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Donate to SBCSC Community Service Funds
The South Bay Chinese Service Club engages in various community service activities and Chinese cultural preservation functions throughout the year such as the following:
Holidays Celebration to bring joy to our seniors at a Senior Living facility
Chinese New Year Dinner Celebration
Joong (zongzi) making seminar
Chinese lantern making with the Red Envelopes
Honoring Seniors achieving the age of 80 and above with a Dim Sum brunch
Your donation will make a powerful statement about the strength of our community. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about this program. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Gordon Jang,
Treasurer, SBCC/SBCSC
The South Bay Chinese Service Club scholarships award program entered into its 55th year of awarding scholarships to exemplary high school graduating seniors at our local community. Children of club members and students residing or attending high schools in Fremont, Newark, or Union City with a personal interest and appreciation of the Chinese or Chinese-American history, culture, heritage, or language are eligible to apply. The purpose of the scholarship program is to recognize these talented students for their hard work and achievements, and to provide encouragement for the challenges ahead. The applicants are carefully evaluated based on academic achievement, leadership, community service, and extracurricular achievement. There are also a limited number of scholarships to be awarded based on financial need. The minimum individual scholarship award amount is $1,000.
We are asking for your financial support to help us to reach out to our best students. Our recipients are an exceptional group of highly motivated future leaders - each year it is difficult to select just a few. During the 2023-2024 school year, with the generous donations from many of our members and major sponsors and the partnership with Chinese Immersion Parents’ Council of Fremont, we awarded a record total of $58,500 scholarship awards to 34 students. For the 2024-2025 school year, with your help, our goal is to generate an equal or higher amount for our scholarship fund.
Donate to the SBCSC Scholarship Progam
The 2025 scholarship awards will be presented to the award recipients during the annual scholarship banquet on April 16, 2025, Wednesday evening at a local Restaurant. Our guests includes applicants, donors, former award winners, club members, school counselors, local officials, and a keynote speaker.
The names of the donors who make this program possible will be included in the program and other printed materials if the donations are received by May 31, 2025. Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated.
All donors will receive written acknowledgment for their tax-deductible contributions. (Tax ID #94-2963262)
Donors donating $1,000 and up have the option to sponsor a “named” award of your preference, and the award recipient will be selected based on your specific criteria.
Your participation will make a powerful statement about the strength of our community. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about this program. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Joe Woo,
SBCSC Scholarship Committee Chair
2025 Scholarship Award Banquet
The 2025 Scholarship Award Banquet is scheduled for Wednesday, April 16, 2025, evening at 6 pm. All scholarship recipients will receive a complimentary dinner. Please see the 2025 Scholarship Banquet Information page for more details.
Due to the steep price increase of the banquet at the restaurants, we have to adjust our “complimentary dinners for donors” policy as shown below in order to retain more of the donation amount for the students’ scholarships.
Total free
tickets
Donation
amount
Total tickets at 50% off
$5,000+
10
$4,000
8
2
$3,000
6
4
$2,000
4
6
$1,000
2
4
$500
1
2
$300
2
$150
1
SBCSC Gladys Lee Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gladys was a long-time SBCC member and staunch supporter of the SBCSC Scholarship Program. She and her husband Robert Lee were both SBCC Presidents in 1990 and 1993, respectively. She was a wonderful woman and a great hula dancer with a strong spirit and very generous heart.
In honor of Gladys, her family established the SBCSC Gladys Lee Memorial Scholarship Fund, a new scholarship which will be presented at the 2025 Scholarship Award Banquet on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
FAQs
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Yes. You may use your credit card to make the donation by clicking on the “Donate Now” button. For your convenience, we are also accepting PayPal and Apple Pay.
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Yes. To send in a check, download and complete the appropriate donation form, and mail it along with a check to our donation chair, Gordon Jang, at the following address:
SBCSC c/o Gordon Jang 38742 Glencoe Drive, Fremont, CA 94536
Make checks payable to SBCSC.
Download Community Service program form here.
Download 2024-2025 Scholarship program form here. -
For donors who are at least 70.5 years of age, you can take advantage of the Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from traditional IRA rule to make a donation directly from your IRA to SBCSC. It may reduce your taxable income and may also count as Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) for those 73 years and older. Please consult with your tax advisor.
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The 2025 Scholarship Award Banquet is scheduled for Wednesday, April 16, 2025, evening at 6 pm.
All scholarship recipients will receive a complimentary dinner. Please see the 2025 Scholarship Banquet Information page for more details.