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Fifth Third Bank - 6/15/10 Led by CASL Board Member, Vernon Lam, 15 employees from Fifth Third Bank volunteered at CASL on June 15th. They put their managerial experience to work and conducted mock-citizenship exams with our Immigration Program clients and mock-job interviews with our Chef Training Program students. All of our clients ended the day feeling more prepared for the future! Thank you to Fifth Third Bank for your dedication to CASL and our clients!
Deloitte Impact Day - 6/11/10 For the third year in a row, 35 Deloitte employees came to CASL for a full day of volunteering on June 11th! Our programs and halls were filled with excitement and giving spirits, as Deloitte volunteers connected with our clients ranging from newborns to seniors! Volunteers helped conduct mock job interviews to our Community Employment Program clients, conduct mock citizenship exams to our Immigration Program client, paint and plant flower pots with our Adult Day Center seniors, conduct Excel and Powerpoint workshops for our staff, share immigrant experiences with our parents and families in the Family Learning & Resource Center, plant flowers in CASL's garden, and be positive role models in the classrooms for our Child Development Center. Thank you to Deloitte for another great year of service!
Harris Bank Volunteer Group - 6/10/10 On June 10th, 18 Harris Bank employees volunteered at CASL. They touched the hearts of our clients helping in several programs including conducting mock-job interviews with our Community Employment Program clients, conducting mock-citizenship exams with our Immigration Program clients, making dream catchers with our Adult Day Center seniors and being positive role models in the classrooms of our Child Development Center. We thank Harris Bank for a great morning of service and continuing to support us and the clients we serve! 
CASL's 21st Annual Corporate Dinner The Chinese American Service League held its 21st Annual Corporate Dinner Benefit in the Hilton Chicago’s Grand Ballroom on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010. All of the dinner courses were prepared by four of Chicago’s renowned Asian American chefs including Lao Sichuan’s Tony Hu, Red Light’s Jackie Shen, Le Colonial's Chan Le, and India House Restaurant's Jaipal Singh. The dishes were introduced by alumni of CASL's Chef Training program, sharing our client's inspirational story and reflecting upon CASL's "recipe of success" in the Chinese community. The dinner also featured performances by CASL's Special Interest Class and School Age Center. Winning raffle ticket numbers can be found here. CASL is also very thankful for its many sponsors: Dragon Donor Baxter International
Norman Finkel
National Material, LLP
Bob and Mayari Pritzker
Larry Rosenzweig
The Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust
Arthur and Elaine Wong
Anonymous
Phoenix Donor
Ariel Investments
BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois
CNA
ComEd
Fifth Third Bank
Stuart Ellison
Kraft Foods
Northern Trust
R.M. Chin & Associates
Marilyn Fatt-Vitale
MacLean-Fogg Co.
Raymond & Judy McCaskey
Studio Snaidero Chicago
Tiger Donor
Charter One Bank
CSMI
Arnold Craine & Grant Crowley
Harris Bank
Lakeside Bank
Lifeline Ambulance
William Lowry
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Site Design Group
St. Charles Bank
State Farm Insurance
Valerie, Darryl and Curtis Tom
UBS
Cary Wong
Wong & Knowles, CPA
William Spence, Carson Veach & The Law Offices of Freeborn & Peters
Reception Sponsor
Northern Trust Table Gift Sponsor Tabula Tua
Spring Festival Spring showers couldn't keep high spirited guests away from CASL's inaugural Spring Festival on March 13!. The fundraiser was held at the Zhou B Center located in the Bridgeport neighborhood. Soft pink lighting and billory white satin fabric draped the walls, transforming the venue. Huge vases filled with branches of blooming cherry blossoms and origami cranes in various hues of pink swung gently from above creating the perfect atmosphere for a wonderful night!   The Spirit Gallery, redesigned to evoke a club lounge feel with a cool musical vibe, was the setting for the VIP room. Honorary chairs, the internationally acclaimed artists, the Zhou Brothers, and Co-Chairs Margaret O'Connor and Michael Zhou greeted guests at the VIP reception which kicked off the event at 6:30.   Guests mingled, enjoyed pink Veev Blossom-tinis, Tsingtao beer, and an open bar while they feasted on a sumptuous array of tasty morsels from Tony Hu, Jackie Shen, and Sugarplum, all while eying the artwork throughout the gallery. Master calligrapher Gilbert Lun created bookmarks representing each of the guests names in Chinese characters while the two Lau sisters, alumni of CASL's cultural retention classes, performed an interpretive dance welcoming the spring and the spring breeze.  
Partygoers, whose numbers topped 300, also made their way upstairs to the second floor for the highly anticipated fashion show, produced by event sponsor Akira. The show kicked off with the Lau sisters performing a ribbon dance, after which, the lights dimmed and for the next twenty minutes a parade of models wearing the latest in uber-chic spring fashions worked the runway. As the fashion show ended guests joined on the stage floor for dancing, while others returned downstairs to enjoy the lounge vibe of the Spirit Gallery.  
CASL extends its sincere appreciation and thanks to Giant Panda sponsors, The Richard H. Dreihaus Charitable Lead Trust and Art and Elaine Wong, and event sponsors, Akira Chicago, MarCon Communications and the Zhou B Center.
CASL gratefully acknowledges other financial sponsors of Spring Festival: Ray and Judy McCaskey, LifeLink, American Chartered Bank, and Ling Liu. CASL also gratefully acknowledges other in-kind contributions: Art of Imagination, Cattleya Floral, Cork Catering, Fig Media, Sugarplum Catering, Sunda Restaurant, Tablescapes, Thalia Spice and Windy City Linens, and media sponsors, China Star Media and i4design magazine.  
Click here to read more about the event from China Star Media! And Here!
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