Wa Sung Community Service Club Newsletter
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Wa Sung Community Service Club Newsletter
Wa Sung Community Service Club Newsletter www.wasungserviceclub.org May, 2005 Providing Community & Educational Services since 1953 President’s Message Richard Fong 2005SBoard of Directors President Richard Fong Vice President Audrey Huie Treasurer Roland Hui Secretary Pat Johnson Social Director Clayton Yukumoto Newsletter Editor Cynthia Lim Advisor to the Board Karen Dea Past President Harry Greer Directors 20042005 Clarence Preston Raymond Tang Carlton Cooper Arnold Mew Bill Sakakura Directors 20052006 Mary Chan Nancy Lee Shelly Chen Lucy Meyer Theresa Gee Helena Mew The Wa Sung Community Directory 2005 made its debut at the 49th Annual Easter Pancake Breakfast. Thank you to Co Chairs Arnold Mew, Bill Sakakura, and Clayton Yukumoto and committee members for your excellent efforts. A big thank you goes to Co Chairs Nancy Lee, Raymond Tang, Bill Sakakura, Karen Dea, Officers and Directors 2005, members and volunteers for a fantastic Easter Pancake program. The news article stated at least 1200 participants. Wow, what great fun, excitement, prizes and food. The Children had a great time with the Easter egg hunt and enjoyed the trip on the Station 12 Fire Engine. We had a record number of pancake eating contestants and was that fun. Did you see that newspaper, where that guy next to Edgar Woo, was stuffing his face with pancakes? Many of our Members, Life Members, and Honorary Members came out and were hard at work doing the Easter Pancake preparation and cooking. Let’s see if I can remember everyone: Mary and Freeman Chan, Calvin Chun, Clifton and Marion Fong, Ron and Barbara Hing, Gordon and Mary Lee, Homer Lee, Stephen Quock, Bill and Yukiko Sakakura, Clayton Soohoo, Wilfred Tom, James Wong, Clarence Yee, Rick Quon, Lena Fong, Beatrice and George Wong. Thank you all for the community service you accomplished. We also had some special guests that came to help us City Council Members, Henry Chang Jr., Nancy Nadel, Alameda County Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker, Pat Kernighan, City Attorney John Russo joined in the fun and excitement of the Easter Pancake event. Another Thank you goes to Bill Sakakura for arranging all the entertainment; Shelly Chen , who was at the American Cancer Table; Beatrice Wong and all the Friends of the Asian Library; Arnold Mew, Stephan Quock, Ester Fong Maynard, at the Directory Table; Bill Wong for bringing his Chinatown Book; Oliver Chin for bringing his Book , Tao of Yao; Cheryl Yukumoto for explaining the Junk Boat Crystals; Cimberly Eng-Tamura doing origami, Cynthia and Lyle Rose, Ron and Barbara Hing, Cal Chun, Rick Quon, James Wong and Clarence Yee, Samantha Dinh, Tom Wei, Chris Dear, David Won, Jeanne Chiang, Carlton Cooper, Clarence Preston, Sum and Edgar Woo, Linda Wong, Wilma Wong, Don Kiang, Deborah Pan, Delbert and Doris Gee and daughters, Lucy and Andy Meyer, Harold Cook, Daniel Wang, Herra Gutierrez, Harry and Valerie Greer, Diane and Stan Huey, Adrienne Fong, Wayne and Joanne Fong, Cynthia and Tony Lim, Clayton and Cheryl Yukumoto, Loretta Siu, Edward Yu, Val Toh and Jeffery Kuan, Irene Andriani, Cimberly Eng-Tamura, Ester Fong Maynard, Anthony Pascarello for helping; Patricia and Al Johnson , Mary and Freeman Chan at the ticket area; Kingman Lowe, for moving all the Table and Chairs; Audrey Huie and Roland Hui for collecting all the funds; Mike Wong and Hugh Reid for ensuring the Grills were in working order; Thanks to all the supporting Clubs and Caroline Yee, Lincoln Schools and Gilbert Gong for Lincoln Park. I know I missed mentioning some members. Come to the next meeting and remind me so I can talk about you in the next article. . I hope everyone had a great time!! April brought the recognition of the Past Presidents, Life and Honorary Members. It is always a great event to share with both our new and long time members which was held at the ‘New