ACAN to host Austin Chinese Culture Festival (ACCF 2023)
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ACAN to host Austin Chinese Culture Festival (ACCF 2023)

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After 3 years of interruptions, Austin Chinese Culture Festival (ACCF) finally returns to the Lunar New Year season to celebrate the arrival of the Year of Rabbit. We cordially invite you and your loved ones to the beautiful Brentwood Christian School campus 12pm – 6pm on Saturday February 11, to experience activities steeped in traditional Chinese cultural elements: dragon and lion dance, Asian cuisines, authentic Chinese cultural exhibits, crafts, photo booths, games, and of course, extraordinary live performances!

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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！

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…

ACAN In Action – COVID-19 Relief Effort March 25, 2020

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KIND AND GENEROUS – Part II Covid-19 is hitting all of us really hard, but it is hitting the underprivileged groups in Austin Metro many times worse. Providing daily meals to the homeless shelters housing >2000 people throughout the City has become an urgent need. Answering desperate calls from agencies and community groups, ACAN and…

ACAN In Action – Covid-19 Relief Effort March 20, 2020

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Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow offered these words to his students as they vacated campus last week: “…COVID-19 will test our capacities to be kind and generous, and to see beyond ourselves and our own interests, … May we all proceed with wisdom and grace.” Those are powerful words, and here is an example of…

华盟中华文化节简报

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撰稿： 一修 摄影： 肖光明，Xiaowei Wang 第二届奥城中华文化节如期于二月十五日在西木高中成功举行。本次文化节围绕着由高中生担任主角的文艺展示，为奥斯汀各族裔民众提供了一次全方位品尝中华美食，浸润中华文化，并了解奥斯汀当地社区文化的机会。 整个下午，络绎不绝的人群或拖家带口，或呼朋唤友，徜徉在充满农历新年气氛和中国元素的大厅、长廊之中。

武汉肺炎告急，奥斯汀人在行动

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[明清撰稿]元月下旬，2019 n-CoV病疫在武汉告急，沉浸在迎接中国新年喜悦中的奥斯汀地区华人都坐不住了。当即，武汉病情发展的消息占据了当地华人社团的大小网络，很多人着手联系向灾区捐款捐物事宜。 位于奥斯汀西北区的Canyon Creek 小区是华裔居民较为密集的社区。连日来，同胞们分别行动寻找到不少由美国将捐赠物资邮往国内的可能途径。目前，该小区在二位热心公益事业的华人志愿者主持下，集中统一了小区华人的这次行动。为了有效的支援重症灾区，他们正组织小区内华人集资购买更多的防护物资，并计划通过美国其他华人机构的巳开通渠道向国内运送援助物资。希望Canyon Creek的首批捐赠品会随下批美国通关货物尽快发往灾区。

华盟2019节日筹款晚宴短讯

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撰稿： 一修 图片：肖宁，Linda 华盟于12月8日晚，在优雅别致，极富历史的德州大学（UT）高尔夫俱乐部举办了2019年度节日筹款宴会。这次盛会的主要目的一是庆祝华盟在2019年度取得的成就，二是提供会员和各界朋友们一次回馈社会，支持华盟继续在2020年度履行自己宗旨的机会。

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华盟11月parenting meeting – 如何引导并让孩子学会感恩

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撰稿人：Angela Qian，邝小平 摄影：Katharine Zhu 11月23号感恩节之前的周末，Austin当天秋高气爽, 华盟的义工们五点钟就来到了Travis County Community center, 为华盟教育委员会这个月的parenting meeting and potluck布置场地。本次活动有近四十个家庭，120 大人孩子参加。

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奥斯汀华盟支持“Travis郡领养日”

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撰稿： 一修 1月是全国领养月，而第18届“Travis郡领养日”庆祝活动则于11月7号在奥斯汀南面的Gardner-Betts青少年司法中心举行，庆祝39名来自奥斯汀地区的孩子被23个当地家庭领养。 今年庆祝活动的主题是“有家真好”。许多当地组织，个人和官员在过去的一年里都花费了大量时间，帮助把在德州收养系统中的孩子们和愿意领养的家庭搭配起来。今天则有许多志愿者来到这里为这些孩子和他们的新家庭庆祝这一重要的日子。 

华盟参加Lake Travis 年度清理活动

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报道：海舟摄影：华盟义工 2019年9月15日星期日早晨，华盟的30名义工参加了一年一度的Lake Travis清理活动。这次我们集中负责了Lake Travis北岸Kansas Bend公园及沿湖的清理。义工们顶着烈日在这个安静的公园清理出了包括巨大泡沫塑料在内的许多垃圾，大家颇有成就感。这样的活动，既有户外活动，又做了公益，更帮助大家提高环保意识热爱周围环境，非常适合全家老少一起参加。这次华盟团队还受到活动组织者的特别关注。 欢迎更多华人参与这类活动！关于未来的更多义工和活动机会，请关注奥斯汀华人联盟网站及脸书网页： ACAN Web Site： http://www.austinchineseamericannetwork.org/ ACAN Facebook Page： https://www.facebook.com/pg/AustinChineseAmerican/