First ACAN Member Meeting Observation
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ACAN Youth Director Ed Wu and Youth Leader Victor Yu were interviewed by CBS Austin about ACAN’s face shield project using 3D printers: Local students keeping Austin healthcare workers protected in fight against COVID-19
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.
Saturday August 11th, 2018 ACAN youth member Noah Liu directed a quarterly cleaning event at Commons Ford Ranch Metropolitan Park and conducted the adoption ceremony. This is plogging event, the new running craze is saving the planet. Plogging is a fitness trend that originated in Sweden and means to pick up litter while jogging. Over…
ACAN is proud to announce that we have become the Certifying Organization for the President’s Volunteer Service Award Program. Immediately after, we can start to certify eligible service hours for our community members and youth toward the Bronze, Silver, and Gold award. This capability is a giant step toward ACAN’s mission to serve our community and foster our heritage.
【撰稿: 明清 摄影: 华盟义工和学校教师】在奥斯汀华裔联盟2018年举办的奥斯汀地区中学中华文化推广的诸多项目中,[中国书法]项目纳新年之瑞气,结淳香之硕果,于元月十二日举办了别开生面的[2019奥斯汀中学生书法比赛]。 比赛场地设在Cedar Ridge 高中。周六早上九点到下午三点,十一所参与华盟文化推广学校中的八所学校(Glenn HS,LASA HS,Cedar Park HS,Cedar Ridge HS,Westwood HS,Dominic Savio Catholic HS,Round Rock,Vandegrift HS) 的八十位学生来到现场参加比赛。另外三所因当天其他活动冲突的学校(Westlake HS,Canyon Vista MS,Connally HS) 也交上了一百份在各自学校完成的比赛作品。其中,有的中学参赛阵容宠大,达八十人之多,而另一些学校参赛人员则相对较少。然而,每个参赛的学生都以极其认真的态度,挥毫完成了一帧帧刚劲有力的参赛作品。
[Reporter: Huimin Zhao Video production: Lee Dedear] Video Link: https://youtu.be/bhyH_-3_LKw On July 24th, 2018, as part of a series to foster Chinese-American community involvement, ACAN interviewed Austin Mayor Steve Adler in the city hall. The purpose of the interview was to showcase our fast-growing Chinese-American community organization, ACAN, to the mayor. The interview…