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May 19, 2011

AACI Fundraising a Luncheon a Success! Thursday, May 7th AACI held our annual fundraising luncheon at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose.  Thank you to the 500 community members who attended!  Your support helped AACI raise over $180,000. This money is greatly needed to sustain AACI’s array of services for the community. When so many in our community are in such great need, we want to ensure AACI can continue to provide the care and support so many rely on every day.  Support from non-governmental sources is becoming increasingly essential and those who attended learned more about AACI and heard directly from some of our clients.

AACI seniors performed a special song that they wrote to thank AACI.  AACI clients shared their stories about how AACI helped their families in times of need. One client, whose family was helped by the AACI Center for Survivors of Torture, gave a moving testimonial about how AACI helped his family connect with legal assistance to navigate the asylum process, health care, and counseling resources needed to start new lives together in the United States. “Without AACI, I’m not sure what my family would have done.  Being new to this country, we wouldn’t have known where else to get the help that we needed.  2011 Gordon N. Chan Leadership Award was presented to Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren for her work as a champion of immigrant rights.  The 2010 award recipient, Congressman Mike Honda, presented the award.  Representative Lofgren was out of the country but provided videotaped remarks, and her Chief of Staff, Sandra Soto, accepted the award on her behalf.

AACI annual fundraising luncheon is made possible by the sponsorship of many local businesses and organizations, with major support from PG&E Corporation Foundation, the Gordon N. and Anita Chan Family Foundation, Comcast, and Hewlett-Packard Company. you were unable to attend the AACI luncheon, you can still contribute to help AACI maintain services for families in need. 

Donate now.