Bulletin #5

CPC Walkathon Bulletin #5
July 22, 2008
By Interns at the Central Office of the Chinese-American Planning Council
150 Elizabeth Street, New York, NY 10012
www.cpc-nyc.org
www.cpcwalkathon2008.blogspot.com

There are 4 days until the Walkathon!

(1) Pushing 90: The latest fundraising total for this year's event has us at $86,119. Wanna help? Take two minutes right now and donate at https://npo.networkforgood.org/Donate/Donate.aspx?npoSubscriptionId=7556.

(2) Shooting Hoops for Seniors: The New Jersey Nets will have a table at Saturday's Family Day Fair, which starts at 11 in Manhattan Chinatown's Columbus Park. Though the Nets had a poor season last year, they are sure to do better this year with the help of Chinese phenom Yi Jianlian. Look out for merchandise and other cool stuff.

(3) Our volunteers continue to spearhead last-minute efforts to promote the Walkathon; in Brooklyn, they continue to table and work on arts and crafts, and in Manhattan, a group of volunteers and interns raised $91 in less than an hour!

(4) The bells ring for our Walkathon at NASDAQ today, as CPC staff and Council Member John Liu will ring the closing bells and promote Saturday's event this afternoon. Check us out by going to http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx at 3:50 today. Pictures to come soon...

(5) Register! Pre-registration is open from 9 to 6 every day at Central (150 Elizabeth Street).