About CHCP

P.O. Box 5366
San Jose, CA 95150-5366
Email  chcp.info@gmail.com

Mission and Programs
Awards and Commendations
Board of Directors and Trustees
Who's Who

MISSION

In accomplishing our mission to promote and preserve Chinese and Chinese-American history and culture through community outreach activities, CHCP has restored and donated the 100-year-old Ng Shing Gung to the City of San Jose, spearheaded restoration of San Jose's historic parade dragon to serve as a goodwill ambassador, sponsors the annual Chinese Festival attended by thousands of celebrants each year, created Golden Legacy Curriculum and HELP Grants for teachers, and provides exhibits for community and industry programs. This site and the Virtual Museum & Library are among CHCP's most recent projects.

2009 Officers
President - Anita Wong Kwock
Vice President - Lane Lee
Secretary - Wesley K Chan, DDS
Treasurer - Brenda Hee Wong

Board of Directors at Large
Sandy Shih Andrada
Yvonne Ching, RPh
Roger Eng, DDS
Sylvia Eng
James M Gate
Christian Jochim, PhD (July)
Trisha Lee
Allan T Low
Rodney Lum
Thomas C Stutzman
Timothy Tom
Barbara Why
Bert Why, DDS

Golden Legacy, a 300-page set of curriculum materials on Chinese and Chinese American culture, produced as a joint project of the Chinese Historical and Cultural Project and the San Jose Historical Museum, won the 1994 Santa Clara County Reading Council Award These materials are now available on CD-ROM as well as hard copy.

Home Base: A Chinatown called Heinlenville, by Jessica Yu, an Oscar-winning producer of documentary films, was sponsored by the American Film Foundation in cooperation with CHCP and received the Bronze Apple Award at the 1992 National Educational Film and Video Festival, the American Association of Museum's 1991 Silver Muse award, and CINE's 1991 Golden Eagle award ( Home Base may be ordered separately or as a part of the Golden Legacy curriculum

In 1998, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) named CHCP the recipient of the Albert B. Corey Award, the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of local, state and regional history. The Albert B. Corey Award is reserved for very deserving, small, primarily volunteer-operated, historical organizations. This award is granted only when an organization meets the high standards of excellence set by Albert B. Corey, a founding member of the AASLHF, and therefore, is not awarded annually.

In 1999, CHCP received the following commendation from the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors:

WHEREAS, the Chinese Historical Cultural Project began in 1987 specifically to raise funds for the replication of Ng Shing Gung, the community and spiritual center of San Jose's lost Chinatown called Heinlenville; and

WHEREAS, the Chinese Historical Cultural Project dedicated the Ng Shing Gung to the community in 1991; and

WHEREAS, the Chinese Historical Cultural Project, in 1993, produced the "Golden Legacy" curriculum based on Chinese cultures that provided enrichment to those Santa Clara County public elementary students it was donated to; and

WHEREAS, the Chinese Historical Cultural Project sponsors the annual Chinese Summer Festival; and

WHEREAS, the Chinese Historical Cultural Project established the Heinlen Award in 1995, designed to honor those from outside the Chinese American Community who have worked tirelessly within the Chinese community.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara does hereby commend the

CHINESE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL PROJECT

PASSED AND ADOPTED, this Eleventh Day of May, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-nine by unanimous vote.