updates - Asian Counseling and Referral Service

Former Teen Peer Advocate Program participant
Leana Pastores, right, is back at ACRS as a social
work intern. Pictured with her is ACRS Supervisor
Souchinda Viradet Khampradith.
“I lived in two different worlds. I
go home and I’m in Laos or Thailand.
Outside it was different. The ACRS
youth program was like a bridge that
connected the two.” Tommy Sisa-at
“Just to have that [ACRS] support
group of peers at school really helped.
We related and supported each other;
whatever the situation, someone could
relate to it. I had a lot of friends who
were in unhealthy relationships. You
just don’t go home and tell your mom,
‘My friend’s boyfriend beat her.’” Leana
Pastores
Tommy and Leana express
perspectives common to many youth
who have participated in Asian
Counseling and Referral Service’s
Children, Youth and Family programs.
The youth who join its after-school
activities and Teen Peer Advocate
Program (TPAP) find a safe place to
connect with others who share their
experiences.
Leana graduated from Franklin
High School in 2003 and is now in
her final year at the University of
Washington, where she is studying
social work. She feels like she’s never
left TPAP, which she joined while she
was a sophomore in high school. In
fact, she now helps facilitate the
program as a social work intern.
“When I graduated from high
school, I wasn’t ready to leave TPAP,”
Leana said. ACRS Supervisor
Souchinda Khampradith, who ran the
group, said she could volunteer during
the summers.
TPAP is a nationally recognized
program that teaches high school
women leadership skills and trains
them to provide education, support
and resources to their peers about
dating violence and healthy
relationships. Studies have found that
teens usually turn to their friends
rather than their parents when they
Winter 2007
News about Events & People in Our Community
ACRS Provides Supportive Place for Immigrant Youth
have problems, so TPAP prepares teen
advocates to offer appropriate
information. The group is also an
important source of support for the
participants.
“Having parents who are
immigrants – that was really hard,”
Leana said. She found it difficult to
communicate with her parents because
there was just so much they couldn’t
relate to. “And my big sister didn’t
always want to listen to me. Our youth
counselor was always there to listen,
give advice–and she still is.”
When trying to figure out what to
major in, Leana turned to Souchinda
again for advice. “Even after TPAP,
Souchinda was a resource. I knew I
wanted to help people. My parents
didn’t know anything about social
work, so Souchinda gave me pointers
on how to talk to them about it.”
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Inside This Issue…
Executive Director’s Letter .....page 2
Advocacy Focus ...........................3
Program Focus .........................4-5
Staff Update..................................6
Capital Campaign ...................7-10
Food Bank ..................................11
Annual Dinner............................12
Donors/Funders.....................13-15
Calendar ................................... 16

ACRS Board
of Directors
Janet Liang
President
Rob Harris
Vice President
Mitch Acevedo
Secretary
Anita Rodgers
Treasurer
Nathan Alexander
Stan Dahlin
Ellen Kuo
Charlotte Lin
Margaret Lu
Mick Matsuzawa
Syed Jamal Mustafa
Dr. Frederika Overstreet
Kareen Queen
Dennis Shiroma
Kim Tran
Dr. Fernando Vega
Sun Yi
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LetterFromTheExecutiveDirector
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! As Asian Counseling and Referral Service embarks
on another year, I am so grateful to all of our staff, volunteers, financial
supporters, allies and sister organizations who have enabled us to provide
high quality, multicultural, multilingual services to the most vulnerable
in our community. Because of broad community support, ACRS has been able to grow and
serve over 19,000 people each year.
In addition to our long-standing programs, we now have problem gambling treatment services
for those affected by gambling addiction. We also have bilingual professional staff who are
stationed at WorkSource sites in different parts of King County, so limited English speaking
adults can access culturally competent vocational services. In this issue, you can read about our
new efforts to provide housing assistance for those who need help stabilizing their lives because
of mental illness or substance abuse, and to help South Asian youth and their parents cope with
harassment in schools.
ACRS is positioning itself for the future, so it can keep meeting the needs of our growing
community. As many of you know, we have broken ground in Rainier Valley to build our new
home, which will open in 2008 to over 20,000 clients.
The ACRS Capital Campaign has raised over $11 million (58%) of its $19.1 million goal,
thanks to the early support of government agencies, private foundations, corporations and
individual donors. As we enter the last two years of the campaign, I invite each of you to join
us in raising ACRS’ roof, so all generations of our community have a safe place to find hope and
opportunity when they need them the most.
Join us Feb. 13 at Asian Pacific American Legislative Day to advocate for $3 million in state
funds for ACRS’ home, and for funding to serve people who are mentally ill and immigrants
and refugees who need job training and English classes. We’re especially grateful to Gov. Christine
Gregoire for including $3 million for ACRS’ capital project in her budget, and now must work
with the state legislature to ensure that allocation stays in the budget.
Join us April 7 for Art Take Out!, a special arts reception and lottery fundraising event so
our new home exhibits art that reflects the diverse experiences and traditions of our community.
Join us at house parties and other events—big and small and throughout the year—and help
us move closer to our campaign goal.
ACRS was born out of a grassroots effort to make sure Asian Pacific Americans—immigrants,
refugees and American-born—have access to culturally competent services. These roots have
nourished ACRS for nearly 35 years and, with your help, will continue to nourish and anchor
this organization as we reach higher and broader to bring these critical services to more and
more people.
Sincerely,
Diane Narasaki
ACRS Executive Director
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AdvocacyFOCUS
Asian Pacific American Legislative Day Scheduled for Feb. 13
ACRS staff and clients will again join thousands from across the state each year for Asian Pacific
American Legislative Day.
Asian Counseling and Referral
Service will once again join hundreds
of organizations and groups from
throughout Washington State for the
annual Asian Pacific American (APA)
Legislative Day in Olympia. This year’s
event will be on Tuesday, Feb. 13,
beginning at 10:30 a.m. outside of the
capitol building.
“This is an especially important
time for our community members to
make our voices heard since the state
legislature and Governor will be
making budget decisions for the next
two years,” said Diane Narasaki, ACRS
Executive Director and Asian Pacific
Islander Coalition (APIC) of King
County Chair. “APA Legislative Day
is also an opportunity to unite to
support public policy proposals that
ensure immigrants and refugees’ access
to basic services, and to fight those
which threaten that access or endanger
people’s civil rights.”
