The Chinese Culture Connection held their 18th Annual Gala and Awards Ceremony at Ming’s Seafood Restaurant on Saturday night. Four honorees received awards. Gary Yu received the Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award; John Preotle received the Excellence in Community Service Award; Vincent Yee received the Outstanding Arts and Culture Award; and Eugene Welch received the Edward O’Connell Inspirational Service Award.
Gary Yu received the Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award during Saturday’s 18th Annual Chinese Culture Connection Gala and Awards Ceremony at Ming’s Seafood Restaurant. He also received a Certificate of Recognition from the U.S. Senate and a Citation from Mayor Gary Christenson.Awardee Gary Yu worked on the governor’s campaign.Shown from left to right: Standing: David Liu, outstanding arts and culture award recipient Vincent Yee, Tiffany Pi and Mimi Han; seated: Cynthia Yee, Camellia Yee and King Chong Yee.Ward 6 City Councillor Stephen Winslow (seated far right) and guests. Standing, pictured from left to right: Joshua Chu, Ashley Buggy, Thomas Jung and Fiona Nakitto. Sitting from left to right: Angela Nakitto, John and Catherine Lentz, with Stephen and Helen Winslow.South Cove Community Health Center members, pictured from left to right: Standing: COO Eric Tiberi, guests Frances Ma, Thomas Martin and Jill Martin and board member Peter Eng; Bottom row: board members Harry Lee and April Tang.A slideshow said the United States is a community of immigrants.Ming Dynasty’s Yang Shen (楊慎, 1488–1559) wrote this poem as the lyrics to the song “The Immortals by the River.”Vincent Yee received the Outstanding Arts and Culture Award. He also received a Certificate of Recognition from the U.S. Senate and a Citation from Mayor Gary Christenson. Pictured from left to right: Mayor Gary Christenson, award recipient Vincent Yee, Chinese Culture Connection Board of Directors President Dr. Yu-Lan Lin and Executive Director Mei Hung.Edward O’Connell accepted an award on behalf of Eugene Welch. Pictured from left to right: Edward O’Connell, Chinese Culture Connection Executive Director Mei Hung, South Cove Community Health Center COO Eric Tiberi and Mayor Gary Christenson.New England Chinese American Alliance members, pictured from left to right: Sitting: Hong Song, Yun Jie Shang, Shang Wei, Jack Chen, Shirley Lai and Rongli Liang; standing: Hung Goon, Xiao Feng, Emma Fang, Qian Ge, Daryl Luk and Diversity Award recipient Gary Yu.Councillor-at-Large Carey McDonald and his wife, Sarah (standing, far right) and guestsMayor Gary Christenson spoke in Chinese to the attendees.Pictured from left to right: Mark Bernstein, Linda Thorsen, Ariane Taylor (candidate for Ward 5 City Council), Ward 3 City Councillor Amanda Linehan, award recipient Gary Yu, Byung Kim, Yoo-Kyung Kim and Deborah Ofcharsky.John Preotle accepted an Excellence in Community Service Award.Edward O’Connell accepted the Edward F. O’Connell Inspirational Service Award on behalf of Eugene Welch.Emcee Dana Brown is an Advisory Board member.It was a standing-room-only crowd.John Preotle received the Excellence In Community Service Award. He is pictured with Mayor Gary Christenson and Chinese Culture Connection Executive Director Mei Hung.Pictured from left to right: Mark Bernstein, Beth Thoenen and Chinese Culture Connection Board of Directors member Linda Thorsen.Chinese Culture Connection Board of Directors President Dr. Yu-Lan Lin said they need volunteers to continue this work.Author Vincent Yee wrote several books and is featured on the Kelly Clarkson show this week.
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