E-newsletter: Issue 7 � Check out our festival photos and videos!  May 23, 2014 
  
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Save the date: 10 year AWF party



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: Angela Pang, Catherine Chen, Leanna Yip.
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: Thanh Huynh, Carrolyn Kubota, Tiffany Louie, Susan Ma, Christine Padilla, Ashley Burkett, Joseph Domingo, Genevieve Jopanda, Effie Chow, Angela Pang, and Lloyd Alaban.

Festival Highlights 

 

 

The 10th Annual Hill Physicians Asian Heritage Street Celebration took place Saturday, May 17th at San Francisco's Civic Center and was a showcase of all Asian and Pacific Islander cultures. The event, produced by the AsianWeek Foundation, is the largest gathering of Asians in the country and is held every third Saturday of May in San Francisco, California. Here's a look at the event:

 

AHSC Crowd
Thousands came to Civic Center/Little Saigon for the 10th Annual Hill Physicians Asian Heritage Street Celebration. Photo by Gar Yeung.
For more photos by Gar Yeung, visit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.779439242089617.1073741855.107575025942712&type=3

 

Hundreds stopped by the Hill Physicians booth for free health screenings and to participate in the festival's Healthy Living Pavilion passport program. Photo by Jong Arcega.
  
Subaru has been a proud sponsor of the Asian Heritage Street Celebration since 2008 and this year provided festival photos to fairgoers courtesy of TagKast. Pictured: SF Hep B Free's Genevieve Jopanda, Chinese Hospital's Stuart Fong, and Subaru's Abana Jacob with the #SubaruHybrid #HepBMobile.
For more 10th Annual Hill Physicians Asian Heritage Street Celebration Subaru of America, Inc. photos courtesy of Tagkast, visit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.779304232103118.1073741850.107575025942712&type=1
Community leaders were on hand to celebrate National Hepatitis Day at the Hill Physicians Asian Heritage Street Celebration, including: Senator Mark Leno, Supervisor David Chiu, Assessor-Recorder Carmen Chu, Supervisor Eric Mar, and actor Dante Basco. Photo by Michael Jeong.
For more photos by Michael Jeong, visit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.780512568648951.1073741859.107575025942712&type=3&uploaded=12

Thai monks bless festival goers at 10:30 a.m. Photo by Sandra Siharath.
For more photos by Sandra Siharath, visit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.781284601905081.1073741861.107575025942712&type=3
 
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration, San Francisco
Footage of the festival courtesy of APPEAL - Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership.

Faces of Asia
The Faces of Asia Cultural Procession drew hundreds of participants from many ethnicities including: Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Indonesian, Laotian, and Vietnamese. Photos courtesy of Calvin Jeng, Gar Yeung, and Jong Arcega. 
2014 Faces of Asia Contest Winners received $200 and trophies. Here are the results:
 
(1) Most Spirited Contingent: Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center
(2) Best Musical Contingent: China Dangshan
(3) Most Colorful Contingent: Silicon Valley Korean School Performance Group + Il Hyun Kim Korean Dance Company
(4) Largest Contingent: Samaki Project + Khmer Angkor Dance Troupe
 
Contest was judged by: Margaret Reid, Vice President, Visa Inc. Ray Chan, Senior Director, Visa Inc., Maureen Glennon, Legal Analyst, Chevron Services Company, Elita Chang, Litigation Consultant, Chevron Corporation, and Amanda Lee, former Miss Asian California.
 
Bay Area faculty were honored for their ideas and strategies in bringing together the community to celebrate and promote cross cultural diversity and awareness in an awards ceremony inside the Asian Art Museum, sponsored by Target. From left to right: Former SFUSD Interim Superintendent Gwen Chan, SFUSD Board of Education Member Emily Murase, 2014 AHSC School Award winners: Larry Yee of George Washington High School, Judy Chow of Sunset Elementary and son, Mark Huynh, Galileo High School Jiun Chou Youn of Chinese American International School, School Board Member Kim-Shree Maufus and AsianWeek Foundation's Angela Pang. Photos by Frank Jang.
For more photos by Frank Jang, visit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.778863135480561.1073741849.107575025942712&type=3

Raffle Tickets
The festival's Make Some Money for Your School raffle fundraising program sponsored by Sterling Bank and Trust and organized by the AsianWeek Foundation, has helped San Francisco schools raise over $100,000 in 10 years! This year, schools raised over $12,000! To see if your raffle ticket was a winner, visit: www.asianfairsf.com/raffle.
Karinto Krisps
Karinto Krisps are a handcrafted snack. Taking caramel sauce and adding a hint of soy sauce, they slowly bake it onto black sesame Krisps creating a toffee-like coating. It's the Asian inspiration of salted caramel. This was one of the over 20 food vendors at the festival. Photo by Allen Sun Lin.
For more photos by Allen Sun Lin, visit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.779948935371981.1073741856.107575025942712&type=3
Fairgoers had a chance to learn how to cook from the Bay Area's top chefs. Top left to right: Tim Archuleta of ICHI Sushi + NI Bar and  Fred Tang and Wilfred Pacio from Spice Kit. Bottom from left to right: Sharon Nahm of E & O Asian Kitchen, Thomas Weibull from the Clift Hotel, and Yong Dong "Tony" Wu of M.Y. China. 
10th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration w/ MC JIN LIVE
 MC Jin's first song at the street fair. Video by Philip Chang.

Performer Katherine Park rocks the stage. Photo by Douglas Despres
For more photos by Douglas Despres, visit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.781391571894384.1073741862.107575025942712&type=1


Tai Chi at Asian Heritage Street Celebration, 2014
Tai Chi Exhibition at the 10th Annual Hill Physicians Asian Heritage Street Celebration. Video by East West Academy of Healing Arts.

Art Wall
Fairgoers had fun painting at the ArtIsMobilUs art wall courtesy of Hill Physicians.
For more photos by Calvin Wong, visit: 
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.779398175427057.1073741851.107575025942712&type=3

The free rock climbing wall was a favorite in the Children's Area managed by Public Allies. Photo by Francis Ng.

For more photos by Francis Ng, visit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.779439242089617.1073741855.107575025942712&type=3

Attendees enjoyed stopping by The Angelas Paint booth to pose with the koi and boba cutout painted by Angela Lee and Angela Pang. Photo by Angela Lee.
For more photo cut out photos, visit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1508140979406849.1073741838.1488121578075456&type=1
Sponsor Profile: Comcast
     

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Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. NBCUniversal operates 30 news and entertainment cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. 

 

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