KYCC Celebrates 30th Annual Holiday Carnival at Hobart Blvd. Elementary School
This year KYCC celebrated the holidays with our community, at our 30th Annual Holiday Carnival! On December 9, 2023, thousands of KYCC clients, community members, and their families joined us at Hobart Blvd. Elementary School to enjoy free, hand-wrapped gifts from Santa, arts and crafts, carnival games, and entertainment by J.U.i.C.E. hip hop, Hwarang/Nanta Drummers and Larchmont Charter High School Choir. This year’s Holiday Carnival served 594 households and over 1,000 toys were given away! Read more
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Natural History Museum Partner Day
Our friends at the Natural History Museum are inviting KYCC to join them for their upcoming Winter Partner Weekend! Please share this opportunity with your clients, family, and friends.
To get your tickets, visit NHM.ORG/CommunityTickets. Select the “Get Tickets” link for the museum location you would like to visit. Choose your quantity of free Community Partner tickets and any paid add-ons. At checkout, enter the code CPKYCC to apply your discount.
Participants needed for UCI Research on Asian Americans’ Stressors and Health
The DREAMS Project is a new UCI-led research project that is focused on improving health among Asian Americans living in Southern California. The research is being led by Dr. Sunmin Lee, professor at the UCI School of Medicine, and her research team, who are looking to recruit US born Korean males for this study.
For more information, you may visit the DREAMS Project website: https://dreams.som.uci.edu
If you or anyone you know are interested in participating, please contact ucidreamsproject@gmail.com.
Korean American Day
Korean American Day on January 13th commemorates the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States in 1903. On January 13, 1903 just over 100 Korean immigrants first arrived in the United States and settled in Hawaii. Over the next two years, roughly 7,500 more Korean immigrants arrived in the country.
Today, the number of people of Korean ancestry living in the United States has grown to more than 1,700,000, representing more than a 67-fold increase since 1960; and, in 1994, the National Association of Korean Americans (NAKA), was founded in the State of New York, becoming the first national civil and human rights organization of Korean Americans.
In 2005, President George W. Bush established January 13th as Korean American Day to recognize the contributions Korean Americans have made in the United States.
Martin Luther King Day
January 15 marks the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. A national day of service has been associated with the celebration of the his birthday.
Volunteer opportunities:
LA Works MLK Day of Service 2024
Volunteer Leaders: Help Prepare for MLK Day
More information on the life of Dr. King:
Challenges of the final years of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today in History- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Here are a few things to do MLK weekend
1. 39th annual Kingdom Day Parade – FA > On Monday, the 39th annual Kingdom Day Parade returns to Leimert Park for one of the biggest Dr. Martin Luther King celebrations in the world. The 2024 theme is “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, Going To The Promised Land”. Free to attend. Runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More info here.
2. SoCal Slack Key Festival -> This Sunday, The 17th annual Southern California Slack Key Festival takes fans on a Hawaiian musical journey showcasing slack key guitarists, hula dancers, a number of performers and an Island Marketplace. The concert takes place at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Tickets start at $25. More info here.
3. Asian American Expo -> The Asian American Expo returns to the Fairplex in Pomona this Saturday and Sunday for the largest Lunar New Year extravaganza in America, featuring 7 exhibition halls, 1,000+ vendors, 9 performance stages, and 3 food courts. Runs 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets cost $20 per day. More info here.
4. The Return of Smorgasburg LA -> Smorgasburg LA re-opens for 2024 this Sunday, welcoming nearly a dozen new vendors to the weekly food pop-up. Introducing fresh small businesses has become an annual tradition for Smorg, and this weekend’s lineup features vendors who may be unfamiliar to you now but are likely to become Angeleno’s new food obsession in the coming years. Among the new additions are Battambong BBQ, Basket Taco Co., Glad, HGG Tanghulu, House of Empanadas, Kavahana, Miya Miya Shawarma, Rice Gang by Moom Maam, Softies, and Taste of the Pacific. Smorgasburg LA takes place at ROW DTLA from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
January is National Blood Donor Month
January is National Hobby Month… What’s Your Hobby?
Why National Hobby Month is Important
We need hobbies because of how it can benefit us. It can relieve stress, challenge your brain, or just have fun.
You give your time, money and effort to many things, having a hobby is your opportunity to do something that will bring you joy!
How to Get Started
Begin a hobby you have always wanted to try. If you don’t have an idea, start by taking this free Hobsessment™ (Hobby Quiz) so it can match your personality to a list of possible hobbies.
National Corn Chip and Puzzle Day – January 29
Come down to Admin and share some corn chips and solve some puzzles.
Monday, January 29 from 3pm – 4pm
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Birthdays
- January 1 – Shawn Kuk
- January 2 – Joyce Kim
- January 4 – Getsemani Fernandez
- January 5 – Stephanie Medina-Gomez
- January 9 – Alyssa Choi
- January 13 – Yancy Mauricio
- January 13 – Valerie Mireles
- January 19 – Seungmin Jackson
- January 20 – Kendelle Milton
- January 21 – Tony Morales
- January 21 – Gladys Ramos
- January 25 – Hye Won Lee
- January 25 – Rosa Devora Roman
- January 27 – Jerome Williams
- January 27 – Steve Kang
- January 28 – Tristan Kim
- February 2 – Ashley Mun
- February 3 – Chivas Mays
- February 5 – Ana Carlin
- February 8 – Taylor Lee
- February 10 – Jack Birney
- February 13 – Kathleen Hobkirk
- February 18 – Seung On Yoon
- February 19 – Jacqueline Garay
- February 27 – Giovanna Valdivia
- February 27 – Julia Uribe
- February 28 – Mirna Villalta
Work Anniversaries
- January 1 – 10 years – Katherine Kim
- January 3 – 1 years – Giovanna Valdivia
- January 3 – 1 years – Lia Yeh
- January 18 – 2 years – Kendelle Milton
- January 18 – 2 years – La Tanya Clark
- January 18 – 2 years – Martin Kim
- January 21 – 4 years – Liz Kim
- January 22 – 6 years – Chinyoung Farrey
- January 26 – 1 years – Claudia Alaix
- January 26 – 1 years – Leilani Bituin-Belangue
- January 26 – 8 years – Lidia Sebastian
- January 30 – 1 years – Won Lee
- February 1 – 6 years – Steve Kang
- February 6 – 5 years – Porfirio Marin
- February 14 – 2 years – Christian Morales
- February 16 – 2 years – Aaron Kim
- February 27 – 4 years – Tristan Kim
- February 27 – 1 years – Clarisa Lopez Garcia
Errors and Productivity
If productivity is useful work created by time or money, it’s worth thinking about what we mean by ‘useful’.
There are areas where reliability is crucial. It turns out that building an airplane that works 95% of the time is incredibly easy compared to building one that never crashes. I think we’re all pleased that the standard for airplanes is ‘never’.
On the other hand, a book that’s missing a few Oxford commas can still change lives or even win a Pulitzer.
Given enough time and enough money, we can make just about anything as reliable as an airplane. But should we?
How much extra is a perfectly round pickleball ball worth?
The wrong question is: “Is it perfect?”
The right question might be: “Does it meet the need?”
If you’re not in agreement on that, then that’s where your effort should be placed.
Everybody understands perfect, it’s just not usually necessary.
Once you agree on what’s needed, good enough is good enough
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