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  • Sellina Yoo - 2020 Creativity Award
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2020 Lunar New Year Celebration


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Picture
courtesy Chris Chanyasulkit
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courtesy Chris Chanyasulkit
 Volunteers and sponsors help to create another joyful town-wide Pan-Asian Lunar New Year Celebration on Saturday, February 8th, 2020 at Brookline High School. 
​scroll down to the bottom to see a slide show of the event
With Asians comprising the largest minority in Brookline, BAAFN was thrilled to ring in the Year of the Rat with all of our neighbors - amidst delicious Asian foods, fun family-friendly activities, dance and musical performances - including exciting lion dancing!
This community event was made possible with support from the following groups/organizations and restaurants:
 Co-sponsors:
  • The Brookline Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Relations (ODICR)
  • the Brookline Community Foundation (BCF)
  • the Brookline High School Asian Pacific Club and their teachers - Lihua Shorter and Fu-Tseng Cheng 
  • BAAFN Steering Committee
Performances by: 
  • Triveni School of Dance
  • Wang YMCA Dancers
  • Boston Guzheng Ensemble
  • Wah Lum Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy
Generous food donations from:
  • ​ SuperFusion                *   Giggling Rice      
  •  Golden Temple            *   Pho Lemongrass
  •  USushi                         *   Japonaise Bakery & Cafe
  • Genki Ya                       *   Sichuan Gourmet
  • Dok Bua                        *   Xiang Yu Bistro
  • ​​BAAFN members and Brookline MRC/CERT volunteers
  • Music-Go-Round for sound equipment and Josh Chan for sound engineering
  • Brookline town volunteers
  •  BHS Building Department staff
  • the League of Women Voters of Brookline
  • Brookline Police Department's Community Services Division

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