The APICs of King, Pierce,
Snohomish, South Sound, Southwest,
Spokane and Yakima, with over 100
sponsoring organizations and groups,
organize the annual event to raise
community awareness and educate
elected officials about proposed
policies that would affect Asian Pacific
Americans, immigrants and refugees,
and other communities of color and
low income communities. Regional
APICs are conducting community
briefings prior to the event to present
the proposed legislative agenda and
gain consensus on priority issues.
Chief legislative concerns for this
year’s event will most likely include:
• promoting a more fair distribution
of federal funding for mental health
services in King County
• ensuring that children of families
on public assistance retain their right
to receive aid even when parents or
guardians do not follow through on
all public assistance requirements
• providing access to classes and
naturalization assistance for lowincome
immigrants who want to
become U.S. citizens
• maintaining access to English
classes and job training for limited
English proficient adults
• and obtaining capital funding for
ACRS’ new home in Rainier Valley,
Korean Women’s Association, Wing
Luke Asian Museum, the Nisei
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Veterans Center and Japanese Cultural
Center.
Regarding ACRS’ $3 million capital
request, Diane said she was encouraged
that the Governor included the full
amount in her budget proposal, which
was released in December.
“Thanks to the support of our
friends and allies from the APICs
around the state, the Governor has
recognized that ACRS is a critical
resource not only for our communities
in Seattle or King County, but for Asian
Pacific Americans throughout the
state,” Diane said. “We hope the state
legislature will agree and help ACRS
secure the funds, so we can expand
our services and meet the needs of our
growing community.”
While the state coffers are in better
shape this year than in recent years,
APIC organizers say they are not taking
anything for granted and will remain
persistent and organized in advocating
for the interests of the Asian Pacific
American community.
“There’s a lot of work to be done,”
Diane said. “But it’s very encouraging
to see how annual events like APA
Legislative Day become traditions that
create a lot of positive influence. Not
only does it affect policymakers, but
it helps inspire individual activists and
other non-profit organizations
throughout the region to work together
to bring about change.”
For more information about
community briefings and APA Legislative
Day, contact Ming Tanaka at 206-695-
7582 or mingt@acrs.org

ProgramFOCUS
Assistance Gives Hope to Homeless Asian Pacific Americans
Struggling with mental illness or
chemical dependency is difficult
enough as it is. The situation is even
more stressful when one is also
homeless.
Homelessness and poverty affects
Asian Pacific Americans more than
people think. For example, 22% of the
county’s Cambodian population and
33% of its Hmong population live
below the poverty line, compared to
only 8% of the total King County
population. The per capita income of
the county’s Vietnamese population
($14,451) is half that of the overall
per capita income of the entire county
population ($29,521) and lower than
all other minority groups. The per
capita income figures are lower for
Laotians ($12,307), Cambodians
($10,377), and Hmong ($6,730).
The City of Bellevue has awarded
ACRS’ Naturalization and Immigration
Assistance (NIA) Program a two-year
contract of $15,098 to provide weekly
citizenship classes and one-on-one
assistance to immigrants living in the
Eastside. Classes will be held at the
King County Bellevue Regional
Library, 1111 110th NE, and will use
the same successful curriculum and
model already used in ACRS’ longrunning
citizenship classes in Seattle.
Bellevue is becoming home to a
growing number of Asian Pacific
Americans. According to Census 2000,
Asian Americans make up 19% of the
city’s population and 60% of Asian
Asian Counseling and Referral
Service sees how these statistics play
out through the people who end up
at its food bank, behavioral health and
substance abuse treatment programs,
and recovery center. Staff say they have
seen many more clients who are
homeless or on the verge of becoming
homeless in the past year.
To help stabilize their living
arrangements so they can focus on
their recovery, ACRS is starting
HOPES, Housing Opportunities to
Encourage Self-sufficiency, through a
grant totaling $675,205 for five years
from King County Department of
Community and Human Services,
King County Housing Authority and
Seattle Housing Authority. The new
project, which starts in January, will
allow ACRS to provide Section 8
ACRS Citizenship Classes to Come to Bellevue
Americans in King County are foreign
born.
“The citizenship classes and
immigration assistance we will provide
will allow more Bellevue residents to
improve their English and realize their
dream of becoming a U.S. citizen,”
said ACRS NIA Director Julia
Freimund.
The schedule for the Bellevue classes
was not available at press time. For more
information, contact ACRS NIA Program
Coordinator Chip Tan at 206-695-7578
or chiptan@acrs.org
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housing vouchers to people dealing
with mental illness and/or substance
abuse.
“Our clients face so many
challenges,” said ACRS Behavioral
Director Yoon Joo Han. “They are often
shunned by their families because of
their mental illness or addiction, so
they don’t have a place to call home.
They are hospitalized or jailed as a
result of their mental illness symptoms,
and often lose their housing and public
health benefits. This affects their credit
rating and rental history, making it
harder for them to find affordable
housing once they are released. It is
such a terrible cycle. HOPES will help
them break that cycle so they stabilize
their lives.”

ProgramFOCUS
ACRS Works with Sikhs to Address Harassment, Other Issues
ACRS’ Roop Sandhu provides information and assistance each Sunday at the Renton gurudwara and
organizes workshops for parents.
Since 2005, Asian Counseling and
Referral Service has brought its services
weekly to the Sikh community at the
Gurudwara Singh Sabha of
Washington in Renton. Every Sunday,
in a corner room off the cafeteria where
hundreds gather for food after worship,
they see ACRS Sikh Advocate Roop
Sandhu with questions about
becoming a U.S. citizen, sponsoring
family members to come to America
or finding affordable health care for
their elders.
With new funding from the United
Way of King County Venture Funds,
the Ford Foundation’s Leadership for
a Changing World and Comcast, ACRS
has expanded its services to address
another question: how to deal with
the bullying and harassment Sikh
children are facing at school.
Jasbir Kaur, who teaches a Punjabi
class for children at the gurudwara,
says that many children have confided
in her. “The boys are hit on the head
and teased, ‘What’s that on your head?’
‘Why don’t you cut your hair?’”
According to religious practice,
Sikh males grow their hair long and
never cut it. Boys cover their hair and,
when they are older, wear a turban.
Girls and women also cover their hair
with a head scarf.
Jasbir says that in some cases, the
persistent harassment is too much to
bear. One student transferred schools
six times in four years. Recently, a
student hit a Sikh boy on the bus and
a fight broke out. A few days later,
another student hit the same boy. One
Sikh girl refuses to go outside for recess
for fear of being harassed by her
classmates.
