Last Saturday, the CPP Committee was proud to announce at uNAVSA-7 in Washington, D.C. that the final amount raised for the 2009 – 2010 CPP “Chapters of Us” Campaign was $46,963. The committee congratulated all the regions and CPP Supporters for exceeding the goal of $39,000 by over $8,000.

Yesterday, we received very exciting news that Brian Vo, former uNAVSA president, was able to lock in a total of $25,000 on behalf of the Macquarie Group Foundation. It is with great pride that we announce the official amount raised for this year’s “Chapters of Us” CPP Campaign is $59,529.02.

This final amount sets a new record for CPP history. This is the highest amount ever raised since the inception of CPP five years ago and no previous CPP campaign has exceeded their goal by this amount.

The CPP Committee would like to extend our special appreciation for Brian Vo’s great contribution to this year’s campaign, as well as his overall leadership as uNAVSA’s president for the past two years. Brian concludes his term with several important achievements for uNAVSA, including; the formation of organizational infrastructure that will ensure long-term structure & sustainability for uNAVSA, forming valuable relationships with other leading APIA groups with the APIA Identity Project, and taking great leaps with uNAVSA’s financial sustainability with the first corporate relationships (i.e. Wal-mart Stores, inc.). Last, but not least, for his help in getting CPP to achieve record-setting victories. Throughout the entire campaign, Brian has been relentless in his support and guidance as an advisor, friend and thought-partner – always with the best interest of both uNAVSA and VAHF in mind.

We’d also like to thank, once again, all of dozens of participating VSAs, UVSAs, and community supporters across the nation for all your hard work and dedication. As we strive to collect and preserve our personal history and promote leadership, community-building and culture identity, your financial and community support has been more important than ever. Because of your work and dedication, the stories and history of our parents and elders will be collected and preserved for generations to come.

If you are interested in becoming the next CPP Director, we are looking for the next person to spearhead the 2010-2011 campaign for The Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation. If you are interested, we will be sending the application out by the end of this month and we hope you will consider applying.

Please feel free to direct any questions or comments to Lisa.Nguyen@unavsa.org (CPP Director 2009 – 2010, uNAVSA’s Internal Vice President)

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Lisa Nguyen
Internal Vice President, uNAVSA http://unavsa.org/
Director, Collective Philanthropy Project 2009 – 2010 (http://cpp.unavsa.org/2010/)

We are kicking off a week-long online donation campaign through Facebook events called the 2010 CPP Dash for Cash!

What: Each participating region is in a fierce race to raise at least $1,000 by Tuesday, June 1 for the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation!

Why: The Grand Prizes…

The highest-earning region will win the prestigious title & trophy at uNAVSA-7 in DC (in front of all attendees!) as the “CPP 2010 Dash for Cash Champions!”

The individual who donates the highest amount will win a date with a beautiful or handsome uNAVSA member!
(your CPP date will be unveiled at uNAVSA-7 in DC)(meal included, the CPP Date will be over 21 year old)

MAY THE BEST REGION WIN!

When:
START:  12:00 AM , Sunday, May 23!
END: 11:59 PM Local Time next Tuesday, June 1
*** Don’t wait to Donate! ***

How:
Join your favorite region’s event here: “Chapters of Us’ CPP Facebook Events Page
Donate online NOW (be sure to type the region’s name under ‘employer’ on the donation form): Click here for CPP Donation Form
*** Don’t wait to Donate ! ***

As you are deciding how much to donate, keep in mind that your donations will help:

• The hundreds of dedicated, hard-working VSA members across the country who raised $30,000 in about 3 months…who continue to work relentlessly to reach their goal of $39,000!
• The thousands of Vietnamese American adults, elders and youth who will be impacted by the “500 Oral Histories Project” put on by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation

With that said, choose your favorite region(s)! (Yes, you can donate to more than one region!)

• Canada – Nam-An Hoang Dinh – Event Page / Donate!
• South – Tiffany Nguyen – Event Page / Donate!
• Northwest – Lyon Ngo – Event Page / Donate!
• Northeast – Tony Lam & Mindy Chu – Event Page / Donate!
• Gulf Coast – Quy Nguyen – Event Page / Donate!
• Southwest – Thoa Nguyen – Event Page/ Donate!
• Southeast – Ricky Ly & Haley Hoang – Event Page/ Donate!
• Midwest – Eric Nguyen – Event Page/ Donate!

Thank you for all of your continuous support, especially in our last stretch of what’s been an amazing CPP Campaign!!!

Best,
The CPP Committee
Brian Vo, President
Lisa Nguyen, Director
Lyon Ngo, Northwest
Quy Nguyen, Gulf Coast
Tiffany Nguyen, South
Lan-Anh Nguyen, Mid-Atlantic
Paul Nguyen, VAHF Liaison

The brochures have been updated with this new logo, so please use the latest brochures on the “Resources” page.

CPP Director, Lisa Nguyen, was also lucky enough to have a few minutes to talk to the ever-so-strong Mid-Atlantic region about their CPP-fundraising potential (as well tell a couple bad jokes). Thank you for your CPP Support, MAUVSA!

We are all so looking forward to uNAVSA-7 Conference being hosted in the most powerful city in the nation!

Read more about this event at their jungle-themed website here. Despite the jungle-theme – these people are not monkeying around!

Check out the sweet shoutout video they made to uNAVSA! We’re looking forward to VIA-1 and all the other MidWest goodness that is to come. Let’s see if they will keep their “CPP Crown” of being the highest funding region for a second year. Last year, they brought in $17,000!!

Looking good & thank you, Nam!

Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation

uNAVSA is proud to announce the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as the beneficiary for the 2009-2010 CPP Campaign.

VAHF’s mission is to document, preserve and promote the heritage of the Vietnamese American community. Their work includes gathering the stories and experiences of the Vietnamese American community.

“The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation celebrates and promotes our pride as Americans of Vietnamese descent. The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation provides opportunities for Vietnamese American individuals or organizations to contribute to the betterment of the American society and Vietnamese American community through the understanding of our unique history and heritage” (www.vietnameseamerican.org).

uNAVSA will work with VAHF to support their “500 Oral History Project.”  The project encompasses collecting 500 personal stories of Vietnamese Americans, archiving it and publishing it as an anthology. “So that younger generations of Vietnamese here and in Vietnam, and the American public can hear our side of history, and for American teaching institutions to teach our history” (VAHF).

VAHF will share these stories by hosting seminars and providing exhibits of these stories at community centers and academic institutions throughout the country.  Copies of these published anthologies will be made available to the public to give students and educators and opportunity to hear our side of history and for American teaching institutions to teach our history.

For more information, please visit VAHF’s homepage and informational video.

Contact
CPP Director
Lisa Nguyen — lisa.nguyen@unavsa.org

President
Brian Vo – brian.vo@unavsa.org