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July 7: JPMorgan Chase donates trucks and $50,000 to Food Lifeline

July 15, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

JPMorgan Chase donated three refrigerated trucks and $50,000 to Food Lifeline, Washington’s largest hunger relief organization.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, Diane Narasaki, Feeding America, Food Bank, Food Lifeline President, Jim McDermott, Pacific Northwest Phyllis Campbell, Phyllis Campbell, Tom Douglas, Vol 29 No 29 | July 17 - July 23, Western Washington

Vietnamese community forum connects older and younger generations

April 22, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Spring rolls and flash-fried shrimp crackers weren’t the only goodies sizzling at the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) office on April 7. Talk of how Washington’s Vietnamese community could come
together was heated at the first Vietnamese Community Forum. Leading the forum were Youth Action Team …

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, CARE, Filipino, Helping Link, Mai Hoang, Nga Pham, Northwest Asian Weekly, PTSD, Thao Pham, United States, Vietnam War, Vietnamese Community Forum, Vol 29 No 17 | April 24 - April 30, Vu Le, Western Washington, Youth Action Team, language

March 13: Komen’s Grace Notes raises $720,000

April 22, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Held at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle, the annual Puget Sound Affiliate Grace Notes gala raised $720,000.

The event chairs were Lisa Dawson and Albert Shen. The master of ceremonies was Jean Enersen.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, Albert Shen, Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Jean Enersen, Puget Sound Affiliate Grace Notes, Seattle, Vol 29 No 17 | April 24 - April 30, Western Washington

Feb. 23: Girl Scouts holds annual leadership luncheon

April 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

More than 500 people came to The Westin Hotel in Seattle for the Girl Scouts of Western Washington’s Seattle Leadership Luncheon. This annual event highlights the important role Girl Scouting plays in building leadership skills in girls and developing successful female leaders of tomorrow.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, Girl Scouting, Girl Scouts, Seattle Leadership Luncheon, Vol 29 No 15 | April 10 - April 16, Western Washington

Girl Scouts helps young girls while shaking off the suburban stereotype

March 18, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Whenever the Girl Scouts comes up in casual conversation, the image of young moppets peddling cookies in front of supermarkets across America is usually conjured up. However, Girl Scouts of the USA represents more than highly desired baked goods.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, Asian Pacific, Chinese, Especially Ms, Girl Scout Gold Award, Girl Scouts, Grace Chien, Julie Nguyen, Natalie Marr, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ryan Pangilinan, Seattle, Stacy Nguyen, Tiffany Ran, USA, Vol 29 No 12 | March 20 - March 26, Western Washington, women of color

Washington First weathers storm of controversy with FDIC list

January 21, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As the world recovers from the global economic crisis, many people have looked to banks and financial service centers as the source for blame, questions, and answers. Along with the public unease, many banks have come under fire from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). It released a list of financial institutions that were under investigation.

Filed Under: Business, Community News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, Asian Americans, CEO, Elizabeth Huang, FDIC, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ryan Pangilinan, Seattle, United States, Vol 29 No 4 | January 23 - January 29, WFIB, Washington First, Western Washington, language

Festival-goers didn’t let 100-degree weather bog them down at Pista Sa Nayon

August 6, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

For the last 20 years, Pista Sa Nayon (roughly translated, it means “festival now,” though it has a colloquial definition of “town festival”) has been a longstanding tradition for the Filipino community in Western Washington.

Filed Under: News, Features, Community News Tagged With: Cayan Topacio, Filipino, Former King County Executive Ron Sims, Ihaw Ihaw Jam, Jon Cruz, Mayor Greg Nickels, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pista Sa Nayon, Ryan Pangilinan, Seattle, Seward Park, Western Washington, vol 28 no 33 | August 8 - August 14

Vietnamese man moves into his American Dream — and it has a garage

June 4, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Kiet Ly smiles a lot these days, knowing that the decision he made to leave Vietnam 10 years ago was the right one. With the help of Habitat for Humanity of East King County, he is about to become the owner of a three-bedroom, 1,100 square-foot townhouse in Redmond. […]

Filed Under: News, Features, Community News Tagged With: 2009, American Dream, Asian American, East King County, Emily Fortman, Filipino, James Tabafunda, Kiet Ly, Northwest Asian Weekly, Tom Granger, Vietnamese, Western Washington, vol 28 no 24 | June 6 - June 12

Cheryl Chow steps away from Seattle School Board

May 28, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly After a long and accomplished record of public service as a city councilmember and working with the Seattle School District, Cheryl Chow announced Wednesday, May 27, ahead of next week’s filing period for elective office, that she will not run for a second term on the school board.

Filed Under: News, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: Cheryl Chow, Franklin High School, Girl Scouts, Hamilton International Middle School, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ruby Chow, Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill, Seattle Parks Department, Seattle School Board, Seattle School District, Vol 28 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, Washington Junior High School, Western Washington

Puget Sound Blood Center needs your help – Blood supply drops 20 percent due to weather

December 31, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In the wake of snowy weather, Western Washington’s blood supply has lost 20 percent of its inventory — 1,000 units of blood.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2009, New Year, Puget Sound Blood Center, Vol 28 No 2 | January 3 - January 9, Western Washington

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