The Fifth KCCAA Community Service Award

In 2010, the Kansas City Chinese American Association (KCCAA) established an annual KCCAA Community Service Award to encourage primary and secondary school students in the greater Kansas City area to develop stronger awareness of public service and to participate actively in community service. In the past four years we have seen an increasing number of young students involving in volunteer works, particularly under the leadership of KCCAA Youth Hope Fund.  This year will be the fifth year we give out awards, and the three categories will be as follows: first place award: $300; second place award $200; third place award: $100.  

This award may be offered to any primary or secondary school student in the greater Kansas City area and any qualified student may apply.

An applicant must:

1.    Be an elementary or secondary school student (grades 1 through 12).

2.    Have participated in some form of voluntary work or community service (without compensation) during the past year.

3.    Submit an application letter no more than one page (letter size or A4). The application statement should include the student’s name, school, and contact information for school; a description of the community service experience; the student’s reflections on lessons learned from that experience; name and contact information for the supervisor of the community service experience.

Applications must be received by January 21, 2015. The Education Committee of the Kansas City Chinese American Association will review the applications and determine the final list of awardees. The awards will be presented in a ceremony to be held during the KCCAA Chinese New Year Gala on January 31st, 2015 at JCCC Yardley Hall.

The Kansas City Chinese Association is grateful to Waddell & Reed Financials and Ivy Funds for generously providing funding for this award.

Please submit applications to kccaa.award@gmail.com by January 21, 2015.

 

第五届KCCAA社区服务奖公告

为鼓励大堪城地区中小学生培养公共服务意识,积极参加社区服务,堪城中美联合会于2010年特别设立年度KCCAA社区服务奖。在过去四年中我们高兴地看到在KCCAA Youth Hope Fund带领下,越来越多的年轻学生投入到义务服务。今年是我们第四次颁发社区服务奖励,本年度一等奖奖金300元;二等奖奖金每人200元;三等奖奖金每人100元。

该奖金面向所有大堪城地区中、小学生,符合条件者均可申请。

一、申请人是在校中、小学生(1-12年级);

二、在过去一年中参加过任何形式的义工和社区服务(无报酬);

三、递交一份不超过一页A4纸的申请信,讲述自己所作的工作和心得体会,并提供所做工作负责人或联系人姓名和联系方式。同时请在申请信头列明申请人姓名,年龄,电话和email地址。

申请截止日期是2015年1月21日。申请信将由KCCAA教育委员会审阅,经集体讨论决定本年度获奖名单。颁奖仪式将安排在2015年1月31日KCCAA春节晚会期间。

KCCAA社区服务奖金由Waddell & Reed Financials暨Ivy Funds提供赞助,在此一并感谢。

请在2015年1月21日前将申请信发到           kccaa.award@gmail.com

Kansas City Chinese Speech Contest – Final Competition January 31, 2015 at Chinese New Year Celebration

For Youth, University Students, and Adults

Information and Registration Form

Sponsored by the Confucius Institute of the University of Kansas, the Center for East Asian Studies of the University of Kansas

And the Kansas City Chinese American Association

 

Preliminary Competition by Video Submission Due

Friday, January 23, 2015 8:00pm

 

Final Competition January 31, 2015

9:00am to 11:30am, Awards Ceremony at 12:00pm

Johnson County Community College (exact times to be confirmed)

 

Eligibility: Students currently enrolled in a Chinese program in any K12 school, university, or Chinese weekend school (or homeschool Chinese program), and adult learners are eligible. All contestants must be recommended by their respective Chinese language teacher (can be parent/homeschool teacher).

 

Please email the form below (can be in the body of an email) as instructed. Contestants should then submit a video entry by uploading it onto YouTube using the “Unlisted” privacy setting, then email the link to your video to ciku@ku.edu.

Here is a link to the YouTube help page on Unlisted videos: http://preview.tinyurl.com/bgp6cqt

 

In your email with the link, please include the following text:

By emailing the link to my “Unlisted” YouTube video, I hereby give permission for Kansas City Chinese Speech Contest judges to view and judge my speech competition entry.

 

The top contestants in each division will be invited to compete in the finals at Johnson County Community College on January 31, 2015.

 

Technical requirements:

Please record your video in MPEG-4. Do not add background music or other sound effects; Do not use PowerPoint, props, or other visual aids; Outdoor or indoor backgrounds are acceptable. A quiet environment, with as little ambient noise as possible, is recommended. Videocamera angle should show the speaker’s head and shoulders (or from the waist up).

