matsuda
Mr. Tsukasa* & Mrs. June
Matsueda
Mr. Colbert & Mrs. Gail Matsumoto
Mr. Frank & Mrs. Hedy Matsuno
Mr. Jeffery Matsuoka
Ms. Ria McIntosh
Michael Nolan Painting
Ms. Keiko Mihara
Mr. Tosh Mitsuda
Mr. Neal Miura
Mr. John Mizono
Dr. Ken & Dr. Mary Mizono
Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Patty Mizuiri
Mr. Kenneth Moriguchi
Dr. Leroy Morishita & Ms. Barbara
Hedani-Morishita
Mr. Satoru Munekawa & Ms.
Anna Munekawa
Mrs. Betty Murakami
Ms. Tsutaye Murakami
Dr. Keith Muramoto
Mr. Seiki Murono & Ms. Lynette
Yap
Ms. Haruko Nagaishi
Ms. Barbara Nagareda
Ms. Nancy Nagareda
Mr. Shigeo & Mrs. Kay Nagata
Mr. Hiroshi & Mrs. Joyce Nakai
Mrs. Mitsuko Nakai
Dr. Douglas Nakamoto
Ms. Chizuko Nakamura
Mr. David Nakamura
Mr. Harry Nakamura
Ms. Mari Nakamura
Mr. Michael & Mrs. Megumi
Nakamura
Mr. Noboru & Mrs. Masaye
Nakamura
Ms. Ruby Nakamura
Mr. Rod & Mrs. Dianne Nakanishi
Mrs. Diane Nakano
Mr. Henry Nakata
Ms. Penny Nakatsu
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Mrs. Tokie Nerio
Ms. Elizabeth Nguyen
Nikkei & Retirement
Ms. Julie Nishihara
Mr. David Nishimoto
Mr. John & Mrs. Diane Noguchi
Dr. Harry & Mrs. Anna Nomura
Ms. Susan Obata
Mrs. Alice Ochi
Mrs. Mickie Ochi
Mr. Edward & Mrs. Lois Oda
Ms. Harua Oda
Ms. Linda Oda
Ms. J. June Ohara
Mr. Kazumatsu Ohno
Ms. Ann Ohsawa
Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Amy Okagaki
Mr. Steven & Mrs. Diana Okamoto
Mrs. Nancy Okano
Ms. Alice Okazaki
Mr. Roy & Mrs. Karen Okuhara
Mr. Steve Omori & Ms. Linda
Sekino-Omori
Ms. Thelma Ong
Ms. Hanaes Ono & Ms. Chiyeko
Ono
Mr. Paul Osaki
Mr. Ed & Ms. Tomi Oshiro
Dr. Jerry & Mrs. Eleanor Osumi
Mr. John Ota & Ms. Mari
Matsumoto
Ms. Mary Ota
Mr. Randal & Mrs. Laura Otsuki
Mr. Phil Owyoung & Ms. Jennifer
Hamamoto
Mr. Augie & Mrs. Patricia Phillips
Mr. Edwin & Mrs. Jill Prather
Ms. Michiko Pringle
Ms. Katherine Reyes
Mr. Don & Mrs. Ada Sadler
Mr. Sterling & Mrs. Sharon Sakai
Mr. Hiroshi Sakamoto
Mr. Wesley Sakamoto
Mr. Giichi & Mrs. Nancy Sakurai
Mr. David & Mrs. Cindi Sasaki
Mr. George & Mrs. Doris Sasaki
Inside the JCCCNC
al Donors
Mrs. Haruko Sasaki
Ms. Nancy Satoda
Mr. & Mrs. Tsutomu Sawamoto
Mr. Sam & Mrs. Yuki Seiki
Mr. Sim & Mrs. T. Sue Seiki
Mr. Walter & Mrs. Harumi Serata
Mrs. Mary Shek
Mr. Roy & Mrs. Rosemary
Shigematsu
Ms. Lia Shigemura & Ms. Helen Zia
Mr. Randy & Mrs. Linda Shigio
Mr. Edward & Mrs. Ruth Shikada
Mr. Fred & Mrs. Ellen Shimasaki
Ms. Kiku Shimazaki
Mr. Frank & Mrs. Mitsue Shindo
Mrs. Taeko Shiozaki
Mr. Takeo Shirasawa
Ms. Diane Sidd-Champion
Ms. Elaine Skinner
Mr. Jim Snell
Mr. James & Mrs. Mary Anne
Suekama
Mr. Shiro & Mrs. Annie Suenaga
Mr. Tatsuo & Mrs. Yoko Sumida
Mr. Tom Swartz & Mrs. Marilyn
Noda-Swartz
Mrs. Fumiko Tagawa
Ms. Alice Takahashi
Mrs. Mary Takai
Mr. Kaz & Ms. Michi Takata
Mrs. Mineko Takata
Mr. Ko & Mrs. Hisako Takemoto
Ms. Atsuko Takeshita
Mrs. Hideko Takeshita
Mrs. Sumako Takeshita
Mr. Jimmie Takeuchi
Mr. John Takeuchi
Ms. Louise Takeuchi
Mr. Minoru & Mrs. Akiko Takeuchi
Mrs. Betty M. Tanaka
Dr. T. Miriam Tani
Mrs. Mary Taniguchi