The grants received allows ACRS’
Children, Youth and Family Program
to serve as a liaison between affected
families and the schools, and to
provide education and support so
parents can better advocate for their
children.
In 2006, ACRS worked with the
Seattle Public Schools’ Student Support
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Services to conduct a workshop on
how parents can get involved in their
children’s schools and how to address
concerns. It partnered with Hate Free
Zone for a workshop on addressing
bullying and harassment in schools.
It also worked with Northwest
Education Loan Assistance to present
another workshop on preparing for
college.
In the coming year, ACRS plans to
offer a girls empowerment group for
high school Sikh girls.
“It’ll be modeled after our
successful Teen Peer Advocate
Program that we’ve had at Seattle and
Bellevue high schools,” said CYF
Supervisor Souchinda Viradet
Khampradith. “We hope to start the
group at the gurudwara and it will
focus on strengthening the girls’
cultural identity and increasing their
knowledge about community
resources available to them.”
By giving parents and youth
information, tools and support, the
program will help Sikh community
members strengthen their ability to
address the challenges they face.

StaffUPDATE
Staff Anniversaries
Congratulations to the staff
members listed below who
celebrated five years or more of
service at ACRS in 2006. Thank
you to each of them for their caring,
compassionate service to the Asian
Pacific American community.
Chip Tan, 26 years
Chanchoy E. Chao, 22
Xuyen T. Ngo, 22
Yolanda M. Ardena, 21
Junko Yamazaki, 21
Lan A. Tran, 20
Margaret Sekijima, 19
Oanh Ha, 18
Yoo Joo Han, 18
Elsa Valle, 18
Annamaria L. Molinaro, 17
Elisa V. Del Rosario, 16
Bao T. Nguyen, 16
Yong Lim Oshie, 16
Motusaga V. Samoa, 16
Mary H. Schwetz, 16
Bob Putsch, 16
Chalin K. Pahn, 15
Khamsouk Keowla, 15
Letrinh Q. Vu, 15
Karen K. Bauman, 14
Celia R. Rodriguez, 14
Abidah Haliem, 13
Vannarath C. Phoumkeo, 13
Emerita Tejano, 13
David Tetsuo Beer, 12
Chester Fuavai, 12
Samoeun Him, 12
Insook Kim, 12
Janet L. Soohoo, 12
Yiu Man Chan, 11
Sompasong Kheohavong, 11
Jocelyn A. Lui, 11
Diane M. Narasaki, 11
Bank of America selected ACRS
Executive Director Diane Narasaki for
one of its Local Hero Awards and
presented her with $5,000 for ACRS.
Last year, Diane’s decades-long
advocacy work and leadership have
garnered praise from the Ford
Foundation, the King County Mental
Health Division and the Korean
American Professionals Society, all of
which presented Diane with awards.
Tong Phum, 11
Kirk Tan, 11
Gary Tang, 11
Myung A.Yu, 11
Minjing Wu, 11
Irene Hu, 10
Sieng H. Lee, 10
Jeannie Tran Nguyen, 10
Ahn T. An, 9
Min Kang, 9
Fred P. Le, 9
Chikako Nagai, 9
Youd Sinh Chao, 8
Chung-Hsu Hsu, 8
Kaesri Keopanya, 8
Minh-Phuong L. Nguyen, 8
Connie Cheng, 7
Hanh P. Lai, 7
Naty Lamug, 7
Miyoko Rokymoto, 7
Sangjan Rungruangkonkit, 7
Bopha Chan Sanguinetti, 6
Mae Seng Chao, 6
Dodie S. Cogswell, 6
Panchalee Keopanya, 6
Michiko Kono, 6
Vanthy Ly, 6
Ayako Miki, 6
Yen Nguyen, 6
Wendy Chen, 5
May H. Lee, 5
Souchinda Viradet Khampradith,
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Sandy P. Khou, 5
Ge Gail Li, 5
Margaria H. Ng, 5
Bart T. Ozretich, 5
Kyle A. Sims, 5
Crystal D. Swanda, 5
Ty Trang, 5
Rosie Yap, 5
New Staff
Welcome to the following staff
who joined the ACRS family in
2006.
Administrative Services
Rothtana Kim
Linda N. Saelee
Joan Taverna
Aging & Adult Services
Rina K. Adams
Twinkle Aquino
Kim T. Co
Tammy Dang
Maria T. Diocales
Xuan K. Do
Shannon S. Jun
David Y. Kim
Cheng Saechao
Ouzeng Saeyang
Trang H. Tran
Behavioral Health Services
Ruth G. Do
Shino Harada
My Huynh
Mala Lim
Yvette Ludvik
Karen Pang
Chak Yuen Pun
Chan Saelee
Robert Son
Kathy H. Truong
Angela White
Tanli Wu
Capital Campaign
Xiaoqing Huang
Alice McLean Barnes
Pictured with Diane is Bank of America Vice President Marie Gunn.
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Children, Youth & Family
Irma S. Bajar,
Roopkamal K. Sandhu
Christine Torres-Clara
Data
Sherrina Sezto
Development
Sunny Giron
Finance
Ke-Jui Chang
Human Resources
Carolyn H. Miller
Food Bank
Carole Orr
Info Systems
Fernando Llamas
Ketrasa Phommarath
Naturalization
Xiangping Chen
Vocational
Kin Hung Luk
Vocational & Naturalization Work
Study
Nikki Nguyen

CapitalCAMPAIGN
updates
ACRS Breaks Ground, Enters Last Stretch of Capital Campaign
Several elected officials showed their support of ACRS and Executive Director Diane Narasaki,
including (left to right) Sen. Patty Murray, Gov. Christine Gregoire, King County Councilman Larry
Phillips, Seattle City Councilman David Della, and State Speaker of the House Frank Chopp.
On Oct. 10, over 250 clients, staff,
volunteers and community supporters
from different parts of the state
gathered at the site of Asian
Counseling and Referral Service’s new
home on Martin Luther King Jr. Way
South to break ground and clear the
way for an 82,000 square foot facility.
The ceremony attracted elected
officials from every level of
government, including Sen. Patty
Murray, Congressman Jim McDermott,
Gov. Christine Gregoire, Mayor Greg
Nickels as well as several state
representatives and senators, and
members of King County Council and
Seattle City Council.
