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September 07, 2006

It's A Beacon Bash, Baby!

10th Anniversary Celebration

The Chinatown Beacon Center invites you to help celebrate our 10th Anniversary on

Thursday, October 12, 2006
6:00PM

Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Avenue
San Francisco

Join us for Dinner and Trivia Night!

Ticket Purchasing Options:
$75 per individual
$325 per 5 person trivia team
$600 per 10 person trivia team
Even if you cannot attend, contributions are welcome.

For more information contact Rui Bing Zheng at 415-983-9510 x301 or ruibing@chinatownbeacon.org by September 30, 2006.

Community Educational Services
36 Waverly Place, Suite #1
San Francisco, CA 94108

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April 07, 2006

Chinatown Beacon Center & Community Educational Services present SambAsia and Gen Taiko in the Lunar New Year Parade 2006
(or 4704: Year of the Dog)

Starring:

9 runners in the Chinatown YMCA LNY 5K run (1/29/06)
350 served at the Family dinner (2/10/06)
1 Dog house
8 Immortals
2 Taiko drums
6 Taiko drummers
1 Samba Batteria
lots of ear plugs
6 Dancers in Hapi coats
60 Dog hats
5 Banners
80+ parade participants (2/11/06)

Many thanks to the dozens of dedicated volunteers & staff who helped make this enormous effort a success, and contributed to our 1st place award in the Lunar New Year Parade’s Community Organization category!!!

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January 25, 2006

Chinatown Beacon Center Youth Strengthen Community with Multimedia

In support of their work to engage youth in civic participation projects through multimedia technology, Chinatown Beacon Center (CBC), a program of Community Educational Services (CES), has been awarded $20,000 in grants through the national Youth Visions for Stronger Neighborhood program (YVSN).

CES is honored to have the opportunity to work with YVSN in achieving its mission of empowering youth to transform their lives, schools and communities.YVSN (http://www.ctcnet.org/youthvisions) is an innovative three year initiative by the Community Technology Centers' Network, funded through Learn and Serve America, a division of the federal Corporation for National and Community Service. Grants provide innovative nonprofit programs with collaborative, peer-driven curriculum development support and evaluation assistance to empower young adults (ages 14-18) take action on the concerns affecting their communities.

*Through the Youth Visions for Stronger Neighborhoods program, our youth will strengthen the Chinatown community by not only increasing awareness of this neighborhood's assets as well as community needs, but also by developing themselves as advocates for all who live, work, and play here… for everyone who calls Chinatown 'home'," said Aimee Vicencio, Chinatown Beacon Center Youth Visions Coordinator.

Chinatown Beacon Center was selected from among a competitive pool of over 70 organizations nationwide. The Youth Visions grant will support a development of six-month program integrating community-based activities and multimedia training, affording communities the means to view young people as important community assets and dynamic forces for addressing critical social concerns.

"We congratulate Chinatown Beacon Center on its Youth Visions for Stronger Neighborhoods grant, awarded in recognition of your effectiveness in helping young people use multimedia technology for community impact," said Kavita Singh, CTCNet Executive Director. "At a crucial time when programs serving youth and their communities face severe budget cuts, if not elimination, vital programs such as Chinatown Beacon Center serve as an example of community resources working hard daily to provide hope and opportunities for young adults in rural and urban America."

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The work of CES's programs, staff, youth participants and volunteers are a powerful testament for people working together for the betterment of children, youth and families.

To insure our programs continue to empower the community, CES welcomes support for ongoing sustainability of our programs. Send your contributions to Community Educational Services, 80 Fresno Street, San Francisco, CA 94133.

Community Educational Services is a non-profit youth agency that was created in 1969 to assist youth in the San Francisco Chinatown and North Beach area to develop their educational, employment, and leadership skills. It is best known for running excellent youth leadership and employment programs and for pioneering partnerships to improve the quality of public schools. Through its youth development approach, CES possesses tremendous strength in the area of community-based programs for youth ages 5 to 18.

Along with Chinatown Beacon Center 2005-2006 Youth Visions for Stronger Neighborhood grants were awarded to:

Appalshop: Appalachian Media Institute (Whitesburg, KY)
Beyondmedia Education: Girls! Action! Media (Chicago, IL)
Chinatown Beacon Center (San Francisco, CA)
DANEnet, in collaboration with Atwood Community Center (Madison, WI)
Deproduction: The [denverevolution] Production Group (Denver, CO)
EducationWorks, Inc: Germantown Beacon Center (Philadelphia, PA)
The Media Aid Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Wide Angle Community Media (Baltimore, MD)
Since the project's inception in 2004, 23 organizations in 15 states have been supported through project grants totaling nearly half a million dollars. 2006 marks the final year of the Youth Visions grant stream. CTCNet will seek to obtain support in order to make the curriculum and program infrastructure available to any interested community organization next fall.

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November 16, 2005

Urban Flight: A Forum For Parents

Last Tuesday, November 15th, the Chinatown Beacon Center cosponsored Urban Flight: A Forum For Parents at its host site, Gordon J. Lau Elementary School.

According to the SFSU Urban Institute, an estimated 11,233 children five years of age and under have moved out of the city of San Francisco from 1995 and 2000.
This information raises many questions that were discussed at this forum:
• How will the declining overall child population affect your child?
• How might the City change its services for health, education, and housing?
• What does this mean for the Asian community in San Francisco?

Sponsors: DCYF, Wu Yee Children's Services, Chinatown Beacon Center, and Gordon J. Lau School
Participating Agencies: Asian Perinatal Advocates, Asian Women's Resource Center, Cameron House, Community Educational Services, Chinatown Community Children's Center, Community Youth Center, Kai Ming Head Start, MOCD, NICOS, and Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center

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October 31, 2005

Halloween Frightfest 2005

Last Friday, October 29, the Chinatown Beacon Center held its 4th annual Halloween carnival and haunted house, Halloween Frightfest 2005, for the Chinatown community's children, youth, and their families.

Over 400 community members, including Chinatown Beacon Center participants from the Jean Parker Elementary School, John Yehall Chin Elementary School, Sherman Elementary School, and Spring Valley Elementary School After School Community Enrichment Programs attended the event.

Halloween Frightfest 2005 was held at Jean Parker Elementary School from 2:15-6:30 p.m. The event was planned and presented by Chinatown Beacon Center's middle and high school participants. For nearly two months, the Chinatown Beacon Center's Nite Lites met and designed the Haunted Maze while over 30 Beacon youth volunteers met weekly to create each of the event's carnival games and activities.

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September 07, 2006

It's A Beacon Bash, Baby!

April 07, 2006

Chinatown Beacon Center & Community Educational Services present SambAsia and Gen Taiko in the Lunar New Year Parade 2006
(or 4704: Year of the Dog)

January 25, 2006

Chinatown Beacon Center Youth Strengthen Community with Multimedia

November 16, 2005

Urban Flight: A Forum For Parents

October 31, 2005

Halloween Frightfest 2005

Recent Events and Announcements

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Archives

September 07, 2006

It's A Beacon Bash, Baby!

April 07, 2006

Chinatown Beacon Center & Community Educational Services present SambAsia and Gen Taiko in the Lunar New Year Parade 2006(or 4704: Year of the Dog)

January 25, 2006

Chinatown Beacon Center Youth Strengthen Community with Multimedia

November 16, 2005

Urban Flight: A Forum For Parents

October 31, 2005

Halloween Frightfest 2005

Chinatown Beacon Center & Community Educational Services present SambAsia and Gen Taiko in the Lunar New Year Parade 2006
(or 4704: Year of the Dog)