Mr. Neal Taniguchi & Ms. Emily
Murase
Mrs. Takeko Tanisawa
Mr. Craig & Mrs. Jean Teramoto
Mr. Kenji & Mrs. Mary Tomita
Mrs. Tomie Tomita
Mrs. Miyoko Tomura
Ms. Marlene Tonai
Mrs. Yae Tondo
Ms. Mitsuko Toyama
Mr. Kenji Treanor & Ms. Kim
Nakahara
Dr. Reiko True
Ms. Diana Tsoi
Ms. Emi Tsutsumi
Mrs. Estella Uchizono
Ms. Sharon Umene
Mr. Marvin & Mrs. Miyo Uratsu
Mr. James & Mrs. Lillie Ushijima
Mrs. Tokiko Ushijima
Mrs. Shinako Wada
Reverend Lloyd & Mrs. Marion
Wake
Mr. Bernard & Mrs. Kazuko Walker
Ms. Jennie Low Wong
Mr. Milton Wong & Ms. Dianne
Furuya-Wong
Mr. Ken & Mrs. Nancy Woo
Mr. Neil & Mrs. Rita Wun
Yamada Scott Family Fund at the
Hawaii Community Foundation
Mr. Minoru & Mrs. Suzanne
Yamada
Mr. John & Mrs. Laverne
Yamaguchi
Mrs. Masu Yamaguchi
Mr. Gary Yamamoto
Mr. Takeshi & Mrs. Patricia
Yamamoto
Mr. Masaru Yamasaki
Mr. Gary Yano & Ms. Akemi
Kikumura-Yano
Dr. Gen Yasuda
Mr. Benjamin & Mrs. Candace Yee
Mrs. Tomoko Yeh
Mrs. Namiko Yokoyama*
Mr. James & Mrs. Mary Yonemoto
Mr. Ronald Yoshida
Mr. Shigeru & Mrs. Paulynn
Yoshida
Ms. Cindy Yoshifuji-Ward
Mr. Benjamin & Mrs. Miyeko
Yoshikawa
Mr. Jeff Yoshioka
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Ms. Grace Abiko
Mr. Kazuyuki & Mrs. Alice Adachi
Mr. Terry Akiyama
Ms. Eiko Aoki
Mr. Atlas & Mrs. Janet Arakawa
Ms. Hideko Arita
Mr. Jerry & Mrs. Lindsay Belden
Ms. Rhoda Chang
Dr. Kurtis & Mrs. Susan Chin
Mrs. Grace Choi
Mr. Howard & Mrs. Mildred Choy
Mr. Byron & Mrs. Jan Der
Mr. Jon Dewey
Mr. Arthur & Mrs. Osame Doi
Mr. Robert & Mrs. Arleene
Drechsler
Mr. James Eller
Dr. Glenn & Mrs. Robin Fujinaka
Mrs. Kiku Funabiki
Ms. Louise Fung
Mr. Eric Garcia
Ms. Tiko Gong
Mr. Claude & Mrs. Anna Guichard
Ms. Rose Hane
Ms. Jennifer Hasegawa
Dr. Walter Hashimoto
Mr. Richard & Mrs. Ruby Hata
Mr. Jon & Mrs. Shelley
Hatakeyama
Mr. Kazuo & Mrs. Aiko Hayashi
Mr. Al & Mrs. Jo Anne Hayashida
Mr. Sady & Mrs. Amy Hayashida
Ms. Barbara Hibino
Ms. Julie Higashi
Mr. Brian & Mrs. Lyn Hirahara
Mr. Toshiki Hirasawa
Mr. George & Mrs. Kimiko Hirata
Ms. Kazuko Hishida
Ms. Marian Hiyama
Mr. Yoshi & Mrs. Felicia Hoshino
Ms. Marilyn Howe
Ms. Beverly Howell
Dr. Agnes & Mr. Kunio Idemoto
Mr. Ernest* & Mrs. Chizu Iiyama
Ms. Vivian Ikeda
Mr. Alvin Ing
Mr. Jeff & Mrs. Leslie Inokuchi
Ms. Karen Iovino
Mr. Kent Ito
Ms. Laurie Itow
Ms. Dawn Iwamoto
Mrs. Mitsuko Iwatsu
Ms. Carol Izumi
Mr. Nader Jazayeri
Ms. Miyako Kadogawa
Ms. Carol Kaneko
Mrs. Sachi Kaneko
Ms. Sharon Kariya
Ms. Katherine Kato
Ms. Stacia Kato
Ms. Marcia Kawabata
Mr. Yoneo Kawakita
Ms. Kyoko Keenon
Ms. Kylie Keller
The Kinoshita Family
Ms. Kayoko Kitsuda
Ms. Miki Kiyota
Dr. Howard Kline & Dr. Ellen
Sawamura
Ms. Kikuko Koba
Ms. Kayo Kodera
Konko Church of San Francisco
Mr. Tommy & Mrs. Florence Kono
Mr. Joseph Kono-Woo
Mr. Ard Kozono
Ms. Jamie Kozono
Mr. Shigeo & Mrs. Chiyo Kubota
Mrs. Kazue Kyono
Ms. Ibuki Lee
Mr. Matthew & Mrs. Marilyn
Leong
Ms. Leslie Lethridge
Ms. Florence Chan Leto
Mr. Kenneth & Mrs. Ann Lew
Mr. John & Mrs. Shirley Lui
Mr. Melvyn & Mrs. Mitsu Maeda
Mrs. Yoko Maeda & Mr. Jason S.