“The groundbreaking not only
marks a milestone in ACRS’ history,”
said ACRS Capital Campaign Director
Elisa Del Rosario, “it also marks the
final phase of our capital campaign.”
Elisa explained that the campaign
efforts so far have yielded over $11
million from the federal, state, county
and Seattle city governments, private
foundations and corporations, and
major donors. ACRS will continue to
ask for additional support from these
sources, but like other capital projects,
it will also focus the final two years of
the campaign on inviting more
community members to contribute at
any level towards the total goal of
$19.1 million.
Garden and Lobby to Be Named after
Community Leaders
To generate that community
excitement and investment, Capital
Campaign Co-Chairs Lisa Chin and
Hank Queen announced at the
groundbreaking that two long-time
ACRS supporters have pledged
significant contributions. Herb
Tsuchiya, co-founder of ACRS’ Walk
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for Rice, pledged $100,000 in memory
of his late wife, Bertha, who also cofounded
the walk. He wants his
donation to be used as a challenge to
raise an additional $150,000. ACRS
wants to pay tribute to both of these
incredible community volunteers by
raising a total of $250,000 for the Herb
and Bertha Tsuchiya Garden, to be
located outside the building’s first floor
entrance.
In addition, Uncle Bob Santos and
State Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos
pledged $5,000. Uncle Bob was an
instrumental force in forming many
social service agencies in the
International District during the 1970s,
including ACRS. Uncle Bob has
graciously allowed ACRS to name the
first level lobby after him. People
entering the first floor, which includes
the building’s community center, will
be greeted in the Uncle Bob Santos
Lobby. Uncle Bob and Sharon hope
their gift will motivate community
members to pledge/donate the
remaining $95,000 needed for naming
the lobby.
“Herb and Bertha, Uncle Bob and
Sharon have already given so much to
our community in terms of their
leadership and their volunteer and
advocacy efforts,” said ACRS Executive
Director Diane Narasaki. “Now, their
extraordinary gifts for ACRS’ home
will be a legacy for generations to
come.”
For more information on
contributing to honor the Tsuchiyas or
Uncle Bob Santos, or on other naming
opportunities, contact Elisa Del Rosario

CapitalCAMPAIGN
Bringing Art into ACRS’ New Home
Arts Committee Members (clockwise from left) Carina A. del Rosario, Sue Kunimatsu, Linda Suyama,
Jocelyn Lui, Cora Edmonds and Mayumi Tsutakawa. Missing are Sholpan Belbayev, Michelle Kumata,
Miye Moriguchi, Glenn Mitsui, Ken Matsudaira and Gary Tang.
As construction workers dig deep
into the ground at Asian Counseling
and Referral Service’s building site, a
group of art lovers and ACRS
supporters are already working on
making the inside of ACRS’ new home
a beautiful and welcoming place for
the community.
ACRS’ volunteer Arts Committee
plans to raise $150,000 in order to
procure or commission original art for
ACRS’ new building, which will open
to 20,000 clients in 2008. One way it
will achieve this goal is through Art
Take Out!, and arts reception and
lottery scheduled for April 7, 2007,
to be held jointly at Azuma Arts
Gallery and Art Xchange on Seattle’s
First Avenue.
The arts reception and lottery will
be the only event of its kind in the
Asian Pacific American community
and is expected to attract some 200
art patrons and collectors. Lottery
tickets will be sold at $250 and $500
levels, allowing the ticket holder a
chance to choose from a selection of
donated art pieces.
“The arts reception and lottery will
be a wonderful way for artists and art
lovers alike to show their support of
ACRS,” said committee member Cora
Edmonds, who owns Art Xchange.
“We expect to display a beautiful range
of original pieces donated by local
artists.”
ACRS Capital Campaign Director
Elisa Del Rosario said, “In addition to
expanded space and facilities, it’s
important to include artwork and other
aesthetic elements to create an
environment where clients feel
welcome, comfortable, and even
inspired. We are committed to having
a place that reflects the cultures and
experiences of immigrants, refugees
and native-born Asian Pacific
Americans.”
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Artwork commissioned or
procured for public spaces within
ACRS’ new home will showcase
contemporary works by local Asian
Pacific American artists, traditional
Asian/Pacific arts, and portraits of and
by ACRS’ clients. Many community
members seeking ACRS’ help are
experiencing turmoil in their lives
because of mental illness, addiction,
deteriorating physical health, violence,
joblessness or acculturation. Art for
the “quiet lobby” where they would
wait for their case managers will be
chosen to evoke a sense of calm and
peace. Near the activity center and
gym, artwork will represent the
diversity of the pan-Asian Pacific
American community in bold,
contemporary ways.
As part of its treatment services
and program activities, ACRS provides
opportunities for clients to practice
their traditional crafts and engage in
creative activities. Clients attest to the
importance of these activities in lifting
their depression and self-esteem.
Client-created art will be framed and
featured throughout the different parts
of the new building.
“Bringing art into our new home
is about beautifying the building, but
it’s also about visually representing
ACRS’ values,” Elisa said. “We’re
striving to create a space that
incorporates clients’ creativity with
the work of local Asian Pacific
American artists. By doing so we wish
to honor our community’s diverse
experiences and immense talents.”
For more information, contact Alice
McLean Barnes at 206-774-2462 or
aliceb@acrs.org

CapitalCAMPAIGN
The ACRS Capital
Campaign has raised
$11,037,848 of its $19.1
million goal to date. Thank
you to the following
foundations, organizations
and individuals for their
gifts/pledges (received as of
Aug. 11, 2006 through Dec.
31, 2006).
Grants
Bank of America
Foundation, $5,000
Community donations
• $10,000
Uwajimaya
• $3,000 - $6,000
Eric Fredricks & Kinam
Sohn
Steve & Vivian Ma
Jill Nishi & Howard Nakase
Bob & Sharon Tomiko
Santos
• $1,000 - $2,999
Anonymous donor
Teresita Batayola & Dionnie
Dionisio
Hong Kong Polytechnic
University
David & Soon Kim
Chin Kwan & Chun Jong
Liu
John Lowrance & Adele
Maruo
Marguerite Casey
Foundation Matching
Contribution
Frederica Overstreet &
Gordon Hicks
Betty & Von Paul Patu
Robert & Lucy Sato
Pei Pei Sung
Benjamin & Ruth Woo
• $100 - $999
Nathan & Ruby Alexander
Jean Bateman
Charles & Rebekah Kim
Margaret Lu & Jerry Zhu
Yuri Matsuzawa
Robert Shimabukuro &
Alice Ito*
Elaine Wetterauer
Kiri Schultz & Michael
Wills
In honor of Dennis & Nadine
Shiroma’s 35th wedding
anniversary
Sheldon Araki
Doreen Cato
Philip Lee
• $1 - $99
David & Janet Kipp
In honor of Dennis &
Nadine Shiroma’s 35th
wedding anniversary
Tsuguo & Sumiko Ikeda
ACRS Staff Donations
Janice Eng
David Kim
Tam Ly
Dan & Josephine Mumpar
Robert Son
Dr. Minjing Wu*
In-Kind
Merchants Parking
Starbucks
Wine Tasting Event
donated by CTIN Events,
which raised nearly $4,000
Mitch Acevedo & John
Kephart
Nathan & Ruby Alexander
Rob Harris & Wanna
Keownapaporn
Dr. Charlotte Lin & Dr.
