Spring Valley Elementary won first place in the Asian Heritage Street Celebration’s 2007 School Raffle Program, selling 805 tickets and raising $2,110 for their school.
“Every dollar helps our school,” said Spring Valley Principal Lonnie Chin, who accepted the check from the AsianWeek Foundation on March 11.
Chin said some of the money would go toward the publishing of the school’s 155th anniversary memory book.
Spring Valley sold 500 more tickets than their closest competitor, Wallenberg High School’s Chinese Club, which earned $876. George Washington High School’s Japanese Society raised $818.
The AHSC School Raffle Program is a community-based project organized by the AsianWeek Foundation to provide a no-risk fund-raiser opportunity for San Francisco’s public schools, to enhance children’s learning and extracurricular activities, and familiarize students at an early age about the concepts of giving and raising funds for community purposes. Raffle tickets are sold for $3 each, with money going directly back to each school in proportion to revenue generated. Prizes are donated from area businesses and are critical to the success of the program.
Last year, approximately $10,000 was raised for 25 different schools that represent over 17,000 students. Top prizes included roundtrip airline tickets, courtesy of Southwest Airlines. Accounting services for the program were provided by Louie & Wong LLP.
If you are interested in donating raffle prizes or having your school involved in this program, contact Thanh T. Huynh at (415) 321-5865 or thuynh@awfoundation.com.
The AHSC is the largest gathering of Asians in America, with an estimated attendance of 100,000. This year, it is scheduled for May 17 in Japantown (asianfairsf.com).