Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder, the Chinatown Community Fair and the CNY Parade are both happening tomorrow, so if you signed up, please be on time! Volunteers for the Parade should get to Columbus and Pacific by no later than 3PM. We have small snack packs for volunteers; supplies are limited, so first come first serve!

Everybody will meet at Columbus and Pacific to sign in and to get some food, but the following people are assigned to work with the Asian Art Museum's float in the parade with our Club Rep, Raymond. He will lead you guys (and gals) to Peet’s Coffee & Tea at 22 Battery Street to get ready.

Tiffany Pang
Cindy Tse
Joanne Kong
Michele Chui
Christine Trinh
Yvonne Kong
Scott Silverman
Kevin Tang
John Li
Raymon Kuang
Serena Luong

Does anybody remember Zheng He from Modern World? Well, the Asian Art Museum float theme is going to be the voyage of admiral Zheng He, a Chinese court official during the Ming Dynasty who sailed from China to many countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Four of the volunteers will stand on the float and act as crew members of the admiral, holding maps, compasses, telescopes, and other maritime equipment. The other eight will march alongside the float as locals of the countries the admiral visited. Your specific assignments will be determined tomorrow.

As for the rest of the volunteers...

Alex Tam
Andy Pang
Henry Tran
Peter Yu
Donald Van
Natassya Tossany
Eleana Hsu

you guys will remain at Columbus and Pacific with the rest of the Chinese Club volunteers (about 50 people). All other volunteers are basically fillers for the other floats in the parade. You may be on a float waving to the people in the side lines or walking along a float carrying some kind of advertisement (flags, banners, etc.). Be flexible!

All Chinese Club and MAD Officers will also be in the parade, so please do not bring anything valuable; there may not be anybody trustworthy to watch your belongings. We are not responsible for any missing or stolen items!

Even though we have small snack sacks ready for our volunteers, you may still get hungry sometime during the parade. Like I said in earlier e-mails, there will most likely be a lot of downtime. Last year, many people were able to sneak off to some fast food place to buy some food. Bring some money, just in case!

The parade will end around 8:30 PM. Even though it is likely that you will all end earlier, please plan to stay until 9PM - it takes time to return all the costumes, props, etc.

If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I will also be at the Community Fair during the morning shift, so you can find me (and Raymond) there too.

I hope everybody has fun tomorrow! :)

Hey everyone! A few people e-mailed me asking about how to sign up to volunteer at parade - I'm really sorry I didn't make this clear in the initial post! Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 7th and 3:45 in room 233. We will be doing parade and food bank sign ups then. As always, you can sign up with me through e-mail. If you want to sign through e-mail, please put "Chinese New Year Parade" in the subject line or reply to this post only (please do not reply to the Community Fair posts to sign up for the CNY Parade - it gets really confusing!).

Everything you need to know about the parade can be found here.



Volunteers must meet on Columbus and Pacific by no later than 3PM on Saturday, February 11th. We'll try to bring some small snacks for you super cool volunteers because 3PM-9:30PM is a long time to go without food!

Please sign up ASAP!

While e-mail is the most efficient way of keeping in touch and communicating with all you members, a few people replied earlier telling me that they do not have reliable internet connection in their homes. We want to keep everybody updated with the latest news, so if you or somebody you know has trouble accessing the internet, please contact me with their name and reg. We will try to communicate with them through their reg boxes. If you have internet access, please save trees (and our time/effort!) and check your inbox more often! The reg box delivery system is not very reliable at times, so e-mails are still preferred!

Hey everyone! Just a little reminder: the Chinatown Community Fair and the Chinese New Year parade is only a week away. The Flower Fair was extremely hectic and poorly organized due to the fact that (way) too many volunteers showed up, so a strict limit has been placed on the Community Fair. If you did not sign up for the fair earlier, it's too late now! You can still volunteer at the Food Bank or at the CNY Parade though. Please make sure I got you down for the right day/shift!

Remember, the morning shift is from 9AM-1PM and the afternoon shift is from 12:30PM-5PM.

Morning shift people - meet on the corner of Grant and Pacific at 9AM sharp!

As for the afternoon shift, the transition between morning/afternoon is extremely chaotic, so please bear with us! We will all be on the same block, so look for an officer holding a clip board (probably look extremely frazzled and stressed out!) to sign in. It would be very helpful if you all show up on time (or a little early as possible)!

I'll have a list of the officers' contact information posted later in the week.

Here's a lovely map of our meeting area:


Saturday AM
Amy Zhou 0819**
Anissa Chen**
Alvin Wong
Natassya Tossany
Julia Au-Yeung 0620
Emily Wong 0609
Melody Wang 0612
Joanne Kong 0801
Tiffany Pang 0805
Tiffany Wong 0805
Tiffany Au 0815
Wing Cheuk 0820
Cynthia Lee 0813

Saturday PM
Amy Zhou 0819**
Anissa Chen**
Carmen Ly
David Ma
Jack Liu
Leslie Cheung 0717
Alex Tam
Michelle La 0714
Tiffany Lam 0713
Rowena Xu 0712

Sunday AM
Carmen Ly**
David Ma**
Michelle La 0714**
Tiffany Lam 0713**
Rowena Xu 0712**
Jack Liu**
Leslie Cheung 0717
Stephanie Yee 0817
Joanne Kong 0801
Tiffany Pang 0805
Tiffany Wong 0805
Kristina Dinh
Winnie Tse

Sunday PM
Carmen Ly**
David Ma**
Michelle La 0714**
Tiffany Lam 0713**
Rowena Xu 0712**
Jack Liu**
Chase Cho
Natassya Tossany
Amy Zhou 0819

(** means you are working all day.)

Please e-mail me with any corrections!