Oakland Seafood Restaurant’. “Photos” were taken as souvenirs. Sixty-two Members and friends attended this great event. Past Presidents: James Wong, Arnold Mew, Wayne Fong, Stephen Quock, Kathleen Hsu Jeong, Ron Hing, Karen, Dea, and Harry Greer. Life Members: Freeman and Mary Chan, Clifton and Marion Fong, Gordon Lee, Ron Hing, Stephen Quock, Rick Quon, Bill Sakakura, James, Wong, and Clarence Yee. Honorary Members: Lena Fong, Lorenzo Hoopes, Laura Yee and Beatrice Wong. During the event Lena Fong, was recognized for her generous donation of Five Thousand Dollars, to the Junk Boat Restoration project. She will honor her late husband, Dr Joshua Fong by dedicating a park bench in his memory. Dr Joshua Fong was the original Committee Chairman of the original Junk Boat project, who wrote the letter in 1961 to the Chinese Consulate to get the permission to start this project that eventually was dedicated in 1968. The Children of Oakland Chinatown will for many years enjoy the Junk Boat and its history. Thank you to our elder members for their memories, experiences and devotion to our Wa Sung Community Service Club. May brings on the Merit Scholarship Awards Event. Adrienne Fong chairs this event to be held at Silver Dragon Restaurant on Sunday May 15th, 2005. The Guest Speaker will be Oakland Council Member Jean Quan. Come support this Wa Sung Annual event. Most of our awards come directly from our perpetual scholarship funds however, we also depend on the Membership donations to ensure that our youth get the support for higher education. Please contact Adrienne for contributions or any help that you can give on the day of the event. Thank you to Dr Janet Lee, Loretta Siu and Friends, Nancy Lee, and Esther Fong Maynard for additional funds for scholarships in the year 2005. Look for the additional articles on the up coming events. It was a pleasure to see so many of you at Easter Pancake and the Life Member, Honorary and Past President General Meeting. I look forward to seeing many more at our coming events. Thank You!! General Meeting A Mother’s Day Celebration May 5th, 2005 6:30pm Saigon Restaurant Frank Ogawa Plaza Oakland, CA. 94607 $10.00 with RSVP or $15.00 at the Door RSVP to C. Yukumoto at 925 417-1072 or [email protected] or R. Hing at 925 462-5235 or [email protected] By May 2nd 2005 Membership Committee Clayton Yukumoto and Linda Wong, Co- Chairs S.E.R.V.E. Program Leaders We now have a new Board for all the members to sign up on and also will be bring the old Board so we all can remember the categories we signed up on for 2004 so please update all of your scores on the new 2005 board. So, don’t be shy once you come and update your score we will update your score based on your participation in helping Wa Sung serve our community. G. R. E. A. T. Program: Remember the G.R.E.A.T. Program? Its purpose is to encourage our membership to help Wa Sung grow our membership, retain, encourage participation, attend club activities and cultivate team spirit. Our goal is to bring 35 new members into Wa Sung for the year. We now have 12 new members for this year and 15 all of 2004 so we’re well on our way to meeting our goal! Remember you earn the greatest amount of points when you sign up a new member and the more points you earn the greater your chances of winning the contest!!! Oh and one change for 2005, we will Award the Points for bringing a new member when that member is inducted and not when they turn in their application! ------------------------------------------------------------Please Fill out the attached form and send in with your membership payment! We are trying to get additional information this year, Spouses and Birthdates. A reminder to all Members: Dues for 2005 will be collected beginning the 1st of January 2005. We will be using the following timeline: November & December – Notices to be sent to Membership January – Billing notices to be mailed to Membership June – Final notices to be mailed to all Members Delinquent Please send all payments