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Tucson Chinese Association NONPROFIT ORG NEWSLETTER AD SPACE AVAILABLE! Tucson Chinese News US POSTAGE P.O. Box 27025 PAID Full Page $500 3.5”x2” $100 TUCSON, AZ Half Page $300 Back Cover $550 Tucson, AZ 85726 PERMIT NO. 303 1/4 Page $175 Front Cover $600 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED TUCSON CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER NEWS Fall 2009 目錄 This Issue… What Is The US Census 2010 ? Presidents Corner When we all answer the Census, our needs are heard. IT IS IN OUR HANDS Patsy Lee (Pg. 2 - 3) The U.S. Census counts every resident in the United States, and is required by the Constitution to take place every 10 years. Calendar of Events (Pg. 4 - 6) The 2010 Census will help communities receive over $400 billion in federal funds each year for things like: Interim Report Administrative Committee (Pg. 7) Hospitals Senior centers Seniors Program Job training centers Bridges, tunnels and other-public works projects Patsy Lee (Pg. 8) Schools Emergency services Financial Report The data collected by the census also help determine the number of seats your state has in the U.S. (Pg. 8) House of Representatives. TCS Principal Corner We can't move forward until you mail it back. Hong Lei (Pg. 9 - 10) In March of 2010, census forms will be delivered to every residence in the United States and Puerto Children Learning Chinese Rico. When you receive yours, just answer the 10 short questions and then mail the form back in the Rongji Chen (Pg. 10 - 15) postage-paid envelope provided. If you don't mail the form back, you may receive a visit from a census TCA CHRISTMAS PARTY taker, who will ask you the questions from the form. TCCC In The Community (Pg. 16 - 18) The majority of the country will receive English–only materials. Households in areas with high concen- COME CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH US AT THE ANNUAL TUCSON trations of Spanish-speaking residents may receive a bilingual (English/Spanish) form. CHINESE ASSOCIATION CHRISTMAS PARTY Any personal data you provide is protected under federal law. DINNER INFORMATION KEY CENSUS DATES TO REMEMBER Members Adult: $15.00 July 2009 February 2010 - April 2010 Contact TCCC: (520) 292-6900 Address canvassing completed Questionnaire assistance Centers and be counted sites open to answer questions Non-Members Adult: $20.00 August 2009 Tucson Chinese Cultural Center Partnership Date: Saturday December 5, Census in Schools materials arrive More information to follow.... Members Children 12 & Under: October 2009 - April 2010 March 2010 Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM $5.00 Census worker recruitment underway USPS delivers census questionnaires April 1, 2010 TUCSON CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER November 2009 Children 2-5: Free New 2010 Census Website launch Census Day 1288. WEST RIVER ROAD TUCSON AZ, 85704 February 2010 - April 2010 Send your questionnaire back AND MORE... Questionnaire assistance Centers and be May 2010- July 2010 EVENTS counted sites open to answer questions Census takers follow up with households that did not return questionnaires December 31, 2010 Tucson Chinese Cultural Center Partnership Santa’s Idol Talent Show US Census Bureau delivers appointment counts to the President of the United States Pictures With Santa Claus More information to follow.... For more information, please contact www.census.gov TUCSON CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER NEWS · FALL 2009 PAGE 1 TUCSON CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER NEWS · FALL 2009 PAGE 18 什麼是美國政府 2010年的人口普查? 當我們回答人口普查問題時,要讓政府聽到我們的需要, 這些需要的資訊就在我們手中。 Asian Pacific Islander Complete Count Committee (Tucson) 美國人口普查計數每一個美國市民,根據憲法人口普查每 10 年進行一次。 2010年人口普查將説明社區每年得到超過四千億元聯邦基金來做相應的事情: 2010 U.S. Census Summit 醫院 工作訓練中心 th 學校 DATE: Saturday, October 17 , 2009 老年中心 橋樑、隧道和其他的公共設施 救急服務 LOCATION: Tucson Chinese Cultural Center 人口普查的資料還有助於確定各州在眾議院中的議席。 1288 W. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85704 你不寄回表格,我們就不能進行下去。 2010 年三月將人口普查的表格發送到每個居住在美國和波多黎各境內的居民。收到表格後,只需回答 10 簡短的問題, 然後把表格裝在郵資 已付的回郵信封裡寄回。 如果您不寄回的表格,人口普查的工作者可能會登門拜訪你,要求你回答表格中的問題。 大多數地區將會收到全英語的資料。說西班牙語的居民區的住戶可能會收到雙語(英語/西班牙語) 表格。 你所提供的任何個人資料受到聯邦法律的保護 。 人口普查需要記住的重要日期 2009年7月 完成信函調查 2009年8月 學校的人口普查材送達 2009年10月至2010年4月 進行人口普查工作者招聘 2009年11月 推出新的 2010年普查網站 2010年2月至2010年4月 問卷協助中心和計票站,開始回答問題 祖筍中國文化中心的夥伴關係 以下是更多的資訊… … 2010年3月 美國郵政寄送人口普查問卷調查表 2010年4月 人口普查日 邮寄回您的问卷 2010年5月至7月 人口普查人員拜訪未返回問卷的家庭 2010年12月31日 美國人口普查局提供向美國總統2010年人口普查數據 更多的資訊,請訪問人口普查網www.census.gov TUCSON CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER NEWS · FALL 2009 PAGE 17 TUCSON CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER NEWS · FALL 2009 PAGE 2 ABOUT US President’s Corner 主席致意 編者的話 Dear Friends, International Day Of Climate Change The last four months have been busy at the Chinese Cultural Center. Even 本刊之基本目的是作為祖筍華 though the Center is only open two full days and two half days, there is so 人會館及所有祖筍華人的通訊 On October 24th people in 181 countries came together for the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet's much to do. It was a struggle to get nominees for new board members as history. At over 5200 events around the world, people gathered to call for strong action and bold leadership on the climate 媒介。