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We are delighted to announce that Square and Circle Club’s Centennial cookbook, Cooking with Square & Circle, Vol I Revisited: 100th Anniversary Edition, can now be purchased ($35 + tax) from On Waverly, one of San Francisco Chinatown’s newest and liveliest stores. On Waverly is an Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) centered shop and creative […]

Square and Circle Club celebrated its 100th Anniversary on June 1, 2024, at the Hilton San Francisco Financial District. It was a sold-out event with over 260 attendees. Helen Zia was the guest speaker with guest performances by Leung’s White Crane Dragon and Lion Dance Association and China’s Spirit Music Ensemble. Past and Current S&C

Oldest Asian American service organization in the country celebrates 100 years in San Francisco

At the Club’s January 20, 2024 General Meeting, S&C members voted to deed another set of our archives to the San Francisco History Center at the San Francisco Main Public Library. The first set of archives was deeded to the Library in 2010. With this second set, the “Square and Circle Club Records 13” at

On November 2, 2023, Square and Circle Club partnered with On Lok in the first of more-to-come Senior Photo Project shoots. Sponsored by AARP, photographer Frank Jang took portraits of On Lok seniors with assistance from two volunteers from the Chinatown Photographic Society. Square and Circle provided leis and goody bags to sixty-three On Lok

On June 3, 2023, Square and Circle Club celebrated its 99th birthday. It was the first time Club members, family, and friends gathered in-person since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. It was an informal event with fun skits and games. The Club looks forward to its Centennial Celebration!

In June 2023, the San Francisco Unified Lions Club’s Charity Fund presented Square and Circle Club with a grant to partially help with the printing of the Centennial Cookbook that is expected to be released in August as part of the Club’s Centennial fundraising activities.