SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Wa Sung Community Service Club, in its quest to provide service to the community, has tried many programs over the years to best fulfill that need. Here is a partial list of such endeavors (initial year noted):
- Easter pancake breakfast - proposed by Joseph Lee in 1957
- Oakland Chinatown Community Directory (1962)
- Chinatown Beautification Program
- Alien registration – chaired by Gay Wye & Alfred Lai
- Easter candies to Chinese churches
- Rice to the undernourished children of Hong Kong
- Chinese school awards
- High school senior ball
- High school scholarship awards
- Oakland Junior College Loan Fund
- Community swimming party
- Chinese movies
- Thanksgiving food baskets to the needy
- Christmas trees to churches
- Christmas candy to Sunday schools
- Youth activities to sporting events
- Career Day Conference (1964)
- Sponsorship of Girl Scout Troop
- Jazz program with Shoong Foundation
- Sponsorship of Little League Baseball
- Medicare registration
- Leonard Miller Memorial Fund (1964)
- Merit Awards Scholarships (1958; 1983)
- Holiday Decoration Show
- Senior Appreciation Day
- Clothes for Hong Kong refugees
- Lincoln Square Junk Boat Project (1965)
- Casino Night (1981-1987) – introduced by Shue Wong
- Luau Night
- CACA - Wa Sung Activities (1984-1988)
- Oakland Street Fest (1984)
- Unity Day Parade (1987)
- Member Of The Month (1988)
- Red and Green Light Sessions (1989)
- English essay & Chinese
- Calligraphy contest (1989)
- Mayor's Christmas Toy Drive
- Educational Grants (1990)
- Rainbow Baby Pageant
- Bay Area Asian Talent Search (1991)
- Halloween Night on 10th Street (1991)
- Christmas Toy Drive (1991)
- Exotic Elegance Fashion Show – 1995 Richard Tam, Karen Dea
- Santa's Visits
- "A Chef's Delight" (1998 – Kathy Hsu Jeong)
- Charity Grants ( 2001)
- A's Baseball Pyrospectacular
- Dragon Skies Exhibit
- Lincoln Square Junk Boat Play Structure Restoration Project
- Lincoln School Fifth-Grade Science Camp (2006)
- Charity Golf Tournament (2007)
- "A Toast to Tapas" fundraiser (2008)
- Crab Feed (2009)