5 more days until the Asian Heritage Street Celebration!

By Angela Pang

   

Asian American Donor Program
The program is committed to helping to save the lives of people with leukemia, lymphoma, and other life threatening blood diseases by raising the awareness of and recruiting potential marrow/blood stem cell donors. At the fair, they will be having a Marrow Registration Drive to register interested volunteers to be potential marrow/blood stem cell donors!

"We enjoyed last year's fair. It was a huge event, drawing even more than the Cherry Blossom," said Aish Yulo, of the AADP. "It was nice to see a celebration of the entire Asian population of the SF bay area - which is a huge one! I liked how booths were encouraged to keep participants interactive with them and how the fair encouraged community booths through the community booth program."

Happy Crystals and Stones

Specializing in natural crystals, stones, jade, and jewelry and unique gifts from around the world, Shirleen Auyoung's business designs and hand selects all their products. Happy Crystals and Stones are always a participant in many street festivals and trade shows to introduce people to the energy and power of stones. Crystals and stones have been used in feng shi to enhance love, happiness, wealth, health and luck. According to Auyoung, the following are favorites of many: Amethyst - for wisdom, peace, and friendship, Rose Quartz - for love, happiness, and peace, Citrine - for wealth and abundance, and Obsidian - for protection and health.

East West Academy of Healing Arts

East West Academy of Healing Arts is a nonprofit organization founded in 1973 by Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow, dedicated to integrating holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Modern Western Medicine with a special focus on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Qigong. They foster the practice of excellence in promoting optimum health through educational, clinical, and research activities.

"I believe that Asian Heritage Month is very important to educate the general population on the richness of our culture and let them have the benefits of it too," said Chow.

Great Deal Jewelry

"I am participating in this year's fair because I think it is a great way to meet with and communicate with other Asians and have a lot of fun," said Prenita Bajaj.

Her business will be selling handmade pearl and stone jewelry, jewelry from India and sterling silver jewelry. For additional information, visit www.greatdealjewelry.com

Music City Academy

Established since 1992 on Irving Street in San Francisco, there are about 10 teachers from Hong Kong, China, or Russia that teach there. The school gives music lessons and 95% of the students are Chinese.

According to Director Janice Pang, they will be distributing flyers about the lessons and registering new students. Students will be playing the violin, guitar, or keyboard. The Music City Academy will also be selling music books and instruments.