13th Annual Banquet (2014)

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2014

Time: 6:30PM to 9:30PM
Program will begin promptly at 7PM!

Place: Jing Fong Restaurant
20 Elizabeth Street, New York, NY 10013


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Individual Ticket

Non-Member: $150
Complimentary AAARI 2015 Membership

Member/Senior (65+): $85 | Student: $50

Table of Ten

Diamond – $5,000

Free Full Page Advertisement

Ruby – $3,000 Free Half Page Advertisement
Pearl – $2,000

Free Quarter Page Advertisement

Jade – $1,500

Free 1/8 Page Advertisement

Banquet RSVP / Ad Form
Requires: Adobe Reader

Ad Deadline: Monday, November 7, 2014
RSVP Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2014

2014 Gala Honorees
 

Leadership Award

Hon. Grace Meng
Congressmember, 6th District – New York

 
  CUNY Distinguished Asian American
Alumni Award
Lily Hui
CPA & Partner, Baker Tilly
 
CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship Baozhen Xie
Undergraduate Student, Brooklyn College/CUNY
 
2014 Gala Emcee Ernabel Demillo
Host & Producer, Asian American Life

AAARI’s Annual Gala is attended by 450+ Asian and non-Asian academic, business, civic and community leaders, faculty, staff and students. As of Fall 2013, the Asian American representation in CUNY is over 56,000, with more than 5,100 faculty and staff, 4,200 graduate students and 46,700 undergraduates of Asian heritage. There are tens of thousands of Asian American CUNY alumni working and living throughout New York and the country. AAARI engages the Asian American community within CUNY, New York City and beyond.

Benefits of Supporting the AAARI Annual Gala

  1. Exposure to 450+ attendees at the Gala – printed program acknowledgements distributed to attendees who represent not just themselves but many other organizations. Additional programs will also be distributed at upcoming AAARI events throughout the Spring semester.
  1. Table sponsors are listed on AAARI’s website which reaches thousands of faculty, staff and students within CUNY, and academic, business, civic and community leaders and organizations outside of CUNY.
  1. The Gala receives extensive coverage in the Asian American ethnic press.

2014 Annual Banquet

Banquet Program

Biographies

Silent Auction / Raffle


Table Sponsor
Diamond
City University of New York
Wen-Parker Logistics
Jade
Baker Tilly
CUNY Citizenship Now
Ong Family Foundation

CUNY
Baruch College
Borough of Manhattan CC
Brooklyn College
College of Staten Island
CUNY CIS
Kingsborough CC
LaGuardia CC
Lehman College
Medgar Evers College
NYC College of Technology
Queensborough CC
York College

Member
Betty Lee Sung
Carol Huang
Pearl Tam
Advertiser
AARP
Acceleration Group
ALR Project – CUNY
Bridging Cultures 101
Chinatown Partnership
Con Edison
Mannings Pharmacy
Municipal Credit Union
NY Community Bank
Thomas MS Tam Foundation
UTC Associates
USPAACC-NE
Weissman Center for
International Business

Sponsor/Donor


American Museum of
Natural History

American Symphony Orchestra
Blueman Group
Bridging Cultures 101
Broadway Comedy Club
Carnegie Hall
Savio Chan
Cockpit USA
Ito En
Gotham Comedy Club
Integrative Acupuncture with Diane Rooney
Jacques Marchais Museum
of Tibetan Arts

Kathy’s Design Ltd
Susan Kim
Kramer Portraits
Corky Lee
Lia Schorr Skin Care
Keming Liu
Michael Jordan’s The Steak
House NYC
Joyce Moy
Mr. K’s Restaurant
Museum of Chinese in America
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Myriad Restaurant Group
New Museum
NY Giants
NY Jets
Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
Times Square

Rubin Museum of Art
Shake Shack
Skyscraper Museum
Staten Island Museum
Betty Lee Sung
Heung Tam
Tanger Outlets
The New Victory Theater
The Paley Center for Media
The Ride
Tri Tip Grill
Trader Joe’s
US Open
Yunah Hong