1. Chan House – Winter 2012 News Letter
In This Issue
The Chan House Project
Chan House Fund Raising Dinner
at Hop Sing’s Folsom
Chinese New Year Cultural Event
Chan House Video
Chan House Conservancy
Please take a few moments
to watch this
informative video
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Chan House
Fund Raiser Dinner
On March 15th Hop Sing’s
Chinese Restaurant will be
hosting a Chan House Fund
Raising Dinner Howard Sr. and Mabel Chan Museum
Donation amount $25 The Heritage Preservation League, Friends of Chan House and
Time 7:30pm – 10pm
Folsom Historical Society are currently raising funds for a project to
preserve one of the last remnants of Folsom’s rich Chinese heritage.
Folsom has a rich history involving Chinese immigrants who settled
in the area during the Gold Rush. At the height of the Gold Rush,
Folsom had a Chinese Community of around 2,500 persons,
complete with its own shops, churches and mayor, making it the
second largest Chinese community (after San Francisco) in
California in the 1880s.
The groups are planning to restore a piece of property located in
Historic Folsom which will become the Howard Sr. and Mabel Chan
Museum. The goal of this restoration is to develop the Chan House
805 Sutter St. Folsom CA and its garden so that it can be used to preserve and display
Chinese artifacts found in the area and to tell the story of Chinese in
th
------------------------------ the 19 Century California. This project will commemorate the
impact that the Chinese community had on the history of Folsom
Chinese New Year and the surrounding communities.
Cultural Association
The Heritage Preservation League is asking for the communities
help in raising the funds necessary to purchase the property and
begin the restoration of the house and adjacent garden area.
How Friends of Chan House can help:
Make a monetary donation to the Heritage Preservation
League, Chan House Fund, c/o the Folsom Historical
2. Friends of the Chan House will Society, 823 Sutter St., Folsom CA 95630.
share a booth with Jinan Sister
City at the Chinese New Year
Cultural Event, Feb 18th at the
$100,000 - Garden to be named after donor
Scottish Rite Masonic Center $50,000 - Bench with donors name on it
located at 6151 H st in $25,000 - Garden Feature (statue, etc.) with donors name
Sacramento. Volunteers will be adjacent to or on the feature
at the booth to explain the Chan
House project and take
$10,000 - special plaque in garden with the donors name
donations.
Spread the word about the Chan House project. Host an
Please stop by and show your event to inform a club, group or friends about the project.
support for the Chan House
Volunteer: Help with fundraisers, construction etc.
For more information contact the following:
Candy Miller folsomcandy@sbcglobal.net
Barbara Leary barbaraleary@comcast.net
Jeff Ferreira-Pro ferreirapro@earthlink.net
Visit the “Friends of Chan House” website
http://www.friendsofchanhouse.org/
