2023 Chi Am Events

A Chi Am Circle Community Service Volunteer Opportunity -  HAKONE PRESENTS THE 14 TH ANNUAL LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL.

New Chi Am Board organizes a bountiful buffet of delectable dishes and tea served in beautiful tea sets, followed by introductions, and planned events for 2023.

Saratoga Library, Chi Am, and Hakone Gardens:

Film & Panel discussion on Executive Order 9066 –Japanese evacuation to inland relocation centers.

The Filoli Spring Outdoor event allow us to stroll and socialize amongst beautiful gardens.  It is followed by lunch at their on site restaurant.

***Postponed to October *** Chi Am hosts a Spring (Easter) event for young special needs children with autism at FCSN’s San Jose location.

New members are given a chance to meet with Chi Am Board Members at Elizabeth Gamble Garden. 

Encore of Event on: June 11, 2022

This is our premier event where all of Chi Am Circle’s fundraising efforts come to fruition to provide scholarships from Chi Am, individual club members, and the community for deserving and needy high school students of Asian descent.  Students are selected for scholarships based on a rigorous criteria and essays reviewed by the Selection Committee.

Pop-up Event.  Dr. Gloria Hom will share the remarkable life story of her grandfather, Thomas Foon Chew, who was a very successful Chinese-American businessman during the early 20th Century, in the Chinese Exclusion Act period in California. 

Chi Am members invite friends & family to join fun golf tournament fundraiser.

Tour of the Chinese American Historical Museum in San Jose. After our tour of the Museum, we will walk over to visit the Vietnamese Museum.  We will conclude with a social hour and a light lunch at the picnic tables.

Fund a Headphone for a Ben Painter Elementary School Student - Chi Am Circle has been asked to help fill a need for new headphones to replace worn-out and damaged equipment.

Students need headphones when they are completing assignments on their Chromebooks.

Without the headphones, they hear their neighbor's Chromebook and it causes a distraction for them to focus on their own work.

A New Chi Am Mid-Autumn themed  "Taste and Tell" Social Event! It will be a free membership outreach social event. Bring your favorite dish to share & invite your friends!