13th Annual On Lok Golf Tournament

Posted on 10th June 2011 in community, events, fundraiser

On Monday, June 27, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Burlingame, join CEO Bob Edmondson, golf personality Mitch Juricich and other On Lok Board Members and friends for a round golf and a lot of fun in support of On Lok’s vital programs!

Schedule:
10 AM – Registration begins, Driving Range opens
11 AM – Lunch
12 PM – Round of Golf with a shotgun start
5:00 PM – Reception & Silent Auction
6:00 PM – Dinner & Awards

Registration ($195) includes green fees, cart, range balls, lunch, most beverages, dinner, and player gift.

Register at: http://2011onlokgolf.eventbrite.com.

This year’s tournament will once again support renovations to the roof garden at On Lok’s main facility in San Francisco. Gardening provides elders with ideal moderate exercise as well as being a proven therapy for those with dementia or who suffer from depression. Proceeds will help us purchase wheelchair accessible planter beds and plant trees that will limit chilly winds.

Sponsorship and underwriting opportunities available.

For more information, contact 415.292.8732 or events@onlok.org

On Lok is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1971 by a group of citizens concerned about the plight of elders and the lack of long term options in the community. Now, several decades later, On Lok serves seniors in the community through On Lok Lifeways, the 30th Street Senior Center, On Lok Intergenerational Program, and Housing. For 38 years, On Lok has helped the oldest members of our community maintain independence and dignity by providing nationally recognized medical care and social services. On Lok’s customized, community-based health care plan, known as On Lok Lifeways, integrates medical care, social services, home care and transportation into a complete program of care. Our model is designed so that even very frail elders can continue living in their own homes and communities while receiving the care and services they need to maintain health and independence. On Lok operates ten centers that serve nearly 1,050 frail seniors throughout San Francisco, southern Alameda County and most of Santa Clara County. More than 5,000 seniors are served annually at the 30th Street Senior Center.

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Asian American Community Gathers to Dance for Asian Women’s Shelter

Posted on 26th July 2010 in community, fundraiser

Popular local community band PULSE and R&B singer Colette Ikemi will be performing at the 3rd Annual Benefit Dance for the Asian Women’s Shelter (www.SFAWS.org). This event will be on Saturday, September 25, 2010, 7:00pm – 12:00am, at St. Mary’s Cathedral Event Center, 1111 Gough St., San Francisco. Last year’s event was a huge success. For tickets ($25) or sponsorship opportunities, email AWSdance@yahoo.com.

The Asian Women’s Shelter (AWS) was founded in 1988 to provide immediate crisis services to domestic violence survivors and children, especially those who are immigrants and refugees. AWS connects these women and children to legal, medical, and long-term services, and has provided thousands of shelter bed nights to them. 100% of women and children improve their nutrition and health while residing at AWS. AWS is committed to every person’s right to live in a violence-free home. Please support and join us in creating a future free from violence.

The talented PULSE band started in SF Japantown over 25 years ago, and is still going strong playing Funk, R&B and Rock music. The band is a favorite at Bay Area community events and clubs, and is composed of some of the best-known Asian American musicians in the Bay Area. PULSE remains true to its goal of providing exciting music with veteran musicians Billy Shen on guitar, Carey Huang on keyboards, Derrick Tong on bass, Arthur Wong on drums, and vocalists Mel Banez, Eva Chew, and Cris Dumandan-Garcia. www.myspace.com/PulseSF

Colette Ikemi is Japantown’s legendary diva who has performed with bands Hiroshima and Pulse. She has a truly soulful and romantic style of singing. Colette is a local favorite jazz/R&B singer who continues to perform at many community events such as the Cherry Blossom Festivals and Nihonmachi Street Fairs. www.ColetteIkemi.com

An AWS former resident says it best, “Since the first day I moved to AWS my world has turned from darkness, paranoia, and fear into a better life. No longer do my children and I have to cry. Now the three of us have only smiles, music, and laughter. We have learned more about human rights, law, communal living, and language.  We have a second chance in life.”

If you’d like more information about this topic, or to buy tickets or sponsorships, please call June at 415-271-3290 or email June at AWSdance@yahoo.com.