Robert Porter
Mike Robins
Chris Tran & Ernest Lou
*additional contribution
The groundbreaking included various blessing ceremonies, including monks
from the Laotian Buddhist Society, who chanted who chanted prayers and made
offerings.
Sen. Patty Murray studies drawings of the new building explained by ACRS
Executive Director Diane Narasaki.
The Mak Fai Washington Kung Fu Club performed a lion dance to bring good
fortune to the site of ACRS’ new home.
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CapitalCAMPAIGN
ACRS staff shovel the ground where their future offices will be.
(Left to right) Katie Hong of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,
Gov. Gary Locke and Congressman Jim McDermott were among the
many special guests who attended the ACRS groundbreaking.
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(Left to right) ACRS
Capital Project Director
John Chen Beckwith,
architect Donald King,
King County
Councilman Larry
Gossett and David Tyner
look at the model of
ACRS’ new
headquarters.
ACRS Capital Campaign Committee Member
Thao Tran (center) spoke at the ceremony about
how ACRS helped his refugee parents adjust to
their new country. He is pictured with ACRS
Capital Campaign Events Coordinator Alice
McLean Barnes and ACRS Capital Campaign
Director Elisa Del Rosario.
Members of the 37th District, Reps. Eric Pettigrew, Sharon Tomiko Santos and
Sen. Adam Smith, are joined by Rep. Frank Chopp. ACRS and many of its
clients are in their district.

ProgramBoardUPDATE
Board Update
ACRS would like to extend a warm
thanks to Mabel Fatialofa-Magalei,
Louis Huynh and Peter Yang, whose
board terms concluded in December.
We thank them for their service and
commitment to ACRS and its clients.
We also thank the entire board for
their leadership, dedication and hard
work this past year to ACRS and the
communities we serve.
Word spread quickly about the
grinches who broke into the ACRS
Food Bank on Christmas night and
again on Dec. 28. But thanks to an
outpouring of food and financial
donations from all parts of King
County, ACRS was able to reopen as
regularly scheduled on Jan. 3, 2007
and distribute food to its clients.
Each year, the ACRS Food Bank
serves nearly 5,000 low-income
households, most of whom are elders
and children.
“People were outraged that
someone would actually steal food out
of the mouths of people who have so
little, people who could be your
grandparents or your children,” said
ACRS Communications Coordinator
Carina A. del Rosario. “They reached
out to ACRS and our clients with such
care and generosity. It’s been incredibly
moving for all of us.”
Gary Tang, Aging and Adult
Services Director, says that recovery
efforts are continuing. The thieves cut
through the fence surrounding the
ACRS’ Faces of Community, Masks
of Tradition benefit auction was
tremendously successful because of
the leadership of ACRS Board Secretary
Mitch Acevedo, who served as Dinner
Committee Chair. We thank Mitch for
his leadership and vision, and also
Board Member Dennis Shiroma, who
was extremely active on the Dinner
Committee. Board members Charlotte
Lin, Rob Harris, Janet Liang, Margaret
food bank on 919 S. King St. and broke
through the window.
“Now we’re dealing with a whole
new meaning for the phrase ‘food
security,’” Gary said.
It’s not only about making sure
people who are poor won’t have to
worry about having enough to feed
their families, but also about making
sure the food meant to be distributed
to low-income people is stored safely
and securely.
ACRS is working with Seattle
police and Community Action
Partnership, a neighborhood public
safety program, to investigate the
burglary and increase overall safety in
the International District. Some
residents and businesses reported
seeing a person trying to sell rice and
other food to neighborhood
restaurants.
In the meantime, ACRS will be
installing donated security equipment,
improving the fence and repairing
equipment with money that has been
contributed since the break-ins.
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Lu, Kareen Queen, Kim Tran,
Fernando Vega, and Sun Yi helped
engage their employers and introduce
new people to ACRS’ work and
mission. Nathan Alexander, Cornell
Cebrian, Stan Dahlin, and Anita
Rodgers attended, made donations or
contributed items for the auction.
Thanks to all of them for garnering
more support for ACRS.
Outpouring of Support Goes to Food Bank after Burglaries
For more information about the
ACRS Food Bank and on-going efforts,
visit www.acrs.org. We apologize for not
being able to list in this issue the
individuals, businesses, congregations
and civic organizations who have made
contributions since the break-ins. We
will run a full list of acknowledgements
in the next issue of the newsletter.

AnnualDINNER
Faces of Community, Masks of Tradition Brings Out Lively
Bidding to Benefit ACRS Programs
KOMO News’ Molly Shen served as mistress of ceremonies.
On Oct. 21, 2006, close to 500
ACRS supporters, community leaders
and elected officials attended the Faces
of Community, Masks of Tradition
celebration. Held at the newly
remodeled Seattle Sheraton Hotel, the
benefit dinner and auction was a
2006 Dinner Auction
Planning Committee
Mitch Acevedo,*
Committee Chair
Alice McLean Barnes**
Maxine Chan
Denise Cugini
Maria Dittberner
Christine Ho
Benjamin K.C. Lee
Jeff Parker
Esther and Mark Platt
Kareen Queen
Dennis Shiroma*
Rumi Tsuchihashi
Amanda Tran
Chris Tran
Colleen Ulrich
Premier Benefactors
CTIN Events - MS 101
Microsoft Partner
Washington First
International Bank
Partners
Alaska Distributors - Don
& Sons Sebastiani
Group Health Cooperative
Boeing
Davis Wright Tremaine,
LLP
Key Bank
Charlotte Lin and Robert
Porter
Associates
Pacific Marketing
International
Community Health Plan
of Washington -
International Community
Health Services
sparkling success, raising $139,000 to
allow ACRS to continue helping over
19,000 people through its programs.