出版社對各界的捐助無 President. The time commitment and the fundraising duties stopped many crisis. potential people. We do have nine nominees this year. I hope that in Novem- 任歡迎與感激。 ber we can have several of them on the Board. Tucson Chinese Cultural Center Tucson, Arizona TCA is a nonprofit organization. 2009 Fundraising and finding money to operate the Chinese Cultural Center is the major duty of The primary purpose of this pub- the Board of Directors. Again, we are planning the three event Lunar New Year celebra- lication is to serve as a medium tions. The three are the Variety Show at Leo Rich Theatre (Tucson Community Center), of communication for the Tucson Family Day at the Cultural Center, and the Dinner and Dance at the Desert Diamond Ca- Chinese Association and the Chi- sino. nese community at large. Contri- butions to the newsletter are al- ways welcome and are also tax Thanks to a Bridal and Quinceanera Expo at the Community Center held in July, the Cul- deductible. tural Center has attained several rentals. Board member, David Lee and his wife, Judy pro- vided a booth at the Expo promoting the Chinese Cultural Center. The unique shaped Fish Aquarium was the eye catcher at the table. The Expo visitors given fortune cookies attached Tucson Chinese Cultural Center to our rental flyers and also received Chinese Cultural Center magnets News 1288 W. River Road Yes, the economy is down. We as a nonprofit feel it the worst. People are so more conscien- Tucson, AZ 85704 tious where their little money goes to help. I am asking you to think of us and help us keep the Chinese Cultural Center active in our community. The seniors need and love their pro- gram. The History Program must preserve, document, and share our history with the greater LAYOUT EDITOR 編輯 Tucson and our own families. With Chinese School, the young will learn to speak and write Ryan Gee 朱啟輝 in Chinese. However, there needs to be a program for the students to help them with their regular school studies. “Kumon” at the Center would be good. After school and weekend, tutoring of any subject can be at the Center. Especially, the reading and writing for the Announcement from the News- AIMS test. Music and dance classes offered. The Center could provide college preparation, letter/ 發刊變更通知 The Tucson For more information visit: www.350.org career counseling, and mentoring for our youth. There can be adult classes to teach English Chinese Newsletter is published to the non-English speaker. The Center offers this class to all ethnic groups. quarterly. As usual, we welcome your opinions, comments and It is a very tough task to keep the programs growing and improving. With little funding, the stories. Thank you for your con- volunteer program is largely depended on. What a great idea, human resource. tinuous support of the newsletter. Attention High School students: there is a great opportunity to volunteer at the Chinese 祖筍華人通訊改為每三月刊行 Cultural Center. It would be a nice added activity for your college resume. 一期。編輯組將一如既往地歡 Attention College students: there is a great opportunity to volunteer at the Chinese Cul- 迎各位讀者來稿分享您的故事 tural Center. You just graduated from high school and you are best in mentoring the high 或提寶貴建議。感謝您對華人 school students. It would be a nice added activity for your job resume. 通訊的一貫支持。 Attention Retirees: there is a great opportunity to share your experiences and knowledge with the young people. They are our future. Gave me five hours a month and I will give you ten hours of joy. Friends join me in the C&HR club. That is cash and human resource club. With cash, I can buy human resource and with human resource, I can make cash. Patsy Lee TCA President TUCSON CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER NEWS · FALL 2009 PAGE 3 TUCSON CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER NEWS · FALL 2009 PAGE 16 Membership Information 會員資訊 主席之聲 祖筍華人會館主席李瑤馨 Join Today! 親愛的朋友們: 近四個月來,雖然中國文化中心每週只開放兩個全天,兩個半天,但仍然比較忙,有很多事情要做。做為會長,我一直 在為尋找新的董事會成員而努力工作,因為籌款的責任和付出時間的原因使許多有潛力的人止步此項工作。但是今年我們還是 有九位候選人。我希望在十一月他們中的一些人能成為董事會的成員。 為中國文化中心尋找資金、籌集款項是董事會的主要職責。我們正在籌備農曆新年慶典的兩項活動。一項是2010年2月13 日在祖筍中國文化中心舉行的家庭活動日,另一項是2010年2月20日在位於老Nogales公路旁的沙漠鑽石賭場舉行晚宴與舞會。 祖筍中國文化中心感謝七月在社區活動中心舉辦的Bridal and Quinceanera Expo。這些活動讓文化中心得到了一些租金。祖 筍華人會館董事會成員David Lee和他的夫人Judy準備了祖筍中國文化中心展覽。他們用特有的水族館拉來客戶。每個訪客都得 到了幸運餅乾、祖筍中國文化中心的租憑預約資訊和祖筍中國文化中心磁性貼畫。 經濟衰退讓我們這些非營利組織感覺更糟。人們更認真地去考慮他們捐出的微薄資金在哪裡使用。我請求大家想著我們 的文化中心,幫助我們的文化中心在社區裡保持活力。老人們需要耆英活動,也很喜歡耆英活動。華人歷史料徵集計畫必須保 留、徵集的文檔需要保存,使其能與祖筍人民和我們自己的家庭共享我們的歷史。中文學校,我們的後輩要在那裡學習中文, 提高讀寫中文的能力。尤其是我們祖筍的中國舞獅隊活動,我們有超過25個學生每隔一個星期的星期日就會在敬業的教師 Kevin Lau和他的弟弟從鳳凰城來的Ben Lau指導下來練習一次。還有,需要一些活動來協助學生們修讀日常學校裡的課程。 “Kumon”會是很好的。在中心可以做許多課程的輔導,放學後的、週末的輔導都可以在本中心進行。特別是,提供通過AIMS考