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Help Us Send Doctors to Haiti on Aug. 7

Posted on 20th July 2010 in events, fundraiser, service

On August 7, I’m joining a few friends in co-hosting a fundraiser organized by Grace Keh and Yuni Chang to help the Haiti Relief Project, coordinated by Jordan International Aid (http://www.jordaninternationalaid.org), which will send a strong team of ten doctors and volunteers to continue the recovery efforts ongoing in Haiti.

UPDATE 7/25: Event has been moved to Aug. 7 so that we can hold at 111 Minna.  See doctorstohaiti.orgfor the most up-to-date information.

The host committee includes Dave Lu, Kevin Lee, Benjamin Wan and Darlene Lee. Grace and Yuni, aka KC Productions, are organizing this fundraiser to supplement the cost of sending these ten volunteers to Haiti.

RSVP on Facebook.

Five days after the earthquake, JIA was there beginning the work that continues even today. In fact, the president of JIA just left last week for Haiti again, continuing to help Haitians rebuild and recover from the devastating earthquake that demolished Port-au-Prince in January of this year.

It has been over six months now, but let’s not forget the devastation that took place there with over 230,000 lives lost.

Please see the event website (http://www.doctorstohaiti.org) for more information about the event.

$25 donation for admission; any and all additional donations will be appreciated. Your generosity makes a life-changing difference to the lives of many Haitian victims. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please e-mail events@gracekeh.com.

We hope to see you all for this exciting event!

Cross-posted from keithpr.com.

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Support KollaborationSF by Dining at Ichiban Restaurant

Posted on 25th February 2010 in community, events, fundraiser

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Asian American Bar Annual Dinner on March 19

Posted on 21st February 2010 in community, fundraiser, law

The Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area will hold their annual dinner on Friday, March 19, from 6 p.m. at New Asia Restaurant, 772 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco. AABA will install their new officers and present their annual awards and scholarships.

Add yourself to the event on Facebook.

Ticket prices are: $150 (general admission); $135 (government attorneys); $110 (non-profit attorneys); and $95 (law students). To register and pay online, visit their Acteva page. To pay by check, please send your name, employer/organization, mailing address, telephone, and e-mail address (and indicate whether you require a vegetarian meal) to: AABA, PO Box 190517, San Francisco, CA 94119. Please allow enough lead time for receipt by the deadline.

For information on table sponsorships and other sponsorships, or for other questions, please e-mail aabadinner@gmail.com or download the sponsorship packet PDF.

Government agencies and government-affiliated groups and non-profit organizations who organize tables of 10+ individual ticket holders will be recognized in the dinner program, if you let us know soon enough for our print deadlines!

This information is subject to change, so visit the AABA website for the latest information.

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March 15: Center for Asian American Media’s 30th Anniversary Gala

Posted on 1st February 2010 in entertainment, events, film, fundraiser

Put this on your calendars! Join us for the Center for Asian American Media’s 30th Anniversary Gala (http://www.asianamericanmedia.org) and celebrate the organization’s 30 years of presenting the richness and diversity of Asian American stories.

Held during the heart of the SF International Asian American Film Festival, CAAM has partnered with the Asian Chefs Association to present signature dishes from some of the Bay Area’s finest chefs: Khai Duong (Ana Mandara), Lawrence Chu (Chef Chu’s), Dennis Wong (Le Soleil), Jackson Yu (Live Sushi Bar), Jeff Hubbard (Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion), Peter Chan (South Sea Seafood Village) and Hung Le (Three Seasons).

Guests will partake in a unique pan-Asian tasting event with Asian American film luminaries and community leaders.

Center for Asian American Media CAAM
30th Anniversary Gala
Monday, March 15, 2010
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Ana Mandara Restaurant
891 Beach Street (at Polk Street, Ghirardelli Square)
San Francisco, CA

Join this save-the-date FB event

Funds will go towards supporting CAAM’s ongoing vision of bringing the best new films and filmmakers to our annual film festival, serving schools and libraries with high quality documentaries, and innovating in digital media.

