Words from Chair of Board
Welcome to the website of the Chinese Civic Center at Houston, Texas. A non-profit organization (IRS 501.(C)(3)status), the Chinese Civic Center was founded in 1995 by a group of volunteers to build a better Chinese/Asian community in the greater Houston Metropolitan area and to promote Sino-US friendship.
By the continuous efforts from the member of the board of directors and trustees, community volunteers and donors and corporate sponsors, the Center has achieved rapid growth and has become one of the major cultural and civic activity exchange hubs for the local Chinese community.
In 2003, we have provided a wide range of programs to an increasing number of people utilizing the facility and participating in cultural and civic activities and programs. We took on the challenges and flourished on several fronts. We expanded community services with a 20% year by year growth in the number of people we serve every week. We served as a hub to more than 30 non-profit community organizations. We broadened fund raising venues by exploring more grants opportunities and organizing numbers of fund raiser functions and events, and functioning as an incubator to many budding multi-cultural education businesses.
As the Chairman of the board of directors, I want to thank those who have made contributions to the center during the past years. Without your efforts, our center would not be where it is today.
The biggest challenge that we face this year is to find a permanent home for the Center. The use of our current building is an in-kind donation by Mr Hai, Chairman of the board of trustee of the Center.
This building has been our home for the past 4 years and time has come for us to find a permanent home for the center. Along with other volunteers on the board of directors, we are fully committed to take on this challenge. I believe with your continuous and generous supports, we will be able to accomplish this mission for our community.
Through this website, you can read about the Center's programs, services and events both in the past and in the future. You will also see a list of institutional and individual contributors as well as our annual financial reports.
Thank you and look forward to you continuing support in the coming years
Chair of Board: Jun Yang