Maeda
Mr. Jun & Mrs. Kay Maeyama
Mr. Lincoln & Mrs. Katherine Mah
Mr. Scott & Mrs. Kimberly Mamiya
Mrs. Michiko Mango
Ms. Esther Marks
Ms. Carolyn Masuda
Mrs. Etsuko Masuda
Ms. Denise Matsubara-Lapidus
Mr. Robert & Mrs. Diane
Matsumura
Mrs. Sachiko Matsumura
Mr. Isao Matsuura
Mr. Melvyn Mayeda
Mr. Guy & Mrs. Norma McCormack
Mr. Gerard & Mrs. Rosie
McCormick
Ms. Lou Minamoto
Mr. David & Mrs. Carole Minkin
Ms. Diane Misumi
Ms. Mey Miura
Mrs. Ko Miyamoto
Ms. Mabel Miyasaki
Mr. Thomas Miyoko
Mr. Albert & Mrs. Sachiko Mizuhara
Ms. JoAnn Momono
Mrs. Gail Morin
Mr. Donald Munakata
Ms. May Murata
Ms. Claudine Naganuma
Mr. Norman Nagao
Ms. Kuniko Naito
Mrs. Nanami Naito
Dr. Donald* & Mrs. Alice
Nakahata
Ms. Nancy Nakai
Ms. Haruko Nakamoto
Mr. Dennis & Mrs. Deborah
Nakamura
Mr. Robert & Mrs. Jill Nakamura
Ms. Sharon Nakamura
Mr. Jack & Mrs. Sumi Nakashima
Dr. Yoshio & Mrs. Jean Nakashima
Mr. Kazuo Nanya
Mr. Edward & Mrs. Ayako
Nishimoto
Ms. Judy Nishimoto
Ms. Patricia Nishimoto
Ms. Marlene Nishimura
Ms. Faye Nishioka
Ms. Gladys Noritake
Mr. Samuel Nukazawa
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Nunotani
Mr. Somao Ochi
Dr. Thomas & Mrs. Susan Ogawa
Ms. Colleen Oinuma
Mr. Gordon Oishi
Ms. Colette Ono
Mr. Grant Ono
Ms. Kristee Ono
Mr. Guy Otoshi
Ms. Midori Otsuki
Ms. Nancy Ozaki
Ms. Catherine Pantsios
Ms. Melissa Parker
Ms. Betty Parodi
Mr. Jim Peeples Jr.
Mr. Eugene & Mrs. Loretta
Pennisi
Ms. Joan Powers
Mr. Robert Rieder
Mr. Rami & Mrs. Nancy Rubin
Ms. Chiyoko Sakamoto
Mrs. Nobuko Sakanari
Mrs. Kay Sakanashi
Mr. Marion Sakurai
Mr. Thomas Sasaki
Mr. Al Satake
Mr. Vicenza Scarpaci
Mr. James M. Seff & Ms. Margene
Fudenna
Mr. Jeff Seff
Ms. Leah Segawa
Mr. Donald & Mrs. Marian Seiki
Mr. Rylan Sekiguchi
Ms. Karen Seriguchi
Dr. Fumio Shibata
Ms. Mika Shimizu
Ms. Emiko Shinagawa
Mr. David Shintaku
Mr. Ernest Shiroma
Mr. Steven Sholly & Ms. Dianne
Tomita
Mr. David Spiegelman & Ms. Maki
Daijogo
Mr. Al Stephens & Ms. Sue
Shockey
Ms. Deborah Sullivan
Ms. Kazuye Sumida
Mrs. Mary Suzuki
Ms. Yukiko Suzuki
Mr. Michael Sweany
Ms. Yasuko Tada
Mr. Makoto Takahashi
Mr. Susumu Takao & Ms.
Kathleen King
Mr. Russell & Mrs. Linda Takei
Ms. Kyoko Tamaki
Ms. Shigeko Tanaka
Mr. Harry & Mrs. Susan Tanaka
Mr. Milton Tanizawa
Mr. Patrick Tao
Ms. Chiyo Tashiro
Ms. Michiko Tashiro
Mr. Gregory Terra & Ms. Janet
Morimoto
Ms. Sue Tom
Mr. Lawrence & Mrs. Setsuko
Toyooka
Mrs. Sumiko Tsujimoto*
Ms. Lisa Tsukamoto
Mr. David & Mrs. Teruko Turner
Mrs. Chiyo Wada
Ms. Katherine Watanabe
Mr. Jimmy & Mrs. Caroline Wong
Mr. Craigton Wong
Ms. Kathleen Wong
Ms. Ethel Woong
Mr. William & Mrs. Irene Wu
Ms. Yvonne Wun
Ms. Michiko Yamamoto
Mr. Tsuyoshi & Mrs. Joyce
Yamamoto
Mrs. Dorothy Yanase
Mrs. Tamiko Yasuhara
Mr. John & Mrs. Chibi Yasumoto
Ms. Yaeko Yedlosky
Ms. Ellen Yip
Mr. Jim & Mrs. Lynn Yonashiro
Ms. Alice Yonekura
Mr. Kaoru Yoshifuji*
Ms. Yumi Yukawa
(*notes deceased)
In-Kind Donations
Mr. Kelly Ina
Employee Giving
The following companies made
contributions in 2011 on behalf of
their employee(s) or trustee(s):
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Ms. Chiyomi Kuroki-Hirano
Chevron Texaco (Employee
Giving)
Mr. Edward M. Oda
Community Health Charities
Ms. Susan Muranishi
Electronic Arts Matching Gifts
Program
Mr. Mark Abey
Gap Foundation
Ms. Mari Kobara
Mr. Albert Kwok Ho Siu
Give With Liberty
Ms. Dana Hori (In Recognition of
Viola Hori)
Kaiser Permanente Community
Giving Campaign
Mr. Peti Arunamata
Ms. Cindy H. Sasaki
Ms. Louise Tsumori-Lue
Local Independent Charities of
America
Mr. Keith Uyeda
Nuveen Investments
Mr. Ross Sakamoto
PG&E Corporation Campaign
for the Community
Mr. Kameron Kitajima
Truist
Anonymous
Mr. Virgil Askew
Ms. Barbara Low
Mr. Todd Mathes
United Way California Capital
Region
Ms. Carole Hayashino
Ms. Janet Naito
Ms. Teresa Ono
United Way, Inc.
Ms. Charlotte Ma
United Way of the Bay Area
Mr. Kyle Tatsumoto
Wells Fargo Community
Support Campaign
Ms. Denise M. Campos
Ms. Shirley A. Gatlin
Ms. Mariko Humphrey
Mr. Jonathan Shindo
Mr. Dennis H. Taya
Mr. Marcus & Mrs. Jamie Wong
Every effort is made to include gifts received between
January 2011 and December 2011, but if a name has been
inadvertently omitted, please let us know at (415) 567-5505
or [email protected].
