Bay Area Asian Sports Dragon

This is a unique non-profit organization and the mission of the Bay Area Asian Sports DRAGONS organization is to help Asian boys and girls develop physically, psychologically, and socially through sports and athletics.  They actually has a piece of land and is currently raising money to build a gym and facility for about 200 families and plan to expand to take care of more youths.

Please visit: http://www.baasdragons.org.

Cantonese Opera Association of Silicon Valley

COASV is dedicated to the advancement and preservation of Chinese heritage and culture. Its mission is to promote, educate and inspire others to appreciate the diminishing fine art of classical Chinese Theatre through the deliverance of language, drama, lore, music and dance, history and symbolism of the traditional time-honored performing art of ancient China.

Please visit: http://www.chineseoperausa.org.

Divine Mercy Eucharistic Society

The Divine Mercy Eucharistic Society establishes centers of prayer and ministry and provide services to those in need of healing. Their shelter for pregnant women in crisis, Mary's House, provides a safe home and independent living education for Bay Area women. They are also raising funds to build magnificant retreat facility and healing center in Sunol.

Please visit: http://www.divinemrecywestcoast.org/

International Technological University

International Technological University is a materialization of the educational institution of the 21st century. ITU embraces the belief that technological advances in communication, transportation, and trade have made cross-cultural interaction and cooperation inevitable and desirable. The University serves a special international role by attracting international talent (students, professors and scholars), identifying their particular cultural strengths and needs, and channeling those diverse and culturally specific elements into optimally functional models of technological development and advancement on a global basis.

Please visit: http://www.itu.edu/

Lions Club International Campaign SightFirst II

Every $6 will prevent one person from getting blind.  There is one person going blind almost every minute. This program involved 98 countries with 819 extensive projects to combat blindness throughout the world.

Please visit: http://www.lions-csfii.org.

MM Foundation

Its vision is to help provide a brighter and better future for the less fortunate through donations and volunteer services.  A new concept, "Legacy Through Giving", was developed to provide a collaborative opportunity for non-profit organizations to raise funds through special events organized by the founders and volunteers of MM Foundation.  MM Foundation provides the initial funds to setup venues and necessary costs. The first such event called "Giving Through Fashion Gala -2008" will be held at Hyatt Regency Hotel on March 22, 2008.

Please visit: http://www.mmfoundation.org or www.legacythroughgiving.org.

Presidio Knolls School

Presidio Knolls School's mission is to provide a multi-lingual, multi-cultural environment where children can freely develop their gifts and interests. Children should be the driving force behind what they learn. Instead of being led, we encourage our children to actively direct. Therefore, it is our mission to provide the necessary tools and language skills in a loving environment so that children, at an early age, will be equipped to succeed in this globalizing world.

Please visit: http://www.presidioknolls.org.

SF Hep B Free Campaign – Asian Liver Center (Stanford University)

San Francisco Hep B Free is a citywide campaign to turn San Francisco into the first hepatitis B free city in the nation. This unprecedented 2-year-long campaign will screen, vaccinate and treat all San Francisco Asian and Pacific Islander (API) residents of hepatitis B (HBV) by providing convenient, free or low-cost testing opportunities at partnering health facilities and events.

Please visit: http://www.sfhepbfree.org/  and http://liver.stanford.edu/