September 17: ACA 2022 Healthy Gardening Fair
On Saturday, September 17, ACA hosted the Healthy Gardening Fair at our Chinese Community Center in Madison Heights from 11 am to 2 pm. The Healthy Gardening Fair is ACA’s annual signature event and part of Oakland County’s Welcoming Week celebrations this year. The theme of 2022 was “Healthy, Organic, Homemade, Homegrown, eco-friendly, green,” focusing on AAPI Healthy Lifestyles.
There was a center stage featuring cultural performances and fun activities and a market showcasing a homegrown produce display, health information booths, craft booths, local farmers, Asian street food, and more! We had nearly 500 attendees, and we hoped everyone enjoyed the food and drinks that day.
Learn more about the event: https://acadetroit.org/aca-2022-healthy-gardening-fair/
September 10: Virtual Moon Festival Celebration
On September 10, Saturday, 6:45 p.m.- 8:30 p.m., ACA co-hosted the virtual Moon Festival Celebration with six other senior apartments (鹤溪公寓, Farmington公寓, 930号公寓, 500号公寓, Parkway Meadows公寓, and 韦斯特兰公寓) online via zoom. The peak number of participants was almost 180! We hope everyone enjoyed the cultural performances during the event.
August 28: TVC 5K Culture Course
On August 28th, 2022, the Teen Volunteer Council (TVC) of the ACA held a 5K Culture Course at Hines Park. There were over 70 people attended this event and supported our teen volunteers. TVC eventually raised $1,955 in total. We hope everyone enjoyed refreshments and goodie bags after the event.
Learn more about the event: https://acadetroit.org/2022-the-teen-volunteer-council-tvc-of-the-aca-5k-culture-course/
June 23: ACA Spring Activities
2022 ACA Spring Activities was completed with the fantastic end-of-semester performances by our teachers and students. It was exciting that we first had in-person dance classes after the pandemic outbreak in 2020. We appreciate everyone’s hard work and hope to see you in the ACA Fall Activities. Happy Summer!
Learn more about the event: https://acadetroit.org/calendar/aca-2022-spring-activities/
June 18: Art Award Ceremony and Exhibit Reception
The Association of Chinese Americans, Inc. (ACA) held the “Justice For All” Student Art Contest. This contest aimed to call on Michigan students from kindergarten through grade 12th to share their thoughts on the theme, “Justice For All.” ACA held the Award Ceremony and Exhibit Reception for the “Justice For All” Student Art Contest on 6/18, 2022. The attendees included contest participants, ACA board members, special guests, and community members. We invited State Representative Padma Kuppa, the National President of the Organization of Chinese Americans, Linda Ng, and Maria W. Holmes, the Director of Community Impact of Comcast, our event sponsor, as our special guests. They all gave greetings and remarks to the community, celebrating the students’ participation.
Learn more about the event: https://acadetroit.org/justice-for-all-student-art-contest-recap/
June 11: Summer Community Picnic
Thank you for coming to ACA’s Summer Community Picnic at Boulan Park on June 11, 2022!
Last Saturday, ACA reunited with our members and friends. We were glad that we got to meet EVERYONE! We hope you enjoyed the picnic and caught up with some old friends. Special thanks to the Michigan Superior Court Justice Richard Bernstein, Madison Heights City Councilor Emily Rohrback, and Hazel Park City Councilman Mike McFall as our special guests! In addition, we would like to thank the ACA Teen Volunteer Team, the On Leong music team, the members of the ACA Dance Class, and Mrs. Yuk-fan Pan for bringing great performances!
Learn more about the event: https://bit.ly/3TsbFHQ
June 11: Golf Fundraiser
ACA’s 1st golf fundraiser on June 11, 2022, was completed with an excellent golf score of 40 with 19 points by Jinsheng Zhang and 41 with 17 points by Grace Keng! Jinsheng was awarded a Rocket Mortgage Classic golf tournament package on 7/28. Both Jingsheng and Grace’s pledges are close to $20.00. Congratulations to both of them! Other golfer’s pledges range between $15, $10, and $5, respectively.