华盟理事会公告 – 12/7/2020

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Austin Chinese-American Network Statement Board of Directors Dec. 7th, 2020 时值奥斯汀市议会第 10 区 run-off election，现任市议员 Alison Alter 近期公 布了一纸竞选公告。所列亚裔社区领袖名单含华盟的创始人之一，前任会长 Peter Chao，并在他 的名字之后，明确标明 Peter 为 “Founder, Austin Chinese American Network”. 由于华盟是 501(c)3 公益组织，按 IRS 规定和有关法律，501(c))3 组织不可以以组织的名义支持任 何竞选的候选人, 华盟曾在 2020 年 1 月 1 日发布公告 (https://bit.ly/3gwvtHb) 。当部分社区成员对 Alter 议员的公告有疑问的时候，华盟理事会立刻咨询了相关法律和人员，特此正式予以澄清： 1）根据相关的 IRS 规定和有关法律，501(c)3 非盈利机构虽然不可以以组织的名义支持任何竞选 候选人，但组织的任何成员可以以私人的名义支持任何候选人, 个人在非盈利组织的头衔可以用于 但仅限于身份识别。请参看： https://www.nonprofitvote.org/documents/2011/11/nonprofit-staffand-elections.pdf/…

ACAN Receiving Grants From AllTogetherATX Fund

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[April 22, 2020] ACAN is proud to announce being selected as one of the 1st round organizations receiving grants from AllTogetherATX fund, a Covid19 relief fund jointly sponsored by United Way for Greater Austin and Austin Community Foundation, and funded by generous donations from individuals, organizations and corporations, such as National Instruments.

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ACAN partners with ATXHospitalMeals in support of health workers and local restaurants

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AUSTIN, Texas, April 16, 2020 — ATXHospitalMeals, the Austin-based grassroots organization mobilizing to feed healthcare workers through donations that go directly to support local restaurants, announced today a partnership with the Austin Chinese-American Network (ACAN), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a core mission to “serve our community and foster our heritage.” This collaboration will allow both organizations to augment and expand their respective charitable programs and enable ATXHospitalMeals to accept tax-exempt donations and company matches. Austin construction manager company Flintco is the first corporate giving partner matching dollar-for-dollar donations given through May 1 up to $15,000.

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战胜饥饿，战胜病毒 – 华盟在行动

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[撰稿和图片提供： 华盟义工] 奥斯汀华裔联盟 (ACAN) 在疫情严重的时候, 看到了社区弱势群体的需要。很多平时由各公益组织帮助的弱势群体, 由于疫情对社区的影响, 而缺少了一些最基本的物资 － 每日果腹的餐食。据 EMS and Camp Abbot 的义工们说，那里的几百个无家可归者, 平时大部分时候只能吃军队用的压缩食品。那些市民在疫情期间没有可以避难的地方，如果没有人给予他们食物，他们就会在我们后院里饿死，使本就严峻的形势更加悲剧。他们是我们的弟兄姐妹，我们不能置之不顾。华盟决定挑起这个重担，服务社区，从提供一顿顿饭做起！

Austin Chinese-American Network partners with volunteers to donate meals to homeless during pandemic – on KVUE News

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AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Chinese-American Network (ACAN) Vice President Hugh Li said the organization has donated about 1,500 meals to homeless communities in the past two weeks. “Food is a huge part of our culture and it is also a way for us to show our love and our care to people around us – friends, neighbors,”…

ACAN In Action – COVID-19 Relief Effort April 1, 2020

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Serious Work on April Fool’s Day Today we set out to help LifeWorks Austin whose young residents are experiencing medical, emotional and economic vulnerability as a result of #Covid-19. 3 ACAN volunteers, partnering with a local Chinese restaurant House of Three Gorges (http://www.houseofthreegorgestx.com/, 三峡人家), delivered 40 freshly made Chicken Fried Rice meals and >40 homemade…

ACAN In Action – COVID-19 Relief Effort March 29, 2020

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Defeat the Hunger, Defeat the Virus Camp Abbott, by 183 and Montopolis, is now a small tent city on a 5-acre tract housing about 200 homeless people. Managed by Texas Department of Public Safety and ATX HELPS, people here are experiencing significantly more hardships due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The coronavirus has not only brought…