San Francisco, January 13, 2011 – The Asian Pacific Fund, a Bay Area community foundation, has announced that it is accepting essay, poem and artwork entries by Bay Area, K-12th grade students for the 2011 Growing Up Asian in America contest. The theme is Lost & Found. The Asian Pacific Fund will award $27,000 in savings bonds awards. Growing Up Asian in America encourages young people to express their ideas on being Asian and American through art and essays. Submissions are encouraged from Asian youth including Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Pacific Islander and students of mixed heritage.
Students compete in three grade categories: kindergarten through fifth grade, sixth through eighth grade and ninth through twelfth grade. The first place winners in each category will receive savings bond awards in the amount of $2,000, with second and third places receiving $1,500 and $1,000, respectively.
Entries must be postmarked by Thursday, March 10, 2011, or delivered in person by 5 p.m. of that day to Growing Up Asian in America, Asian Pacific Fund, 225 Bush Street, Suite 590, San Francisco, CA 94104. No entries are accepted by fax or e-mail. This year, essay entries will be accepted online. Guidelines are available at local public and private schools, public libraries and online at www.asianpacificfund.org Students can follow the contest on Facebook by searching “Growing Up Asian in America.”
This year, Target is the presenting sponsor of Growing Up Asian in America. Other major sponsors include Safeway, Wells Fargo, Walgreens, Asian Art Museum. Media sponsors include NBC Bay Area, The Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune, Korea Times, Nichi Bei Weekly, ABS-CBN International, India Currents, KEST AM 1450 & KSJX AM 1500, KTSF Channel 26, and V Times.
ABOUT THE ASIAN PACIFIC FUND -- The Asian Pacific Fund is a Bay Area community foundation established to improve the health and well-being of the Asian American community. The Fund supports a broad range of local organizations that provide vital services to Asian Americans in need and has distributed $5.0 million grants and awards. The Fund is the only organization in the Bay Area that specializes in working with Asian donors, raising funds for community agencies, helping donors with grants and scholarship programs and supporting public education projects.
Students compete in three grade categories: kindergarten through fifth grade, sixth through eighth grade and ninth through twelfth grade. The first place winners in each category will receive savings bond awards in the amount of $2,000, with second and third places receiving $1,500 and $1,000, respectively.
Entries must be postmarked by Thursday, March 10, 2011, or delivered in person by 5 p.m. of that day to Growing Up Asian in America, Asian Pacific Fund, 225 Bush Street, Suite 590, San Francisco, CA 94104. No entries are accepted by fax or e-mail. This year, essay entries will be accepted online. Guidelines are available at local public and private schools, public libraries and online at www.asianpacificfund.org Students can follow the contest on Facebook by searching “Growing Up Asian in America.”
This year, Target is the presenting sponsor of Growing Up Asian in America. Other major sponsors include Safeway, Wells Fargo, Walgreens, Asian Art Museum. Media sponsors include NBC Bay Area, The Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune, Korea Times, Nichi Bei Weekly, ABS-CBN International, India Currents, KEST AM 1450 & KSJX AM 1500, KTSF Channel 26, and V Times.
ABOUT THE ASIAN PACIFIC FUND -- The Asian Pacific Fund is a Bay Area community foundation established to improve the health and well-being of the Asian American community. The Fund supports a broad range of local organizations that provide vital services to Asian Americans in need and has distributed $5.0 million grants and awards. The Fund is the only organization in the Bay Area that specializes in working with Asian donors, raising funds for community agencies, helping donors with grants and scholarship programs and supporting public education projects.
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