in deeds be square, in knowledge be all-round
in deeds be square, in knowledge be all-round
In 2023-24, Square and Circle Club designated Hawaiʿi Community Foundation (HCF)’s Maui Strong Fund as the Club’s Centennial Beneficiary and raised over $5,000 during the year. This donation will help the thousands of people who lost their homes and loved ones due to the Maui wildfires in 2023. Pictured holding S&C’s donation check are HCF […]
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Derrick Yong received the Square and Circle Club/Elaine Jang and Yeong Jang Family Scholarship administered by Asian Coalition at City College of San Francisco (CCSF). He will transfer to the University of California, Berkeley, majoring in Computer Science. Derrick served in the Marine Corps before enrolling at CCSF. As a student, he maintained a 4.0
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To conclude a very active year, Square and Circle Club made three worthwhile donations to the following nonprofit organizations: On Lok Square and Circle Club donated $1,500 to support On Lok’s programs that served the elderly. They held their “Celebrates” Gala at Pier 27 in San Francisco on May 2024. Francisco Middle School Relief Fund
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The APIA (Asian Pacific Islander American) Biography Project launched its 11th Annual APIA Heritage Month celebration at the San Francisco Main Library with a kickoff event on April 28. Square and Circle Club is the fiscal agent and cosponsor of this annual event with the Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University, TACT
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The second Senior Photo Session assisted by Square and Circle Club was held on March 26, 2024 at the On Lok Center in Chinatown/North Beach. Four S&C members (left to right), Ginger Tam, Sylvia Lam, Nancy Jee, and Sophie Tom, volunteered to help with the event. They greeted the seniors with a lei and helped
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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
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Square and Circle Club announces a scholarship specifically designated for its Centennial celebration: the Square and Circle Centennial/Rosemary Chan Scholarship. Rosemary Chan joined S&C in 1941 and held her first office as Corresponding Secretary in 1945. She continued to hold every S&C officer position, some twice of thrice. She was the Club’s president six times.
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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
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On October 2023, Square and Circle Club donated $500 to the Chinese Congregational Church to commemorate their 150th Anniversary, and in loving memory of S&C’s late elder, Elaine Jang. The Church is considered the “birthplace” of Square and Circle. It was on their balcony in 1924 where S&C’s seven founders met and decided to form
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On September 29, 2023, Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) celebrated their 46 years of service through its anniversary gala, “Chinatown Is Home.” In support, S&C has donated to support their SRO (Single Room Occupancy) Families Fund. CCDC created the SRO Families Fund in April 2023. This program helps SRO families who are relocating to suitable
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