Milwaukee Chinese Community Center

On behalf of Milwaukee Chinese Community Center (MCCC) and Milwaukee Modern Chinese School (MMCS), the MCCC Administration wishes you a productive and peaceful new year!

Looking back at 2008, we do have plenty unforgettable memories as a community.

We planned and organized the first ever Chinese New Year at the Domes event;
We established a home in Vogel Park – thanks to Milwaukee County Parks!
We offered our support to the victims of Sichuan earthquake through donation drive and benefit concert;
We formed five committees to better serve our members and community through Chinese language education, culture outreach, and social engagement;
We had a historical performance at 2008 Holiday Folk Fair;
We further improved our relationship with Marquette University for the MMCS!

Looking into 2009, we would like to continue our commitment to serve members and community through Chinese language education, culture outreach, and social engagement. As for our New Year resolution, we hope to be able to make some progress in the following area, and we need YOUR support in doing so:

Continue serving our community through our five committees
Start parents activity club during MMCS time
Host mid-autumn performance via our Song and Dance troupe
Double recipients of our email mailing group
Continue and spread summer education program
Plan and establish Milwaukee Chinese Community Center Foundation

We will not be able to achieve any of these objectives without our members. As an all-volunteer organization, we are strong because we are together. For this reason, we would highly encourage and plea for your continuous support and, more importantly, your direct involvement! Please contact any of the following individuals if you feel the urge and desire to do something or anything for our community. No help is too small! Have a happy and prosperous 2009!

Gao, Peng, President of MCCC
Cao, Xiaokang, Principle of MMCS, Chair of Education Committee
Zeng, Hong, Chair of Song and Dance Troupe
Sun, Zhenjiang, Chair of Member and Community Service
Hong, Yi, Chair of Communication and Public Relations
Wang, Xiaojing, Chair of Finance and Corporate Compliance

The Chinese New Year at the Domes Celebration is scheduled for Saturday, January 24th (9am-7pm). The domes are located on 524 S. Layton Blvd. Milwaukee, WI, 53215. We hope to build on the success of last year's event; we want to have even more guests! As always, there will be Music & Dance, Arts & Crafts, Chinese Calligraphy, Marketplace, Traditional Chinese Treats, and an Evening Light Show. Children's Activities include the Dragon Parade, Dumpling Making, Souvenirs. We would like to remind you that the Domes have just been newly remodeled; they are truly spectacular. Please encourage all of your friends/family to come!

MCCC’s 2009 Chinese New Year Celebration has been scheduled for February 7th. This year's event will be held at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, located at 4257 N. 100th Street. Come to celebrate the Year of Ox and Enjoy an enchanted evening with your fellow MCCC families and their guests on February 7th 2009! New venue with a state of the art theatre. Great fun, authentic Chinese food, musical and artistic performance by our students and the MCCC Song and Dance Troupe. Don’t miss it!

Ticket Pricing: $15/person; Kids< 3 years old free; Volunteers for the 2008 HFF and the 2009 Chinese New Year in the Dome  as well as the MMCS teachers admission free; Currently registered students in MMCS admission free if eating at the pizza table, $8/person if eating at the regular table; Kids who are not MMCS students $15 at regular table, $8 at Pizza table.

The schedule, so far, is as follows:
2:30pm-3:00pm                       Registration
3:00pm-5:00pm                       MMCS Students Performance
5:30pm-6:30pm                       Dinner
6:30pm-8:00pm                       MCCC Song and Dance Troupe Performance
8:00pm-10:00pm                     Karaoke & Social Dance

MCCC, the non-profit organization with 501(C)(3) status has been approved by the GE Foundation to receive funds to match GE employees' qualified donations. We encourage GE employees and families who have donated to MCCC this year to apply for gift-matching from the GE foundation ASAP. We also encourage people whose employers have charity gift-matching programs to register MCCC as a recipient organization.

Registration for the 2nd (2009 Spring) Semester of MMCS classes has started. Please take care of your child's registration needs at http://www.mmcsweb.com. The WSCF Club & Team chess tournament was held in Waukesha on December 20, 2008. MMCS students took home a team trophy. Congratulations to participants including Michael Tang, Sabrina Wang, Steven Chen, Shawn Ge, ZhuanZhuan Wu and Phillip Wang.

The Worldwide Chinese Students Essay Contest is calling for submission. MMCS Education Committee would like to encourage all of our students to participate in this event. Please see the attached file for the registration guidelines. If any MMCS student is interested in entering the contest, please turn in the essay to the class teacher no later than Feb.10. The class teacher will be your adviser and help on your essay detail. Please check http://www.klzw. net/2008/ Index.asp for the detailed information.

*If you would like anything to be added to the MMCS / MCCC
newsletter, please contact the newsletter editor Tong Wang at pianoman518@gmail.com

Published on: 2009-01-06 (3290 reads)

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