ACAN proudly announced that 51 applicants have been approved to receive the President’s Volunteering Service Award for the 2021-2022 school year (September 1st, 2021- August 31, 2022).
Just in three short years, the number of award winners went from 34 in 2020, to 41 in 2021 and 51 in 2022! The total number of service hours went from 4,400 in 2020, to 6,268 in 2021 and 7,903 in 2022! This is a truly remarkable achievement, thanks to the passion and diligence of our youth and the support of our parents.
Here is the list of the 51 award recipients. Congratulations to all of them!
Some Interesting Facts:
51 youth, served 7903 hours in total, average 155 hours per person
The youngest is 13 and the oldest is 18
30 girls and 21 boys
It’s our delight to see so many of our youth are doing wonderful works to serve our community (not just the Asian community, but the community in general). They are making significant impacts on education, serving underprivileged kids and homeless camp, to just name a few. They reached far beyond Austin, to New Mexico, to China and the world.
The winners will receive their medals and certificates by the end of the year. ACAN Youth committee will announce the details for the award ceremony. For now, let’s celebrate their wonderful accomplishments.
In the Bronze, Teens Category (Total 4):
| James He |
| Kalia Wang |
| Sophia Li |
| Li, Jason |
In the Bronze, Young Adults Category (Total 6):
| Hannah Shen |
| Emma Dong |
| Sophia Fan |
| Alan, Chu |
| Melinda, Shu |
| Yangbo Jin |
In the Silver, Teens Category (Total 7):
| Yan Rong |
| Serena Liu |
| David Gu |
| Angela Yue |
| Feiran, Wang |
| Adriana Cheng |
| Lerchen Zhong |
In the Silver, Young Adults Category (Total 1):
Weiyi Huang
In the Gold, Teens Category (Total 24):
| Qiyun Zhou |
| Tao Wan |
| ruiqi li |
| Yujie, Zhang |
| Aaron Gu |
| Andrew Zhang |
| Phylicia Ren |
| Derek S Shen |
| Michelle, Li |
| Kevin Qian |
| Andrew Han |
| Gloria Meng |
| Marissa Shi |
| Austin Bolin Deng |
| Matthew Rao |
| Iris Chen |
| Shannon Lin |
| Sophia, Tang |
| Benjamin Li |
| Jasmine Sun |
| Eric Gong |
| Joshua Wu |
| Brooke, Xu |
| Evelyn Liu |
In the Gold Young Adults Category (Total 9):
| Christine Tian |
| Jessica Li |
| Alissa Shen |
| Ryan Liu |
| Peiyan Li |
| Muhang Li |
| Tori, Xiao |
| Andrew, Yu |
| Gloria Wu |
In 2022, ACAN made decision to move all of our events, volunteer registration and service hours verification to GivePulse. In less than two months, we already have 142 people registered with 243 impacts and 1,006 hours verified! Please continue to register as a member of the ACAN group on GivePulse and show to the world what kind of impact we are making!
Going forward, ACAN will continue to support our members, families, and youth to serve our community and foster our heritage. Please join us in this endeavor by supporting our youth, becoming a volunteer or mentor.