Inside the JCCCNC
2011 Program/Event Sponsors
The following companies and individuals gave in support of the following programs and events:
Annual Corporate
Partners
25 Years of
Opening Our Doors
Presenting Sponsors
AT&T
Japan Airlines
The Henri and Tomoye
Takahashi Charitable
Foundation
Union Bank
Benefactor Sponsors
Comcast
Glen S. Fukushima
Wells Fargo
Patron Sponsors
Japanese Chamber of
Commerce of Northern
California
Kikkoman
Kristi Yamaguchi's Always
Dream Foundation
Minami Tamaki LLP
Pacific Gas and Electric
Company
Friends of the JCCCNC
Nomura and Company
Donations
3D Investments
Mr. Douglas & Mrs. Chris
Aihara
Ms. Keiko Akashi
Ms. Eiko Aoki
Mrs. Fumi Ashizawa
Benkyo-do Company
Mr. William J. Edick, Jr. &
Ms. Pamela Burns
Dr. John & Mrs. Sue Fong
Mr. Thomas Fujisaka
Mrs. Adelyn Fukuda
Mr. Bill & Mrs. Rose Fukumitsu
Mr. Claude & Mrs. Anna
Guichard
Mr. Jitsuo & Mrs. Kaye Higashi
Mr. Gary & Mrs. Anna Hirano
Ms. Sumi Honnami
Ms. Rose Ichiyasu
Mrs. Hatsumi Ishii
Mr. Kenneth Kasamatsu
Mr. Thomas Kawakami
Ms. Gail Keikoan
Dr. Howard Kline & Dr. Ellen
Sawamura
Ms. Jen-Sum Louisa Lee
Mr. John & Mrs. Shannon
Mandel
Mr. John Mizono
Dr. Gary & Mrs. Lisa Mizono
Mr. Jeff & Mrs. Sandy Mori
Mrs. Betty Murakami
Mr. Steve Nakajo
Ms. Robin Nakamura
Mr. Frederick & Mrs. Joan
Nicholas
Mr. Robert & Mrs. Delphine
Obana
Mr. Somao Ochi
Ms. J. June Ohara
Mrs. Nancy Okano
Mrs. Linda Ono
Mr. William & Mrs. Louise
Osada
Mrs. Misao Otsuki
Pacific Commerce Bank
Pyramid Printing and Graphics
Ms. Katherine Reyes
Mrs. Katherine Sakai
Mr. Giichi & Mrs. Nancy
Sakurai
Mrs. Haruko Sasaki
Mr. George Shimizu
Ms. Marumi Suyeyasu
Mrs. Martha Suzuki*
Mrs. Sumako Takeshita
Ms. Shigeko Tanaka
Mrs. Violet Tanaka
Mr. Kenji & Mrs. Mary Tomita
Mrs. Tomie Tomita
Ms. Doris Tsai
Ms. Kazuko Tsuchiya
Ms. Sharon Umene
Mrs. Tokiko Ushijima
Reverend Lloyd & Mrs. Marion
Wake
Mrs. Masu Yamaguchi
Ms. Marcella Yano
Mr. Bradley Yee & Ms. Joyce
Ashizawa-Yee
Mr. Robert & Mrs. Susan
Yoshioka
In-Kind Donations
415 Media
Big Island Candies
Buddhist Church of San
Francisco Buddhist
Women's Association
Dave Wong's Restaurant
Diamond Bakery
Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian Host, Inc.
Ito En (North America), Inc.
Ms. Lori Matoba
Nomura and Company, Inc.
Ms. Donna Ong-Kimura
Ms. Marilyn Oshiro
Pika Pika
Pyramid Printing
Rogue Beer
Sapporo USA, Inc.
Children's Day
Event Supporters
The Henri and Tomoye
Takahashi Charitable
Foundation
Hatsuro and Amey Aizawa
Family Charitable Trust
Kristi Yamaguchi's Always
Dream Foundation
Event Partners
Consulate General of Japan in
San Francisco
Japanese Community Youth
Council
Prize Sponsors
Japan Video
Sakura of America
Sanrio Inc.
Viz Media
Donations
Hoops for Friends, Inc.
Nakayoshi Young
Professionals
Xperience LLC
Dreams Finally Realized Film
Screenings
G. Kase
Halloween Carnival
Mr. Jeff Maruyama
Nikkei Open
Event Sponsor
Merrill Lynch
Hole Sponsors
Asian Firefighters Association
British Motor Cars
Darlene Masamori Insurance
Agency Representing
Allstate Insurance
Dr. Robert Koshiyama, DDS,
Inc.
Drs. Hiura & Hiura Optometrist
Mr. Darren & Mrs. Kristi Hiatt
Mrs. Yo Hironaka
Law Offices of Kaz Maniwa
Mass Mutual
Moriwaki, Imai & Fujita, Inc.
Ms. Cheryl Murase
Nakashima Golf
Osaki Creative Group
Ms. Marilyn Oshiro
Oto Bailey, Fukumoto &
Mishima, Inc.
Pika Pika
Pyramid Printing
San Francisco Associates
San Francisco/Bay Area Nikkei
Singles
San Francisco Drakes
San Francisco Enchantees
Ms. Teresa Serata
T. Okamoto and Co.
Union Bank
Uoki K. Sakai Co.
Dr. Craig Y. Yonemura, DDS,
MS, Inc.