While young musicians from
Marvista Elementary School played
festive tunes, attendees milled about,
bidding generously on over 200 items.
Sponsors
Eli Lilly
State Farm Insurance
Event Volunteers
Ed Alipio
Mark Aram
Lani Aviado
Nari Barker
Keven Beder
Korey Chang**
Ya Han Brownlee Chen
Raitchell Chen
Franklin Chinn
Stella Chung
Sandra Duong
Dallas Easter
Shannon Farazi
Aimee Fitzgerald
Grace Hong
Oliver Hsu
Ken Hsu
Natalie Huan
Tannie Huang
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KOMO 4 anchor Molly Shen emceed
and led guests through an inspiring
program of ACRS highlights and into
a dynamic live auction with Auctioneer
Ryan Massey. Guests participated with
gusto in a Fund-a-Need paddle raiser,
which totaled almost $20,000 for
ACRS programs and clients – the
highest amount raised in straight
donations from an ACRS dinner! Girls
from the dance troupe Rhythms of
India brought the evening to a close
on a colorful and energetic note.
This successful evening was made
possible by the generosity and hard
work of the Dinner Auction Planning
Committee, event sponsors, auction
item donors and all the volunteers
who helped the evening run smoothly.
Planning for 2007 is getting under
way to ensure another successful fall
benefit event. To join the fun, contact
ACRS Development Coordinator Sunny
Giron at 206-695-7551 or
sunnyg@acrs.org
All benefit auction photos by Team Photogenic
Xiaoqing Huang**
Catilin Hwang
Amy Kaminishi
Krisna Kay
Sasda Kay
Asako Kirihata
Hector Kwan**
Lynn Lam**
David Lew
Wan Chun Liao
Patrick Lindsay
Betty Luke
Vanthy Ly**
Robin Miller
Annamaria Molinaro**
Sharon Murakoshi
Virginia Ng
Lan Nguyen
Yen Nguyen Tran**
Hellen Nicado
Ronald Ning
James Parico
Trong Pham
Jen Phang
Buntheoun Real
Ben Ringold
Linda Saelee**
Xiaoyu Sang
Theareth Sek
Alyssa Siongco
Skultip Sirikantraporn
Jeff Su
Mari Sugiyama
Yuka Suzuki
Julie Tea
Hirokazu Toyoshima
Janet Ung
Friendly Vang-Johnson
Hoa Vo
Hoang Vo
Queenie Yang
Brian Yee
Shereen Yee
* ACRS Board Member
** ACRS staff

DonorsFUNDERS
Grants
The following grants for the
Children, Youth and Family
program were received since
the last newsletter and as of
Dec. 20, 2006.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, $138,000
Comcast, $15,000
One Family Foundation,
$8,000
Costco Wholesale, $5,000
Qwest Foundation, $1,666
Community Donations
The donations of the
individuals listed below
were received since the last
newsletter & as of Dec. 20,
2006. (Faces of Community,
Masks of Tradition dinner
auction, Walk for Rice,
Winter Appeal, Friends of
ACRS, United Way and
general contributions)
• $8,154.24
United Way of King County
• $3,000 - $5,999
Federal Express
Fern & Bill Lam
• $1,000 - $2,999
Anonymous
Mitch Acevedo & John
Kephart
Nori Lynn Catabay
Chu-Ping Chang
Chinese Baptist Church
Ellen Ferguson
Sandra Fujita
Amy Ho
Joanna Jung
Donald & Carole King
James & Coralie Kozu
J. Cristina Krisologo-Elliott
& Marcus Elliott
Donna Lou & Peter Bladin
Matching Gift Program
Microsoft Matching Gift
Program
National Association of
Asian American
Professionals
Lua Pritchard
Puget Sound Lic. Agency,
Inc
Kareen & Hank Queen
Maria & Charles Royer
Dennis & Nadine Shiroma
Chris Tran & Ernest Lou
Dr. Fernando Vega
Dr. Grace Wang
Ruth Woo
Joe & Hideko Yabuki
Sun Yi
• $500 - $999
Trygve & Lyla Anderson
In honor of cousin Sharon
Seymour
Brandon & Judith
Canterwall
Combined Federal
Campaign of King County
Stanley & Priscilla Dahlin
Edward Hsieh
International Community
Health Services
JKU Foundation
Jane Nishita
Edmund Santos
Insook Stephenson
Judy Tobin
Herb Tsuchiya
Jack Tsuchiya
ACRS’ Yoon Joo Han and Gary Tang, with Scott Willet and Fern Lam
TYRISCO Inc.
Kim M.L. Wallace
• $100 - $499
Nathan Alidina
Anonymous
Asian Pacific American Joint
Picnic with Boeing Asian
American Professionals
Association
S. James Arima
Asian Pacific Directors
Coalition
Clara Beard
John Chen Beckwith
Alaric & Jolyn Bien
Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
Jonathan Brier
James & Cecilia Byun
Khanh Tuyet Cao
Aldo Chan
Chuck Yoong Chan
Andy Chang
Khampha Chantharangsy
Roger Chin
Frank Chinn
Citigroup Foundation
Matching Gifts Program
Victoria Claravall
Comcast Communications,
Inc.
Paul & Judith De Barros
Scott & Maria Dittberner
Nemesio Domingo
Marcela Farpali
Bill Fenner
Jennifer Freimund
Theresa Fujiwara
Mary Furukawa & Mae
Ohashi
Jongsook Ghim
Hon. Jean Godden
Yoon Joo Han
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Zev Joseph Handel & Ju
Namkung
David & Catherine Hart
Roderick & Amelia Haynes
Suzanne Hittman
Katie Hong & Harold Taw
Gayle Hoshino
Tri Hua
Denise Huynh
D.J. Ida
International District
Housing Alliance
Mayflower Park Hotel, Inc.
Akiko & Toshio Ito
Alice Ito & Robert
Shimabukuro
Morris Kanekuni
Beverly & Shana Kashino
Richard & Helen Kay
Marie Kernie
Mac & Ruth Yoshiko
Kiyono
In memory of Masami
Kiyono
Elaine Ikoma Ko & John
Foz
Jasmit Singh & Molina Kaur
Kochhar
Peter Kopp & Cheryl Lou
Ruthann Kurose & Nathan
Rothman
Mitchel & Edith Lazarus
Valencia Lee
Legacy of Equality,
Leadership & Organizing
Victoria Lindsey
Lili Liu & Ken Huey
Calvin & Ruth Locke
John Lowrance & Adele
Maruo
Eva Lui
Jocelyn Lui & Carter
Belleau
Lund & Associates, Inc.