to the Club at: Wa Sung Community Service Club, P. O. Box 1561, Oakland, CA. 94604. WA SUNG COMMUNITY SERVICE CLUB P. O. Box 1561 Oakland, CA. 94604 Please help us update the Membership Roster files: Member Name: ____________________________________________________ Spouse: ______________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________ City: ________________________________ Zip: ________________________ Telephone: Home: ( ) ________________ Work: ( E-Mail: ______________________________ Cell: ( FAX: ( ) _________________ ) ___________________ ) ________________________ Birthday: Month _______Day:_____ Member: $45.00 Spouse: $22.50 Social Chair Report By Clayton Yukumoto, Social Chairperson Funtastic!!! A night of great FOOD and lots of FUN! It was a night that many of us will not forget! So many of the members who we (new members) have only seen in the past directories were there with us! Many were very instrumental in the Events of the time like the Easter Pancake Breakfast or the growth of the Clubs membership over the years and how the club has evolved in its membership. A lot of renewing of friendships which over the years has brought so many of our life and honorary members back for this event! We had so many couples for the event, Freeman and Mary Chan, Stephan and Joan Quock, Dr. Clifton and Marion Fong, Gordon and Mary Lee and Ron and Barbara Hing. Other Life members Bill Sakakura, James Wong, Chris Yahng, Clarence Yee and Rick Quon were also in attendance. We were fortunate to have a lot of honorary members also, Laura Yee, Dr. Janet Lee, Lorenzo Hoopes, Bea Wong and Lena Fong. Also many of our Past Presidents were in attendance… Chris Yahng, Kathy Jeong, Karen Dea, Dr. Wayne Fong, Arnold Mew, Ron Hing, Harry Greer and our current President Rich Fong. It was certainly a night filled with many great stories being told to the audience by many of the honored guests! We thank Steven Zhang and his staff for the great food and service we received that night! The food was good and the service outstanding! Again many thanks Steven! President Rich Fong inducted 6 new members Irene Andriani, Daniel Wang, Cimberly Eng-Tamura, Todd Forbes, Esther Fong-Maynard and Anthony Pascarello. Congrats to our newest members! They all gave us a brief bio of themselves and how they plan to help us this year in the many events that the Club has planned! Guest attendance of our General Meetings has been increasing, a total of 10 for this months meeting! We can only hope that this trend continues for the balance of the year! Just a reminder about the next General Meeting; it will be held at the Saigon Restaurant on 5th of May beginning at 6:30pm. All the information is on the enclosed flyer. All Mothers in attendance will be honored at this event. We’re expecting a full house for this event so please call and reserve your spot for this tremendous event. Deadline for R.S.V.P.’s is May 2nd. Community Calendar May 5, 2005 – General Meeting honoring Mothers May 15, 2005 – Merit Awards Luncheon Silver Dragon June July 4, 2005- Annual Picnic August 4, 2005 – ‘A Chef’s Delight 8’ kick-off San Leandro Historical Museum August 12, 2005 – ‘A’s Fireworks Game’ October 30, 2005 – ‘A Chef’s Delight 8’ - Oakland Airport Hilton “Junk Boat” Restoration Project (Preliminary renderings of the structures cross section & aerial view for committee and city review) 2005 Merit Award Scholarships by Adrienne Fong, Committee chair By the time this article is printed in the May newsletter, we will have selected our scholarship winners. This year will be our 49th year of awarding merit scholarships. All members and friends are invited on Sunday, May 15, from noon to 3 pm at the Silver Dragon Restaurant in Oakland Chinatown to celebrate with the 2005 winners and their families. Lunch will be $16/person (RSVP by May 9th – see flyer). Please come to show your support and enjoy an afternoon with the future leaders of tomorrow. Our guest speaker will be Oakland Councilmember Jean