2010 Grantee: Father's Heart Ministries
On November 20, 2010, ANG awarded $20,000 to the Father's Heart Ministries to support their Hunger Prevention Program. This year, the giving circle members chose to address poverty and hunger in our Asian American communities, especially because the grant would be available during the holiday season.
Located on the Lower Eastside of Manhattan, the Father's Heart Ministries serves and feeds approximately 700 people hot breakfasts every Saturday morning, 90% being of Chinese descent.
http://www.fathersheartnyc.org/programs-hungerprev.php
2009 Grantee: Shuang Wen Academy
On October 21, 2009, ANG awarded $20,000 to the Shuang Wen Academy for their after-school programs and new 2010 curriculum. Shuang Wen incorporates a dual language and dual culture approach with parental involvement and community support to prepare students for an increasingly global society. It is the first dual language English/Mandarin speaking public school in the Northeast.
Located in Lower Manhattan, Shuang Wen Academy has Mandarin After School Programs designed for students from kindergarten through middle school.
http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/01/M184/default.htm
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2008 Grantee: YWCA of Queens
On October 28, 2008, ANG awarded $30,000 to the YWCA of Queen’s for their pilot training project, Women to Work, for female English language learners whose goals are to enhance their English and obtain work experience and employment. This program helped train women to become home health aides and office administration assistants.
The YWCA of Queens serves mostly Korean and other immigrant populations since 1978 and looks to primarily strengthen and preserve immigrant families and their traditions. Focused on education and wellness, the YWCA provides tools for immigrant families to become self-sufficient and women to become self-reliant.
http://www.ywcaqueens.org
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2007 Grantee: IndoChina Sino-American
Community Center
$25,000 was awarded on September
25, 2007 for the Sino-American Community Center
in support of Project CARE, Chinese Americans Restoring
Elders, a new initiative to reduce and prevent elder
abuse in New York City's Chinese American community.
Located in Chinatown, New York City, the Sino-American
Community Center was established in 1990. It was
originally founded by a small group of refugees
from Indochina who wanted to create a self-help
organization that would help form a linkage with
their past while helping refugees who came after
them. Initially, the Center served mainly seniors
offering ESL classes, naturalization services, and
senior employment training. However, over time the
Center has expanded to include services to the entire
community.
The 2nd Annual Award Reception, was underwritten
by Safran restuarant.
http://isaccny.org/
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2006 Grantee: The Child Center of
NY's Asian Outreach Program
$20,000 was awarded on June 8, 2006 for the Center
to hire 2 part-time psychiatric social workers to
take on 16 cases each, reducing the waiting list
of young children in need of medical attention from 130 to
98.
Founded in 1953, The Center is a NY State licensed
mental health agency whose mission is to relieve
the suffering of troubled Asian children and families.
The Center helps children deal with child abuse,
foster care, behavior problems, traumas, parental
drug addiction, juvenile delinquency, and difficulties
arising from immigration.
http://www.childcenterny.org/
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