Lori Lei Matsukawa & Larry
Blackstock
John Matsumoto
Karla & Michael McGuire
Minority Executive
Directors Coalition
Sam & Tami Mitsui
Aiko & James Mizuki
Craig Murakami
Mai Nguyen & Lester Tran
Nguyens Pharmacy & Gifts,
Inc.
James & Micheline Norton
Leann Onishi
Charles Ragen & Wenjun
Chen
Karen Raines
Steven & Carol Ringold
Anita Rodgers
SeaCast, Inc.
John & Celia Sekijima
James Shaw
Eugene Shen & Charlene
Dancers from Rhythms of India
Mano-Shen
Tai Shu-Hua
Minhyung Song
Starbucks Matching Gifts
Program
David Strong
Pei-Pei Sung
Elena Tabaco
David Takeuchi
Li Tan & Charles Wu
Thomas & S. Taylor
Victoria Terao
The Sallie Mae Fund
Employee Contributions
Program
Therapeutic Health
Services, Inc
Natalie Thomson
David Tracy
Gregory Tuai & Ben-Ling
Wong
Michael E. Villanueva
Michael Wanderer & Janice
Suyehira
Matsue & Sam Watanabe
Elizabeth Whitford &
Cristina Acevedo
Brian Wong & Cindy Gok
Catherine Woo
Dr. Minjing Wu & Scott
Kramer
Junko Yamazaki & Oddvar
Sangesland
Janice Yee
Mary Yu & Susan Secker
• $1 - $99
Frank Abe & Laureen Mar
Takako Aikawa
American Immigration
Lawyers Association
Atlantic Street Center
Rafe Beswick
Alison Boyer
David & Adrian Bradley
Frances Carr
Mark & Elizabeth Chan
Martin Chan
Wilton & Paula Chinn
Saloeum Sy Chum
John Clyman
Kenneth Comstock
Patricia Cygan

DonorsFUNDERS
Dancers from Rhythms of India
Dr. Pio & Susan Decano
Tuan Anh Dinh
Allison Doan
An Dong
Thach El & Van Sar
Constancia & Pedro
Escobar
Eric Fredricks & Kinam
Sohn
Janet Gwilym & Bing Tso
Vickie Hauck
Dr. Emily Hitchens
Christine Ho
Pauline Ho
Scott & Hiroko Huntoon
Beverly Ikeda
Graciana Ilao
Marinell & Olivia Iliuc
Dr. Brian Ito & Laura
Sameshima
Albert Jee
Jeanne Kaiser
In honor of Daniel Lazarus
Bar Mitzwah
Roy Kaplan
Sen. Adam Kline
KPMG’S Community
Involvement Program
Cora & Jim Lamourea
Gretchen Lauber
Emily Leslie
Andre Loh
Tam Ly & Chanthany Hak
Kerry McGowne
Julie Monks
Thomas Mun
Teresa Muzzi
Richard & Barbara Nagaoka
Mutsuko Okada
Elliot Omiya
Jacilyn Oseguera
Nobuko & Judy Otsuji
George Oya
Merry Oya
Rep. Eric Pettigrew
Leland David Prindle &
Pascha Scott
Steven & Marianne Reed
Anita & R. Vincent Rouse
Safeco Insurance Employee
Giving Programs
Lourdes Sanches
Bob & Rep. Sharon Tomiko
Santos
Yukiko Sato
Ted & Mary Ann Schwarz
Irene Shigaki
Smiles Association
Michael Smukler & Edwina
Uehara
Marietta Steele
Christopher Stromquist
Esther & Elsa Sunde
Richard & Hideko
Tachibana
Eugene Tagawa
Miles Takahashi
Helen Tall
Linda Tang
Betty & Chok Toy
Frank & Evelyn Tse
Uwajimaya
Todd Uyeda
Nicole & Joshua Vankirk
My Vo
Ann Walter
Mari Watanabe
Takaya Wickstrom
Christopher Wiggins
Toshio & Yuko Yamagishi
Zhihui Zhang
In honor of Dr. Kemi
Nakabayashi & Jim
Norton’s wedding
Tanya Kim & Mark Manuel
Vilma Quijada & Michael
Kelly
J. C. & D. M. Wallace
Ty Toshio & Vickie Izuka
Donald & Lucille Nakanishi
Ernest & Jeanne Tsujimoto
In-Kind Donations
Anonymous
Mitch Acevedo & John
Kephart
ACRS Board of Directors
ACRS Substance Abuse
Program
Alaska Distributors
Argosy Cruises
Art Exchange
Arts of China
Atlantic Street Center
B&O Espresso
Beacon United Methodist
Church
Blowing Sands Glass Studio
Body Balancing
Boeing Company
Boka Kitchen + Bar
James Byun
Kye & Yong Byun
Michael Byun & Mike
Johnson
C&N Design and
Development
Cafe Flora
Sen. Maria Cantwell
Nori Catabay
John Chadwick
Debbie & Sai
Chaleunphonh
Max Chan
Tuck Chang
Khampha Chantharangsy
Wendy Chen
Frank Chinn
Lisa Chin & Nigel Green
Chinese Information and
Service Center
Choice Organic Teas
Comfort Dental
Community Health Plan of
Washington
Hon. Richard Conlin
Crystal Mountain Founders
Club
CTIN Events/MS 101
Microsoft Partners
Cupcake Royal
Cutter and Buck
Stan Dahlin
Hon. David Della
Carina A. del Rosario
Don DeSantis
Tuan Anh Dinh
Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
Maria & Scott Dittberner
Key Donn
Hon. Jan Drago
East West Bookshop of
Seattle
Encore Media Group
Jan Eng
Essential Baking Company
Etherea Salon.Spa &
Etherea Salon.Spa at the
Alexis Hotel
Feminist Karate Union
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Ellen Ferguson
Flamenco Danzarte
Fleurish
Flora and Henri
Flying Fish Restaurant
FreeRange Cycles
Julia Freimund
Friori Floral Design
Gene Juarez
Sunny Giron
Hon. Jean Godden
Gov. Chris Gregoire
Grand Hyatt Seattle
Green Leaf Restaurant
Greg Kucera Gallery
Group Health Cooperative
H77
The Hair Connection
Yoon Joo Han
Rob Harris & Wanna
Keownapaporn
Hawaii General Store and
Gallery
Kimi Hayashi
Hong’s Garden
Janis Honkawa
Hotel Max
Tri Hua
Sarah Hunting, LMP
IClick
Interim
INTIMAN Theatre
Jewelry by Banu
Souchinda Viradet
Khampradith
Jo King
Sen. Adam Kline
Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Michiko Kono
Korean Women’s
Association
Hector Kwan
Lam’s Seafood
Laureen Lapitan
Sue Law
Susana Lee
Le Panier, Inc.
