Chinese American Service League 14th Annual Dinner Benefit May 22


Chinese American Service League (CASL) 14th Annual Corporate Dinner Benefit will be held Thursday, May 22, 2003 at Hyatt Regency, 151 East Wacker Drive Crystal Ballroom (WEST TOWER, Street Level) . The dinner program is:

5:30 p.m. Cocktail reception
6:35 p.m. Opening ceremonies Lion Dance...Members of CASL's and Chicago Chinese Cultural Center's Kung Fu Programs
6.40 Anthony V. Sisto, President, Illinois Division, Charter One Bank, Dinner Chair and Bernarda Wong, CASL President, Feed the Lion a Red Envelope
6:45 Welcome Emcees: Nesita Kwan, Anchor/Reporter, NBC 5; Nancy Loo, Anchor/Reporter, FOX Chicago TV 6:48 Welcome Anthony V. Sisto, Dinner Chair
6.50 Traditional Chinese Basket Dance...CASL's Child Development Center (4-Year-Olds)
6:55 Words of Appreciation...Anthony V. Sisto, Dinner Chair
7:00 CASL Board Chairman's Remarks...Arthur Wong
7:08 CASL 25th Anniversary Year Celebration Reflections by the Founders... Including C.W. Chan, Bernarda Wong and Esther Wong (CASL Executive Director) /Backdrop Screen Presentation
7:18 Dinner
8.05 Golden Lion Award Presentation Opening by Linda Yu, Anchor/Reporter ABC 7; Chair, CASL Advisory Board
8.08 Video Presentation/Golden Lion Awardee
8:12 Acceptance Remarks/Gift Presentation U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao (Live or In Absentia On-Screen, Pending Final Scheduling)
8:20 Uniting, Building, Servcing. Capital Campaign Opening by Linda Yu, Chair, CASL Advisory Board
8.23 Uniting, Building, Servicing Capital Campaign/Construction Update and Visual Presentation Remarks by Raymond M. Chin, Co-Chair, CASL Capital Campaign Committee
8.28 Uniting, Building, Servicing. Capital Campaign/Fundraising Update Remarks Bernie Lee, Co-Chair, CASL Capital Campaign Committee
8.35 Uniting, Building, Servicing Capital Campaign/ Special Announcement of Major Gift
8:45 Raffle Drawing (Top Five Prizes Drawn on Stage) and Silent Auction Closure
8:50 Concluding Remarks by Linda Yu


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