 

All speeches should be memorized and delivered in Mandarin Chinese without notes, printed materials, or Powerpoint. The contestant should compose his or her original speech. Speeches may quote other authors’ works but the majority of the work should be original. The contestant’s teacher may check the accuracy of the speech and suggest edits consistent with the student’s level of training.  

 

The speech time limits and themes for each division are listed below.

 

It is the responsibility of the contestant’s teacher to place each student in the most appropriate category commensurate with the student’s training.  The organizing committee, however, reserves the …

Concert: Evening in Wartime Shanghai – Monday, October 20, 7pm Jewish Community Center

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Dear All:
Please join us for this very special event.
On the eve of World War II, over 18,000 Jewish refugees escaped the holocaust in Europe to find refuge in Shanghai. At that time, almost all other countries closed their doors to the Jewish refugees. Shanghai generously gave them refuge.
In 2007, the Hongkou District Government of Shanghai decided to commemorate this unique phase of history shared by the people of Shanghai and the Jewish refugees by opening the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum. A traveling exhibit from that museum will be on display at Union Station on Friday Oct. 17 and then at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park for the next three weeks.
 
Although there was much suffering in Shanghai during those wartime years by both Chinese residents and international refugees from all over the world, Shanghai in the 1930s and early 40s was also a time of great artistic expression. The musical scene was rich and varied. Jazz and western classical music grew in popularity, while Chinese traditional music took on new forms and audiences. The Jewish refugees also added Klezmer and Jewish folk music to the mix.
On Monday, October 20, we will honor the indomitable spirit of the musicians and artists of wartime Shanghai.
Please join us to commemorate this little known chapter in the history of modern China and of the Jewish diaspora.
Come and hear some Chinese music of the 1930s (Tianya genu!), Prokofiev, Klezmer, Jazz, and Yiddish folk music, as well as poetry and stories of wartime Shanghai.
Celebrate the international spirit of friendship that was formed through shared hardship and artistic expression during those years.
 
Monday, Oct. 20, 2014
7pm reception and viewing of panels from the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum
7:30 Concert begins
 
Jewish Community Center
5801 West 115th St.
Overland Park, KS
 
This event is free and open to the public.
Please let us know you are coming so that we can have an accurate headcount for the reception dimsum.
Call 913-327-8007 or email jillm@jewishkc.org for reservations.
Walk-ins will also be welcomed on a space-available basis.
 
Information at jcckc.org/jll
 
If you cannot make it to the concert and still want to see the panels from the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum, please join us at a
reception and viewing of display from the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum:
 
Jarvis Hunt

2014 KCCAA Passport / Visa Event

20141025日芝加哥总领馆赴堪萨斯州办证通知

为落实以人为本理念,服务广大侨胞,芝加哥总领馆与堪萨斯城中美联合会将于1025日为在领馆范围内中国公民办理护照、旅行证、健在证明和香港特区护照申请,以及赴华签证 (KCCAA代办)。具体安排和有关要求如下:   

一、办证安排

时间:1025 (周六上午09:00 –下午17:00

地点:   Indian Creek Church, Room 011

12480 S Black Bob Rd, Olathe, KS 66062

协办方:堪城中美联合会 KCCAA),WWW.KCCAA.ORG

预约方式:发邮件kccaaboardofdirectors@yahoo.com,写明办证类别及人数。

办理方式:一律按预约时间段顺序办理。具体预约时间会在办证前以邮件方式通知。

 

二、 文件及收费要求

具体信息要求请参照领馆网页如下:

http://www.chinaconsulatechicago.org/chn/zytz/t1197795.htm

 

三、KCCAA办证收费

护照、旅行证$30 (KCCAA 会员和非会员), 需现金支付。

签证:   $20 (KCCAA 会员),$30 (非会员), 需现金支付。

 

Event: : 2014 KCCAA Passport/Visa Event

Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm on Saturday October 25th, 2014

Location: Indian Creek Church, Room 011

                 12480 S Black Bob Rd, Olathe, KS 66062

Sponsor: KCCAA WWW.KCCAA.ORG

Please email kccaaboardofdirectors@yahoo.com for an appointment. Please indicate the visa/passport categories and the number of the applications in your email.

The assigned time will be emailed to the applicants a week before the event date. Please come at your assigned time.

Cost:

Passport and Travel Documents$30 member and non-member, cash only.

Visa:   $20 member and $30 non-member, cash only.

For required and support documents, please visit http://www.chinaconsulatechicago.org/eng/ywzn/qzhz/