Dr. Todd Yonemura, DDS
Raffle Prize Donors
Benihana Monterey
Boulder Creek Golf and
Country Club
Boundary Oak Golf Course
Cherry Blossom Golf
Committee
Franklin Canyon Golf Course
Mr. Tedman Jung
K&S Golf Hawaii
Kimochi Golf Tournament
Committee
Las Positas Golf Course
Mr. Bernie Lee
Mr. Jeff Maruyama
Mira Vista Country Club
Nakashima Golf
Peninsula Golf and Country
Club
Portola Hotel & Spa
Mr. Lance Wong
Dr. Craig Y. Yonemura, DDS,
MS
Flight Prizes
La Mar Restaurant
In Honor of:
In Honor of
Hats Aizawa's Kunsho
Ms. Lori Matoba
In Honor of Marjorie Fletcher's
83rd Birthday
Ms. Mika Shimizu
In Honor of Yo Hironaka
Mr. Bruce & Mrs. Valerie Hironaka
Mr. Don & Mrs. Christina Hirose
In Honor of Naoko Ito
Ms. Janis Ito
Ms. Patricia Ito
In Honor of JCCCNC Staff
Mr. Neal Taniguchi & Ms. Emily
Murase
In Honor of Allen Okamoto
Mr. Philip & Mrs. Diane Gotanda
In Honor of
Melody Takata (Gen Taiko)
Mrs. Shirley Murakami
In Honor of Laura Takeuchi
Mr. Akira & Mrs. Kimi Sato Honda
In Honor of Chiyo Wada
Ms. Patricia Wada
In Honor of Robert Watada &
Rosa Sakanishi
Mr. Vicenza Scarpaci
Donations
Mr. Chris Hirano & Ms.
Chiyomi Kuroki-Hirano
Mr. Andrew & Mrs. Lori
Urushima
In Honor of Jane Hara Wong
Reverend Masato & Mrs. Alice
Kawahatsu
Nikkei Youth Cultural
Heritage Program Raffle
Ms. Jamie Hirata
In Honor of the Yoshifuji Family
New Years Day Get Together
Mr. Aki & Mrs. Michiko Kuramoto
Mr. Gerard & Mrs. Rosie
McCormick
Sekino-Omori
Mr. Kaz & Ms. Michi Takata
Mrs. Yae Tondo
Mr. Kaoru Yoshifuji
Sweepstakes
Best Buy
Japan Airlines
Kintetsu International Travel
Consultants Company
Pyramid Printing
Takahashi Youth
Ambassador Fellowship
Program
Roy Ashizawa Family
Mr. Kahn Yamada
In Honor of Jared Wong
Mrs. Mitzie Tarver
In Honor of Karl Yoneda
In Memory of:
In Memory of Roy K. Abbey
Mr. Peter & Mrs. Ayako Yee
In Memory of Lucy Adachi
Mr. Kazuyuki & Mrs. Alice Adachi
In Memory of Jeff Bitterman
Ms. Barbara Ludlum
Track Meet
Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation
In Memory of Ron China
Mrs. Mary China
In Memory of
Masami "March" Dobashi
Mr. Daro Inouye
Inside the JCCCNC
In Honor and In Memory of Donors
The following is a list of donors who gave gifts in memory or in honor of someone special.
In Memory of
Wes and Toyoko Doi
Mr. Steven & Mrs. Charlotte Doi
In Memory of Peter Ito
Ms. Janis Ito
Ms. Patricia Ito
In Memory of
Pamela Nunotani Donahoe
Mr. Tony Abantao
Ms. Grace Abiko
Mr. William Ball
Mr. Jerry & Mrs. Lindsay Belden
Mrs. Ikue Burney
Ms. Rhoda Chang
Mr. Byron & Mrs. Jan Der
Mr. James Eller
Dr. Ronald & Mrs. Cynthia Hiura
Ms. Marilyn Howe
Ms. Marcia Kawabata
Mr. Thomas Kawakami
Mr. Eric & Mrs. Vera Kawamura
Mr. Lowell Kimura & Ms. Donna
Ong-Kimura
Mr. Sherman Lim
Mr. Melvyn & Mrs. Mitsu Maeda
Ms. Carolyn Masuda
Ms. Lori Matoba
Mr. Melvyn Mayeda
Mr. David & Mrs. Carole Minkin
Mrs. Nanami Naito &
Ms. Suzanne Naito
Mr. Paul Osaki
Ms. Melissa Parker
Ms. Betty Parodi
Mr. Eugene & Mrs. Loretta Pennisi
Mr. Rami & Mrs. Nancy Rubin
Mr. Donald & Mrs. Marian Seiki
Ms. Katherine Watanabe
Mrs. Masu Yamaguchi and Family
In Memory of Robert Jung
In Memory of Lucille Fujita
Ms. Mari Nakamura
In Memory of Mits Kojimoto
Mr. Keith & Mrs. Priscilla
Kojimoto
In Memory of Yas Furuya
Mr. Milton Wong & Ms. Dianne
Furuya-Wong
In Memory of Koji Kawaguchi
In Memory of Gene Kawamoto
Mr. Nobusuke & Mrs. Fumi Fukuda
In Memory of Sakae Kawashiri
Mrs. Mitsuko Kawashiri
In Memory of
Jin & Kay Kinoshita
Ms. Kay Nomura
In Memory of Peter Kitagawa
Mr. Arthur Kitagawa
In Memory of
Peter & Margaret Kitagawa
Mr. Gary & Mrs. Barbara Kitagawa
In Memory of Teiko Kitagawa
Ms. Ellen Yip
In Memory of William Kiyasu
Ms. Sumi Honnami
Kikue Kiyasu
Dr. Quintus & Mrs. Jean* Sakai
In Memory of Jean Koda
Mrs. Misao Otsuki
In Memory of Nellie Kono
Mrs. Mary Shek
In Memory of Alice Graves
Ms. Donna Graves
In Memory of Annabelle Lee
Ms. Sato Hashizume
In Memory of Mary Hamada
Ms. Marjorie Fletcher
Ms. Teresa Ono
In Memory of Stan Lyman
Fukuda
In Memory of
Setsu Nao Hamasaki
Ms. Patricia Wada