Quan. Jean has attended and supported many of the Wa Sung events. Jean’s family roots in Oakland began when her great-grandfather and his family took the ferry after the San Francisco 1906 earthquake across the Bay to where Oakland Chinatown is today. Jean’s continues to make a difference in her work as councilmember and as a member of the Oakland community. Please come on May 15th to hear Jean speak. We are still accepting any donations to add to the Perpetual Scholarship funds or donations to the general scholarship fund. The number of scholarships available will be based on the combined annual interest from the Perpetual Scholarship funds and from one time donations. The Wa Sung Perpetual Scholarship and Special Projects Fund Trustees met on March 19 and approved funding for seven $1,000 scholarships. Please help us with more donations, from family, friends and employers. The number and amount of the scholarships have increased over the years due to the continued support from our Perpetual Scholarship fund, from donations we receive from our members, their families and friends and numerous Wa Sung funding events. We invite everyone to make any amount of donation, whether it’s a new endowment gift in honor of loved ones and friends, memorial gift to an existing fund, or a one-time donation. All contributions go directly to the scholarship fund. Gift information is available from any Wa Sung Board Member or send your check to: Wa Sung Community Service Club, P.O. Box 1561, Oakland, CA 94604. Make your donation checks payable to the ‘Wa Sung Charity Fund’. Volunteers are needed on the day of the event. If you are planning on attending and can help, please contact Nancy Lee, Cyndee Lim or me. Wa Sung Community Service Club P O Box 1561 Oakland CA 94604 49th Annual Merit Award Scholarship Celebration SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2005 12:00 – 3:00 pm Please Join Us to Celebrate our Future Leaders! Guest Speaker Oakland Councilmember Jean Quan Silver Dragon Restaurant 835 Webster Street, Oakland, CA For information/reservations, please call Adrienne Fong: 925- 830- 4614 or email [email protected] or complete and mail the form below Fold and Tear Here Please RSVP by May 9, 2005 to 925-830-4614 or [email protected] or send this form to: 2005 Merit Award Celebration Wa Sung Community Service Club P.O. Box 1561, Oakland, CA 94604 Please make checks payable to: Wa Sung Community Service Club Payment can also be made at the celebration luncheon, but you need to make your reservations now. Please reserve ticket(s) x $16.00 per person. Enclosed is a check for $________________ Name of Attendees: ________________________________________________________________________________ Contact phone number: ____________________________ I regret I will not be able to attend. Enclosed is my donation of $ towards the Scholarship Fund. Name and address of donor: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ A Chef’s Delight Wa Sung Community Service Club’s 8th Annual “A Chef’s Delight” THE 8TH ANNUAL FOOD & WINE TASTING FESTIVAL SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 2005 2-5PM HILTON OAKLAND AIRPORT – ONE HEGENBERGER ROAD, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW TO ATTEND THE FALL’S MOST WIDELY ATTENDED EVENT! ENJOY THE FINEST CUISINE AND LIBATIONS FROM THE EAST BAY AREA’S FOREMOST RESTAURANTS, CATERERS, WINERIES AND MICRO-BREWERIES CO-BENIFACTORS WA SUNG COMMUNITY SERVICE CLUB AND AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Members on the Move • New column starting this month will be to celebrate those Great Occasions in our members’ lives, birthdays, weddings & graduations … • • To proud new Grand parents Gary and Caroline Yee &Welcome Grandbaby Sierra. To Proud NEW Grandma WS Member Kathy Jeong and New MOM, daughter Genevieve, welcomed Ronan Jack Bennett, a future WS member, 3:15 PM, on Easter Sunday, March 27 at California Pacific in SF! He weighed in at 7 lbs. 13 oz and measured 21 and 3/4 inches long. Easter