December 06th, 2020

Christmas in Chinatown

"Christmas in Chinatown" GoFundMe update #1: thanks to your kind donations, we were able to give out some "toys" today: 10 brand new, 8th gen (for all you tech nerds out there lol) iPads to honor students as selected by their principals from schools around Chinatown. Hopefully these will help them facilitate distance learning as they are sheltering in place and also make their holidays a bit brighter.



Press release:


BeChinatown Donates 10 iPads to Honor Students from Schools Based in San Francisco Chinatown


Students Chosen By Principals Based On Academic Excellence


December 5, 2020 - San Francisco - BeChinatown, a coalition of community leaders, residents, merchants, property owners and native San Franciscans dedicated to maintaining the history, culture and legacy of the biggest and oldest Chinatown in the country, today announced the awarding of iPads to 10 students who attend schools around San Francisco Chinatown in honor of their excellence in academics.


The honorees were each chosen by the principal of their respective schools. The iPads are provided in the hopes that the students are able to utilize them to facilitate distance learning while sheltering at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The students as well as the schools they attend are as follows:


Central Chinese High School in America:
Grace Tong Ou
Jason Chen
Hanlin Qi


Nam Kue School in San Francisco:
Kathy Zhao
Sharon Cheng
Eric Huang


St Mary’s Chinese Language School:
Hayley Huang
Pei Ying Wang


Cumberland Chinese School:
Amy Chen
Justin Lin



BeChinatown is a coalition of community leaders, residents, merchants, property owners and native San Franciscans dedicated to maintaining the history, culture and legacy of the biggest and oldest Chinatown in the United States. Fiscally sponsored by San Francisco Community Business Resources, BeChinatown is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.


For more information, go to http://www.bechinatown.org/


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