In Memory of Kats Handa
Ms. Patricia Wada
In Memory of Albert Haruyama
In Memory of Kenji Hirano
Mr. Nobusuke & Mrs. Fumi Fukuda
In Memory of Ms. Ann R. Hirata
Mr. Jeff Yoshioka
In Memory of Sue Holdaway
Mrs. Mary Negi
In Memory of Mito Imaizumi
Ms. Linda Oda
In Memory of Ben Ishisaki
Ms. Lori Matoba
In Memory of Joe Makita
Ms. Alice Okazaki
In Memory of
Mrs. Shigeko Mamiya
Mr. Daniel & Mrs. Judy Hruska
In Memory of Ruth Mark
Mr. Kerry Mark
In Memory of Yuka Matoba
Ms. Lori Matoba
Fukami
Mr. Paul Osaki
In Memory of
George Matsumoto
Mrs. Ikue Burney
Mrs. Teruko Matsumoto
Ms. Nancy Nakai
Mr. Paul Osaki
Mr. Shiro & Mrs. Annie Suenaga
In Memory of Paul Matsumura
Mrs. Sachiko Matsumura
In Memory of Jack Mayeda
Mr. Paul Osaki
In Memory of
Florence Miyahara
Ms. Sato Hashizume
In Memory of
George and Mary Miyahara
Mr. Todd Kimoto
In Memory of Carolyn Mitsuda
Mr. Tosh Mitsuda
In Memory of
Minoru & Hanako Mitsuyoshi
Mr. Jeff Yoshioka
In Memory of Kay Mori
Mrs. Betty M. Tanaka
In Memory of Sue Okamura
Mr. Ken & Mrs. Lynn Higa
Ms. Yoneko Higashigawa
Ms. Lori Matoba
Mr. Mitsufumi & Mrs. Rumi
Okabe
Mr. Allen & Mrs. Patricia
Okamoto
Ms. Teresa Ono
Mrs. Misao Otsuki
Mrs. Sumiko Tsujimoto
Mrs. Agnes Yoshimura
In Memory of Bill Tomura
Mrs. Miyoko Tomura
In Memory of
Ellis "Tets" Okano
Mrs. Nancy Okano
In Memory of Kenneth Wong
Mr. Russell & Mrs. Linda Takei
In Memory of Takeko Okuhara
Mr. Roy & Mrs. Karen Okuhara
In Memory of Kenji Murase
Mr. Raymond & Mrs. Katherine
Favetti
In Memory of
Kaye Uyeda Patterson
Ms. Sato Hashizume
Mr. Thomas & Mrs. June
Sugihara
In Memory of Kevin Murase
Mr. Nader Jazayeri
Ms. Patricia Nishimoto
In Memory of
Momoko Saruwatari
Mrs. Linda Ono
In Memory of Some & Hisaichi
Nakagawa & Nakagawa
Siblings and In-laws
Ms. Emy Hynes
In Memory of Marjorie Sato
Mr. Hiroshi & Mrs. Janice Fukuda
In Memory of Michikazu Nakai
Mrs. Mitsuko Nakai
In Memory of Diane Nakamura
Ms. Patricia Ito
Ms. Diane Sidd-Champion
In Memory of
Florence M. Nakamura
Mr. Harry Nakamura
In Memory of Haruye Nakata
Ms. Julie Higashi
In Memory of
Takara & Kaoru Noda
Mr. Tom Swartz & Mrs. Marilyn
Noda-Swartz
In Memory of Kenji Noda
Mr. George & Mrs. Kimiko Hirata
Mrs. Kazue Ihara
Ms. Lori Matoba
Ms. Faye Nishioka
Ms. Chiyoko Sakamoto
In Memory of Wally Nunotani
Mrs. Teruko Matsumoto
In Memory of Kazuko Oda
Mr. Kent Ito
In Memory of Mary Okada
Mr. Calvert & Mrs. Betty Kitazumi
In Memory of
Takeo and Kay Okamoto
Mr. Steven & Mrs. Diana Okamoto
In Memory of Mike Sato
Fukuda
In Memory of
Matao & Toshiko Shigio
Mr. Randy & Mrs. Linda Shigio
In Memory of
Baron and Alice Nishihara
Ms. Julie Nishihara
In Memory of
Clyde Kunio Shimada
Mr. Joseph Siegelman &
Ms. Charlene Shimada
In Memory of
Cherry Shimamoto
Mrs. Yae Tondo
In Memory of Harry T. Suzuki
In Memory of Esao Tada
In Memory of
Nobukazu Takahashi
Mrs. Julie Takahashi
In Memory of Kyoko Takeda
Mr. Thomas & Mrs. June
Sugihara
In Memory of Sueko Takao
Mr. Susumu Takao & Ms.
Kathleen King
In Memory of
R. Yukinori Tanaka
Mr. Marion Sakurai
In Memory of
Sumiko Sasaki Tsujimoto
Mrs. Mitzi Fukami
In Memory of Gene Uratsu
Mr. Frank & Mrs. Edith Tanaka
In Memory of Helen Utsumi
Ms. Sato Hashizume
Fukami
Mr. Takeo Utsumi
In Memory of
Florence Shigeko Yamada
Mrs. Mary Shek
Mr. Kahn Yamada
In Memory of Ann Yamasaki
Mrs. Yoko Maeda & Mr. Jason
S. Maeda
In Memory of David Yamakawa
Mr. Takeshi & Mrs. Patricia
Yamamoto
In Memory of Helen Yamasaki
Mr. Masaru Yamasaki
In Memory of Shogo Yamato
Fukuda
In Memory of Karl Yoneda
In Memory of Kaoru Yoshifuji
Mr. Bruce & Mrs. Pat Eggleton
Mr. Keith & Mrs. Erin Eggleton
Mr. Franklin & Mrs. Nancy Fong
Mrs. Naoko Ito
Ms. Katherine Kato
Ms. Leslie Lethridge
Mr. Tony & Mrs. Noriko Matsuda
Fukami
Sekino-Omori
Ms. Teresa Ono
Mr. Paul Osaki
Mr. Jim Snell
Ms. Deborah Sullivan
Mrs. Mineko Takata
Mrs. Yae Tondo
Ms. Cindy Yoshifuji-Ward
In Memory of Wally Yonamine
Mr. Paul Osaki
In Memory of
Yoneo "Bo" Yoshimura
Ms. Janis Ito
Mrs. Naoko Ito
Ms. Patricia Ito
Mr. Frank & Mrs. Hedy Matsuno
Mrs. Mitsuko Nakai
Mr. James M. Seff & Ms.
