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June 25, 2008

Hyphen Recognized by Wells Fargo Foundation

Extra extra!

Well, this is not exactly breaking news but in addition to being honored with the Flames of Justice award by Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), Hyphen was also given one of the six Nonprofit Community Awards by Wells Fargo's Asian Connection Bay Area.

Neela, our Managing Director with the Wells Fargo representatives (and of course, our "big" check).

Photo by Victoria L. Liang

The event was very exciting for us because we were chosen out of a pool of 32 applicants and recognized alongside five other reputable nonprofits, such as the Chinese Cultural Center, Chinatown YMCA, C.E.O. Women, Asian Pacific Psychological Services, and Oakland Asian Student Education Services. We were touched by many of the stories that the other organizations had to share, such as how some children in San Francisco Chinatown have never crossed the bay bridge. These personal anecdotes reaffirmed my belief that Hyphen's existence is still much needed because it is through Hyphen that we can bring you those stories.

We cannot thank Wells Fargo Foundation enough for giving us our first "big" check, literally. We've always given it away before at our annual Mr. Hyphen event but we've never received one ourselves. We were so excited that we almost wanted to go cash it in right there and then. The money will help us with the printing and distribution of the magazine, and help us to keep spreading the Hyphen love. Hopefully with this money, we will be able to offer more free subscriptions to those that need it.

So thank you again Wells Fargo, for supporting us and allowing us to do what we do best!

For more photos, click here and for Wells Fargo's blog, click here.

Posted by lisalee at June 25, 2008 9:46 PM