For more information:
Debbie Ng
CAAM Development and Communications Director
415-863-0814 x104
dng@asianamericanmedia.org

Host Committee Members (list in progress):
Dipti Ghosh & Meggy Gotuaco
Ken Ikeda & Catherine Huang
Bill Imada
David Lei & Linda Lei
Konrad Ng & Maya Soetoro-Ng
Susie Pak & Greg Pak
Ann Sung-Ruckstuhl & John Ruckstahl
Eddie Wong & Anna Whittington
Mona Lisa Yuchengco
Dien Yuen

Honorary Committee Members (list in progress):
Jeff Adachi
Mary Bitterman
Supervisor David Chiu
Representative Mike Honda
Mike Hsieh & Tom Hsieh
Keith Kamisugi
Michael Kang
Sung Kang
Spencer Nakasako & Laureen Chew
Amy Tan
Jay Xu & Jennifer Chen
Helen Zia & Lia Shigemura

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A Community Unites to “Silence the Violence”

Posted on 15th January 2010 in fundraiser

Sandra Oh, John Cho, Aaron Yoo, Lisa Ling, Archie Kao, C.S. Lee, Joan Chen, Justin Chon, Far East Movement, Kaba Modern and more than 100 other members of the creative community appear in a series of videos supporting the Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF).

Los Angeles-based nonprofit CPAF provides a multilingual 24-hour call center, emergency shelter, transitional housing program, counseling services and community outreach programs that focuses on the needs of victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

CPAF finished in the top 100 out of a half-million eligible groups in the first round of the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook. As a result, they received $25,000 and a chance to compete for a grand prize of $1 million or one of five runner-up awards of $100,000 in the final round of voting from January 15-22. The winners will be announced on January 23.

Any and all proceeds earned will be used by CPAF to reach beyond the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities by unifying all 24-hour call centers in Los Angeles County. The much-needed funding will be used to create a sustainable joint hotline for 20 domestic violence shelters and six rape crisis centers. CPAF will also extend the hotline services to include online chat to make services more accessible to victims.

Every 15 seconds a woman is beaten in the U.S. Ever two minutes someone in the U.S. is raped or sexually assaulted. One in three women will be abused in her lifetime. It happens too often. The silence is deafening.

If a woman has the courage to call, we must make sure there will be someone there to listen.

To vote, please visit http://www.voteCPAF.org.

Related links:
Chase Community Giving on Facebook – http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving
Center for the Pacific Asian Family – http://www.NurturingChange.org
Watch the Videos on CPAF’s YouTube Channel – http://www.youtube.com/CPAFpsa

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Support API Wellness Center at the Academy of Friends Gala March 7

Posted on 13th January 2010 in fundraiser

Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center has been invited to be a beneficiary of the Academy of Friends Gala on Sunday, March 7th, 2010.

This year marks Academy of Friends’ 30th year fighting HIV and AIDS. Their sell-out Oscar party is the second largest in the country and one of the largest HIV/AIDS fundraisers in the Bay Area. Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center is honored to be a returning beneficiary.

There are a number of ways you can help A&PI Wellness Center meet its requirements as an Academy of Friends beneficiary.

BUY RAFFLE TICKETS – Buy a premium raffle ticket for your chance to win a two year lease on an Audi A4, from Royal Motor Sales. Each ticket is $40.00 or Three (3) tickets for $100.00. Or purchase general raffle tickets to win one of three exciting packages. A SF weekend package, including a 2 night stay at CLIFT, $150 for dinner at Asia de Cuba, and $100 for drinks at the Redwood Room. — A $1000 shopping spree at Westfield San Francisco Centre. — Or 2 Roundtrip Tickets Anywhere on Southwest. General raffle tickets are $10 per ticket or three (3) for $25. To purchase raffle tickets contact Sara Kunitake, Development Coordinator, at (415) 292-3420 ext. 373 or sara@apiwellness.org.

TICKETS & SPONSORSHIPS – We ask that you name Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center as the referring organization for your Academy of Friends ticket or sponsorship purchase. After registering as a new donor or signing in as a returning donor at www.academyoffriends.org, indicate “A&PI Wellness Center” as your beneficiary. This will help us meet our goals. A ticket to the Gala is $250 and joining a sponsorship circle ranges from $350 to $20,000.

VOLUNTEER – A&PI Wellness Center also has various volunteer goals at outreach events leading up to the Gala and the fabulous event itself. Work with us to meet these goals. Volunteer any number of different ways including general office help, gift bag set-up, ticket outreach, and more. For more information email Ruben Garcia at ruben@apiwellness.org.

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