Margene Fudenna
Mr. Jeff Seff
Mrs. Agnes Yoshimura
Inside the JCCCNC
Money Matters — 2011 Financial Report
At the beginning of 2011, the JCCCNC was preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of our doors. But on March 11, we went
from being a locally based community non-profit organization in San Francisco to an international relief organization responding to the incredible
challenge of trying to provide relief, recovery and rebuilding for the people of the Tohoku region of Japan. We are proud of everyone’s past support
to the JCCCNC which enabled us to react and respond immediately, and continue to offer all of our regular programs, classes and events.
A regular day at the JCCCNC can include mailing out letters to donors and members, setting up classrooms, workshops and events and hundreds
of administrative tasks. The JCCCNC also provides resources in the form of space, funds and services for community organizations, individuals
and corporations. Included among those resources is low-cost office space for tenants such as Japanese Community Youth Council, Kimochi,
Inc. and Nobiru Kai.
None of this would be possible without the financial support of the JCCCNC’s many donors, members and corporate sponsors. Also appreciated
is the leadership of the Board of Directors, enthusiastic volunteers and hard-working staff. Their unwavering dedication, commitment and
generosity to preserving the culture and community push the JCCCNC towards building a Center of greater service for this community.
2011 Revenue
2011 Expenses
Development
Rentals
12%
Development
53%
Membership
18%
Mem
9%
bers
hip 6
%
Programs
23%
Programs
17%
The graph above summarizes revenue during the 2011 calendar year. It
is the sole responsibility of the Development Department to produce
the most significant revenue for most non-profit organizations. For
the JCCCNC, donations account for 53% of our revenue, with
individual donors collectively contributing the majority of the total.
The Development Department’s principal charge is to ensure the
sustainable growth and financial health of the organization by gathering
resources and long-term support through grassroots fundraising,
major donor cultivation and foundation and corporate sponsorships.
The Membership Department’s role is to increase visibility of the
JCCCNC within the surrounding community, instill in our members a
sense of belonging and to grow and sustain relationships with people
and organizations that believe in our charter. Currently, the JCCCNC
is highly dependent upon senior and senior couple memberships; our
aim is to increase our family and sustaining memberships to mirror
our success with these contingencies.
Building and
Operations
62%
The graph above summarizes spending during the 2011 calendar year.
Building and operations comprise over one-half of the JCCCNC’s
expenditures. On the building side, this includes expenses incurred
from running a public facility visited by over 185,000 individuals
annually, which primarily consists of maintenance and upkeep of a
17,500 square foot building. This includes utilities, equipment leases,
licensing and permit fees and facility insurance. On the operational side,
this includes staff salaries and benefits, staff development and training,
office administration, public relations, advertising and marketing and
consulting services.
Programs contributed 17% of the revenue for the JCCCNC,
generated from class or events fees and donations. The JCCCNC
makes a conscious choice to keep the class fees at a minimum as the
JCCCNC believes in providing low cost services whereby no attendee
is constrained by cost.
Programs expenses encompass all classes, corporate and community
meeting room rentals, sporting events, seasonal fairs, community
forums and events and cultural programs. By nature, the JCCCNC’s
programs are highly resource intensive due to the associated (and often
obscure) costs of materials, instructor and insurance fees and other
related costs necessary to run successful programs. The JCCCNC
provides over 100 workshops and classes on an annual basis. These
workshops and classes are central to the mission of the Center which
is to provide cultural arts, social, recreational and educational classes.
Rentals derive 12% of our annual revenue. Similar to our affordable
program philosophy, the JCCCNC believes in providing highly
subsidized facility space for community groups and organizations with
special reduced rates for non-profit organizations.
Development expenses include all costs related to direct fundraising,
following the Center’s comprehensive development program aimed
at generating individual donor, foundation, philanthropic and various
foundation and corporate support.
Inside the JCCCNC
Ways to Give: Help the JCCCNC, Your Way!
“Like” us!
Sign up to be
a member!
Join us today! Your
membership provides
support to the JCCCNC
to carry out its educational,
cultural, recreational and
social programs. Be a part of
our family where future generations will learn about our community,
culture and traditions. To sign up or to get more information check
our website at www.jcccnc.org or fill out our membership form,
which can be obtained at the JCCCNC.
You can become a fan of the
JCCCNC on Facebook. Just log
into your Facebook account, search
“Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California”
and click “like.” Fans get the latest information on events going on, as
well as many fun facts about the history and staff at the Center and
Japantown.
Double your donation
through your employer!
$ = $$
Give us your valuable time and assist us with special events,
programs and administrative duties. One way to volunteer is with
our upcoming 2012 Annual Event in September or the JCCCNC
Halloween Carnival. For more information contact the Programs
Department at (415) 567-5505 x227 or [email protected].
Did you know that many corporations offer
to match their employee’s donations to non-profit organizations
or have a work place giving program? Corporate fund matching
programs are a great way to increase your donation and in most
cases double your donation. Work place giving programs make it
fast and easy to give a gift because you can have your donation
automatically deducted from your paycheck. Consult your human
resources department to find out more on how you can support the
JCCCNC through work place giving.
