Community News
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. announces new board members
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation is pleased to welcome one banker and two entrepreneurs as new members to its board of directors: Peggy Chiu, Xiaoping Li and Afu Wang. Sing Lim Yeo was re-elected as the chair of the board.
Jason Lam and Grant Lin were elected as vice chairs.
“In 2013-14, Foundation has raised over $ 1.5 million,” said Sing Lim Yeo, chair of S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation. “In addition, we were able to solicit the agreement of five lead donors to pledge a total amount of $600,000 in support of the matching campaign of the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. 40th Anniversary Endowment Fund.”
Over the past year, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation organized a series of events such as the Teresa Carpio Charity Concert, Bridge to S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Gala, Walk with the Dragon and S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation Charity Golf Tournament as well as the Chinese New Year pre-concert fundraising dinner jointly with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
“S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation is an integral part of the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. family and it is most important to have a significant endowment fund for the long term stability of the family. The building up of the endowment fund will remain a high priority of the foundation’s activities in the upcoming year,” said Clarence Cheng, CEO of S.
U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation, incorporated in 2001, is a charitable foundation responsible for raising funds for S.U.C.C.E.S.S. and its affiliated organizations to support their mandates for the betterment of the community.