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Walk for Rice

July 9, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) kicked off its 28th annual Walk for Rice on June 30 at Seward Park. The event raised funds for the ACRS Food Bank, located in Chinatown — one of the most visited food banks in King County, and the only one in the state that regularly provides food for […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2018, VOL 37 NO 28 | JULY 7 - JULY 13, Walk for Rice

ACRS Walk for Rice

July 3, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The annual Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) Walk for Rice raised $170,000 on June 24. Hundreds turned up at Seward Park to help the ACRS Food Bank continue to feed families, friends, and neighbors. ACRS provides ethnic foods to its mostly Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) clients. It also helps AAPI immigrants, refugees, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, ACRS, VOL 36 NO 27 | JULY 1 - JULY 7, Walk for Rice

ACRS Walk for Rice fundraiser

July 10, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The annual Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) Walk for Rice raised a record-breaking $312,000 on June 25. Over a thousand people joined this event by running or walking 2.5 miles around Seward Park — performing, donating, raising funds and volunteering to fight against the hunger. ACRS provides ethnic foods, with proceeds from the Walk, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, ACRS, Diane Narasaki, VOL 35 NO 28 | JULY 9 - JULY 15, Vinod Nazareth, Walk for Rice

Necklace for Rice

June 10, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman is helping to raise money for the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) “Walk for Rice” by selling necklaces. The money from “Necklace for Rice” would go toward providing an income and flexibility for unemployed refugee women, by enabling them to work from home. The MiMi Globe fabric necklaces reduce landfill waste by […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, ACRS, MING-MING TUNG-EDELMAN, THE MIMI GLOBE, VOL 35 NO 24 | JUNE 11 - JUNE 17, Walk for Rice

New food truck

June 10, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Chef Alex Kong introduced his new food truck at the Carb Up! ACRS Community Lunch for Walk for Rice on June 4. The main focus of the new food truck, ‘Mangia Me’ is to deliver outstanding Italian food made fresh every day with love. Kong grew up around Italian food from working in his parents’ […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, ACRS, ALEX KONG, CARB UP, VOL 35 NO 24 | JUNE 11 - JUNE 17, Walk for Rice

Yay Team Seattle JACL!

July 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Team Seattle JACL participated in the annual the Walk for Rice this past weekend at Seward Park in South Seattle. The Walk for Rice raises funds for the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) food bank, one of the largest in Washington state and the only food bank that regularly offers Asian food staples. The […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Bill Tashima, Paul Tashima, Seward Park, South Seattle, Toshiko Hasegawa, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10, Walk for Rice

Walk for Rice — Bringing community together to fight hunger for 25 years

July 3, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By ACRS Over a thousand community members came together on Saturday, June 27 for the annual Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) Walk for Rice, benefiting the ACRS Food Bank. Every year, the Walk draws approximately 1,000 community members who become fundraisers and take part in a community event featuring cultural celebrations and a 2.5 […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, ACRS, Asian Americans, Bertha Tsuchiya, Chinatown International District Food Bank, Chinese Community Girls Drill Team, Dash Debadutta, Herb Tsuchiya, Jason Loui, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Pacific Islanders, Sam Mitsui, Seattle, Seward Park, Team Niko Niko, Uwajimaya, Vol 34 No 28 | July 4 - July 10, Walk for Rice

Walkers deliver food

July 7, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Nearly 1,000 people gathered at Seward Park on June 28 for the 24th annual Walk for Rice

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, ACRS, Asian Counseling Referral Service, Bruce Harrell, Debadutta Dash, Gary Tang, Karen Jackel, Louis Wantanabe, Robert Jojo Cambronero, San Nguyen, Seward Park, Vinod Nazareth, Vol 33 No 28 | July 5 - July 11, Walk for Rice, Zack Hudgins

Walk to feed the hungry June 28

June 27, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Join a 2.5-mile walk (or run) to fight hunger on Saturday, June 28, at Seward Park in Seattle, from 8 a.m. to noon. In its 24th year, the Walk for Rice is a community fundraiser to benefit Seattle’s Asian Counseling & Referral Service food bank.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Asian Counseling Referral Service, Seattle, Seward Park, Vol 33 No 27 | June 28 - July 4, Walk for Rice

Herb Tsuchiya is ‘Renaissance Man’ of service — 2013 Visionary Award Recipient

October 4, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

This October, the Northwest Asian Weekly presents the Visionary Awards Gala, an event honoring visionaries in the APA community. By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly Some would call Herb Tsuchiya a “community volunteer.” The 80-year-old retired Nisei Japanese American spent much of his life as a Seattle pharmacist. But while providing medicine had been his […]

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2013, ACRS, American Baptist Churches, China Harbor Restaurant, Courtney Chinn, Floyd Schmoe Museum, Herb Tsuchiya, Marcia Patton, Nisei Japanese American, Northwest Asian Weekly, Rainier Vista Clinic Pharmacy, Renaissance Man, Uncle Herb, Visionary Award Recipient, Vol 32 No 41 | October 5 - October 11, Walk for Rice, World Friendship Center

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