Blessings!!! By Karen Dea It’s beginning to look like……….sunshine!!!!! Whew……many of us were holding our breath …I meant umbrellas, as the rainy season extended to five continuous days and finally ended on Saturday night ! The beautiful sun shone on Easter Sunday morning bringing out around 1,200 folks to enjoy the 49th annual Wa Sung Pancake Breakfast!!! At 6am the squirreling of activities started with the setups of chairs, tables (thank you Lincoln Elementary school) and entertainment stage, par boiling & cooking sausages, getting the pancake stoves ready & tempered, adding that secret ingredient to the pancake batter (!), attempting to get the coffee to percolate with dysfunctional rented equipment (!), slicing the juicy oranges, hanging the sponsor banners 2 stories high (thank you HORIZON BEVERAGE, Albert Brown Mortuary, Asian Health Services, AROMA Restaurant, Irene Choi Ko, Dr. Stewart Chen, Sara Lee-Arnold & Helena Mew, Bay Cities Produce) , and of course laying out the icing of any pancake….. Butterrrr and sweet maple syrup!! After the traditional enjoyment of delicious tasty ‘jook’ ….. Co-chair Nancy Lee led the many volunteers (thank you Oakland High, Castro Valley High, Boy Scouts, Circle K-Berkeley, Alameda Leo’s club, El Cerrito High and Chinese Christian School) to the many areas of preparation, while co-chair Bill Sakakura ramped up the stage for the scheduled entertainment by Heiwa Taiko, Ballet et Cetera and Rising Dragon Culture Center performers. Co-chair Raymond Tang, brought in the newness of sponsors, cartoon artist and crafts for the young at heart, and co-chair Karen Dea had over 500+ Easter eggs ready to be hidden for the children’s egg hunt by the Junk Boat area, and showcased the community awareness participants to exhibit worthy topics : Friends of the Asian Librarygames, Jimmy Zhang- food carver, authors Oliver Chin and Bill Wong, Chinatown Fire Station-a chance to climb on the fire truck and receive a red firemen hat, artist Herby Lam- Chinese Zodiac horoscope, and American Cancer Society. Wa Sung’s 52nd year of community presence was clearly promoted by the unveiling of the 2005 Wa Sung Directory along with the ongoing spirited fundraising for the Junk Boat play structure restoration project! It was great to see the mixture of so many new Wa Sung members working along side of the seasoned members that volunteer each year! We also had the accompaniment of non-members/ guests that rolled up their sleeves and pitched in! Besides the beautiful sunshine and great volunteers, success of the event goes to The Lincoln Recreation Center who collectively got together and sold an overwhelming $1000 of pancake tickets!!!! New faces were seen and introduced to this event….wow …a new beginning in working together with the Lincoln Recreation Center to engage the community to attend the Wa Sung breakfast!!! Thanks Gilbert Gong!! Our very own WS members Loretta Siu, Mary Chan and Arnold Mew won the membership incentive prizes for selling the most tickets!!! The fun really began when 14 participants were gobbling away pancakes during the Pancake eating contest and strolling around was the Easter Bunny giving out candy treats, and the local dignitaries showing their support: TV-26 News reporter Yalek Hyunh Alameda County Supervisor- Alice Lai Bitker City of Oakland Vice Mayor - Henry Chang Jr. City of Oakland City Attorney- John Russo City of Oakland Chief of Staff for District 2- Pat Kernighan City of San Leandro Mayor- Sheila Young Zillion of Easter raffles prizes kept the crowd in suspense which added to the Easter festiveness and as the announcement of the winners for the grand prizes marked the closure of the event it gave us already reasons to be thankful for Easter Blessings! Photos from Recent Events _______________________________________________________________________________________ M. Chan, L. Siu & A. Mew Top Pancake Breakfast ticket sellers Our Newest Members Wa Sung Community Service Club P.O. Box 1561 Oakland, CA 94604