Janet Liang
Yong Lim
Charlotte Lin & Robert
Porter
Cathy Loftus
Mr. Victor Loo
Lynn’s Bistro
Main Street Yarn
Paola Maranan
Marjorie
Paul Matsuoka
Mayflower Park Hotel
Mervin Manufacturing
Metropolitan Grill
Microsoft
Museum of Glass
Music Sprout
Mutual Fish Co.
My Dog Jasper
Ted Nakanishi
National Association of
Bob Santos and State Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos

DonorsFUNDERS
Asian American
Professionals
Mayor Greg Nickels
Chris Nishiwacki
Pat Norikane Logerwell
Olympic Music Festival
Olympus Spa
Ken Osborne
Ed Osterman
Frederica Overstreet
Bart Ozretich
Pacific Marketing
International
Palomino
Paul Kim Keller Williams
Realty
PGA
Hon. Larry Phillips
Phnom Penh Noodle House
Marc and Esther Platt
Puget Sound License
Agency
Kareen & Hank Queen
Radisson Miyako Hotel
R. E. Lee International
Hon. Tom Rasmussen
(Continued from Page 1 “IMMIGRANT YOUTH”)
Tommy Sisa-at, former CYF participant
Rhythms of India
Benjamin Ringold
Karuna Rose, MSW, LMP
Paul Rossman
Safeco Insurance
Sailing Heritage Society
Salon Nouveau
Lourdes S Sanchez
Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos
& Bob Santos
Larry Sato
Yukiko Sato
Seasia
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Mariners
Seattle Public Library –
International District
Chinatown Branch
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Bob Shimabukuro & Alice
Ito
William Shimbo
Dennis & Nadine Shiroma
Scott Shiroma
Simply Desserts
Skate Journeys
And once she declared her major,
Leana knew she wanted to spend her
required practicum back at ACRS and
work with young women who were
just like her.
“I took all the steps in order to
come back to ACRS and give back,”
said Leana. “I was given hope, so I
want to give hope to others.”
As Souchinda was for Leana, so
was former ACRS Youth Counselor
Virgil Paule to Tommy.
Ben Slivka and Lisa
Wissner-Slivka
Starbucks Coffee Company
State Farm
Strategic Living
Studio 904
Suite 410
Ben Sugawara
Pei Pei Sung
Shana Sutton
Sweet Posie
Tacoma Art Museum
Chip Tan
Dora Tan
Gary Tang
The 5th Avenue Theatre
Top Pot Doughnuts
Trinity Night Club
Two Tartes Bakery
Union
Upper Deck
UPS
UW Alumni Association
Uwajimaya, Inc.
The Valley School - Ms.
Blom’s 4th Grade Class
“I was the oldest
in my family, so I
always wanted a big
brother,” Tommy
said. “Virgil tutored
us, tried to get us to
work together, helped
us feel connected to
the community.”
Tommy, now 25
and working at Key
Bank, says he tried
other school activities
when he was a student at Interlake
High School, where he graduated in
2000. “There wasn’t any connection.
With the ACRS youth group, you went
in and you took it with you wherever
you went. It was more than a group.
It was very personal. It was like family.”
Tommy says that it made a
difference to have a youth counselor
and other youth who could relate to
having immigrant or refugee parents.
“My parents learned English, but
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ACRS Board Members Sun Yi and Mitch Acevedo with guest
V.W. Asian Food Co. Ltd.
Washington First
International Bank
Washington Terrace
Apartments
Washington State University
Connie Wellnitz
Andrew & Alix Wilber
Wild Orchid Catering
Wing Luke Asian Museum
Ruth Woo
Woodland Park Zoo
World Television
Junko Yamazaki
Sun Yi
Zulu Nyala Group
hung on to traditions. I felt a culture
clash,” Tommy said. “My youth
counselor knew what I was going
through. It was like ACRS held my
parents’ world in one hand and school
and the outside world in the other and
brought them together for me.”
Tommy said, “I was a pretty wild
kid, but I had the youth group to
balance me out.”
The group also helped him develop
skills that he uses to this day. “We had
to do a presentation for a grant for our
program. I was so scared, I was
shaking. But I did it and I learned
public speaking and sales skills
because we had to convince the funder
why the program deserved the money.”
As he looks forward to starting a
family, Tommy says he has ACRS to
thank for giving him direction, for
preparing him for adulthood and for
helping him maintain a bond with his
community.

720 Eighth Avenue South, Suite 200
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 695-7600
Fax (206) 695-7606
TTY (206) 695-7608
www.acrs.org
Calendar of
Events
Asian Pacific American Legislative Day
King County Community Briefing, Tues.,
Jan. 24, 5:30 p.m. at ACRS’ Community Room,
720 8th Ave. S., Suite 200, Seattle.
Legislative Day, Tues., Feb. 13, 10:30 a.m. at
the Capitol building, Olympia
Contact Ming Tanaka at 206-695-7582 or
mingt@acrs.org
Kirby Wong Memorial Blood Drive
Sat., Feb. 10, 8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Chinese Baptist Church, 5801 Beacon Ave.
South (at Orcas St.), Seattle. Contact Heidi
Wong at hwong@acrs.org or (206) 721-3630
x126 to sign up. Doors open at 7:45 a.m.
Art Take Out! Reception and Lottery
Saturday evening, Apr. 7, at Azuma Arts Gallery
(530 1st Ave. S.) and Art Xchange (512 1st
Ave. S.). Contact Alice McLean Barnes at
206-774-2462 or aliceb@acrs.org
18th Annual Walk for Rice
Saturday in June TBD, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,
Seward Park, Seattle. Contact Sunny Giron at
206-695-7551 or sunnyg@acrs.org
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