FROM PAGE 3: Taira Paintings
on Display at the JCCCNC
FROM PAGE 3: New Staff
Members Bring Youth to JCCCNC
something but it’s interesting to know what the viewer feels. The
artist’s work is there and people react to it. The painting should talk
for itself without any detail or explanation from the artist.” Taira goes
on to say that he doesn’t want others to think he is more “intelligent”
than them and he wants his work to be “recognizable.”
educate others about the rich JA culture and history and attracting
new supporters to the JCCCNC to ensure OUR Center is around
for future generations to enjoy. Yumi has been at the JCCCNC for
a little over a year and is the current Development Manager. She
enjoys working at the JCCCNC because she can truly see the
multi-generational ideas, stories and programs that go on every day.
Give the gift of time!
Over the decades, Taira’s artwork has been exhibited across the
U.S. and Italy, and has earned him seven solo exhibitions, 35 group
exhibitions, which he received ten awards including a few grand
prize honors for his sterling silver and semi-precious stone jewelry
designs.
The JCCCNC is honored to have received these precious works of
art and will provide a home for the Nikkei artist’s paintings that Taira
described as his "children" and in recent years hoped to find homes
that would look after them.
The JCCCNC is proud to invite the public to view the work that
Taira saw as his own family. The JCCCNC would also like to thank Mr.
Taira’s friends and caregivers, Dorothy Calvani and Dava Weinstein for
their thoughtfulness in gifting these paintings to the JCCCNC.
“From hearing the Nihongo of young Japanese children
in our hallways for BAMBI, or seeing many of our Nisei
members playing Hanafuda in the afternoons or seeing
adults my age running up the Center steps with basketball
shoes and gym bags, there is no one too young or too old
to join in. As staff, there is nothing greater than seeing
firsthand what this community center is all about – a home
for the community.”
- Yumi Yukawa, JCCCNC Development Manager
x
JCCCNC Member Benefit:
Discounted Travel to Hawaii
JCCCNC Members are eligible to receive discounted air and
hotel to Hawaii where it’s warm and sunny all year round.
Hawaiian Airlines is offering a 5% discount on web fares. This
special applies to JCCCNC Members who book online on Hawaiian
Airlines’ Affiliate website.
Visit www.hawaiianair.com/affiliate and enter the code AMWEBJCC. Receive the lowest
available web fare. No cost to enroll.
Per piece charge (each way):·
•
•
•
1st checked piece of luggage - $17
2nd checked piece of luggage - $17
3rd or any additional checked piece of luggage - $25 (per piece)
*******************************************************
The Hawaii Prince Hotel, located on the island of Oahu, is offering an
average savings of 50% off published rack rates to JCCCNC Members.
Best of all, the hotel is offering special $65 golf rates to JCCCNC Members during their stay at
the Hawaii Prince.
Please call the JCCCNC for rates at other Prince Hotels in Hawaii.
Discounts at Aston Hotels & Resorts
JCCCNC members can now receive discounts on any of Aston’s 27 hotels and condominium resorts on
Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Big Island (Hawaii), South Lake Tahoe (California) and Lake Las Vegas (Nevada).
N
MEM EW
BE
BENE RSHIP
FIT
From hotel rooms and condominium suites to villas and cottages, there is something to suit any lifestyle, taste
and budget. Aston Hotels & Resorts offers packages for many different special interests - from golf, biking, fishing,
skiing or surfing, to cultural sightseeing or relaxing massage treatments.
Oahu
Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel
Maui
Aston at Papakea Resort
Kauai
Aston Islander on the Beach
Hawaii
Aston Waikoloa Colony Villas
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Aston Lakeland Village
Lake Las Vegas, NV
Aston MonteLago Village Resort
To book your stay at any of Aston’s hotels and condominium resorts, please visit http://www.astonhotels.com/jccc.
You can also call their toll free line at (866) 774-2924 and use the promotional code QN1530.
JCCCNC Member Benefit
Exclusive Travel Packages
Japan
Tokyo • Kyoto • Osaka
Travel Between Now and December 2012
From $655 per person*
(* Prices include RT air and hotel, based on double occupancy, two-night minimum, meals not included.
Fuel surcharges, security charge and taxes not included.)
JCCCNC Member exclusive travel packages to Japan and now available through our partners,
Japan Airlines (JAL) and Kintetsu International Consultants Company (KIE).
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to explore the history, culture and food of Japan!
JCCCNC Sustaining Members receive additional discounts on travel packages, air ticket only,
Japan Rail Pass and optional local tours.
Exclusive Travel Packages Offered by:
1840 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 567-5505 • www.jcccnc.org
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE
1840 Sutter St., San Francisco, California 94115-3220
(415) 567-5505 Fax (415) 567-4222
[email protected] www.jcccnc.org
PAID
Permit No. 10383
San Francisco, California
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
JCCCNC’s Preferred Airline
Saturday
Upcoming Events
May
19
10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
2012 Annual Event:
Looking Forward, Giving Back
Saturday, September 29
4:00 – 8:00 PM at the JCCCNC
Tickets:
$175 general admission
$50, children 6-12
Friday, October 26
6:00 – 8:30 PM
Games and prizes, tricks and
treats, arts and crafts and
goodies to eat! On October 26
there is only one place to be: the
!
Halloween Carnival at the JCCCNC
5:00 p.m.
“Early Bat” dinner will be served at
er.
dinn
RSVP is required for the
the early bat
For more information or to RSVP for
) 567-5505.
dinner, please call Ryan Kimura at (415
(See front cover
for more
information)
Fall Online Auction
September 10 - September 23
We’re currently in the process of
collecting items for our annual fall online
auction. If you have unique items or
services that you would like to donate to the
auction, please contact Jeff Yoshioka at (415) 567-5505 or
e-mail [email protected].
*All products and services will be evaluated before being accepted.
Please do not drop off items before they are approved. Thank you.

Annual Event “Looking Forward, Giving Back”

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