By Gerrye Wong, CHCP Co-Founder and Trustee

We had our traditional annual membership dinner with CHINESE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PROJECT which brought together 170 members and guests to a packed China Stix banquet room for a sumptuous Chinese New Year dinner welcome.

It was a packed program with our student ambassadors telling the meaning of Year of the Horse, student musicians playing Chinese and western instruments, Lion Dance and Hoong the Dragon dance opening the program, installation of 2026 Directors and Advisory Board members, lively door prize giveaways, but best of all (slightly biased opinion) was the skit "Mahjong Mamas at the Senior Center" starring me and my real weekly mahjong madams. For guts and bravery, we should get a CHCP Academy Award, don’t you agree?