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 […]
ACRS Walk for Rice
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, […]
ACRS Walk for Rice fundraiser
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, […]
Necklace for Rice
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 […]
New food truck
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’ […]
Yay Team Seattle JACL!
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 […]
Walk for Rice — Bringing community together to fight hunger for 25 years
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 […]
Walkers deliver food
Nearly 1,000 people gathered at Seward Park on June 28 for the 24th annual Walk for Rice
Walk to feed the hungry June 28
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.
Herb Tsuchiya is ‘Renaissance Man’ of service — 2013 Visionary Award Recipient
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 […]