By Judy Wong, 2019 CHCP Treasurer
I would label the event a success. Many Haunt History Park attendees stopped at our site to play slingshot bats and jumping spiders, then proceeded to our bat magnet assembling and finger puppets. The orange information and activities handout was well received. Student Volunteer Kendrick was very good about offering the handout while explaining it contained more information about bats and their good luck qualities.
By Christian Jochim, 2019 CHCP Secretary
CHCP members enjoyed a field trip to Niles Canyon Railway, along the old tracks taken by the Transcontinental Railway, and then viewed the Stanford University project display on Chinese Railroad Workers and the Transcontinental Railway in the Sunol Depot Museum.
By Christian Jochim, 2019 CHCP Secretary
CHCP has partnered with Silicon Valley Shakespeare to support their production of the traditional Chinese drama The White Snake. A CHCP Board member enjoyed the play and contributed these photos.
By Christian Jochim, 2019 CHCP Secretary
Happy Dragon Boat Festival! The 5th day of the 5th month on the lunar calendar! CHCP co-sponsored the Avenidas’ Dragon Boat Festival with Storytelling and Joong tasting.
By Debbie Gong-Guy and Allan Low, 2019 CHCP Scholarship Committee Co-Chairs
For the fifth year, CHCP presented the Lillian Gong-Guy Memorial Scholarship (LGGMS) awards during the Student Recognition Day held on Sunday, May 19th at History Park San José. Scholarship Committee Co-Chairs Allan Low and Debbie Gong-Guy introduced each of the six scholarship winners to an enthusiastic audience of family, friends and fellow students. New this year, CHCP engaged the online services of Going Merry to process our applications and we received a record number of applicants from high schools throughout Santa Clara County.
Our scholarship winners (pictured L to R) were: Karly Hou of Henry M. Gunn High School, Darice Wong of Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy, Claire Dong of Adrian C. Wilcox High School, Justin Nicholas Quan of Los Gatos High School, Vivian Tsang of Milpitas High School, and Carly Zhiyi Feng of Henry M. Gunn High School. Each of the recipients expressed much appreciation and thanks to CHCP for their scholarships.
In addition to the Co-Chairs, this year’s Scholarship Committee members were Anita Wong Kwock, Patrick Kwok, Bozena Teo, Brenda Wong, Judy Wong and Karyn Wong. If you are interested in joining our committee for next year’s scholarships, please contact us at scholarship@chcp.org
We would like to thank all the donors to the LGGMS program for their continued generosity and support.
By Pinki Fung, 2019 CHCP Co-Vice President
This special annual event was held on May 2, 2019 in Milpitas, California. It honored community members who have dedicated their time, energy and efforts to improving the lives of those in California Assembly District 25. Many people came together to support more than 80 community members who were recognized and given medals of honor for their dedication and hard work.
Thank you to our Advisory Board Member Vicki Young, for nominating CHCP as one of the Community Heroes honorees. CHCP was honored to be there at this very special event.
Attendees: CHCP Co-Founder Gerrye Wong, CHCP Co-President Dave Yick, CHCP Co-Vice President Pinki Fung, CHCP Directors Karyn Wong, Peter Young, Erwin Wong, Kelly Chew and Brenda Wong.
By Edith Gong, 2019 CHCP Director
CHCP was honored to be selected as Palo Alto Player’s Gives Back Community Partner for the production of Flower Drum Song, which ran from April 26 – May 12. CHCP provided part of its traveling exhibit, which was on display throughout the three week run, in the lobby of the Lucie Stern Community Theater. CHCP Officers, Directors, Trustees, Advisory members and general members attended each performance, while doing double duty as ambassadors sharing CHCP’s mission, programs and information about the Chinese American Historical Museum.
PA Players offered CHCP members a $10 discount on all performances and that sparked a great deal of interest in their 13+ performances. The run was an incredible success with the final week selling out. PA Players received critical acclaim from multiple media outlets including the Mercury News and Broadway World. The all Asian cast was from all over the Bay Area – the female lead was a Senior from Homestead high school. PA Players Managing Director, Elizabeth Santana, mentioned that this was the highest attendance for any performance all season and was pleased with the community support for the show. She was impressed by the traveling exhibit and the professionalism and support of the CHCP Board members.
As a Gives Back Community Partner, CHCP received half of the donations collected during the entire run of Flower Drum Song. Thanks to the hard work of 20 CHCP volunteers, we received a check from Palo Alto Players for $2,557 – one of the highest amounts ever raised for a community partner!
Thanks to all the CHCP volunteers and friends of members who attended the performances and to the volunteers who shared information about CHCP before, during intermission and after the performances. Without your support, we wouldn’t have been so successful!
