Dear VAYA Members and Supporters,

Thank you ALL to those who attended the "Volunteer Appreciation Banquet" on March 7, 2009. Again, we are deeply appreciative to ALL those who helped make our 4th Annual Lunar New Year Tet Festival a SUCCESSFUL reality.

With a few weeks away from April, we are forming the committee to execute this year's Annual "Black April Commemoration". We are meeting this Sunday (03/15/09) to get updates about this project which includes the possibly of working with other organization(s) to make this a collaborative effort. If you are interested in joining the "Black April Committee", please email VAYA Secretary, Anthony (Vinh) Nguyen secretary@vayasd.org.

Lastly, as we look forward to VAYA's 5th Annual Vietnamese Lunar New Year Tet Festival, we are in the process of forming our Tet 2010 Committee. If you're interested in taking a role in our Tet 2010 Festival, please be on the look out for upcoming "Tet 2010 Committee Chair Applications" in the next month. On behalf of VAYA's Executive Board and Staff, thank you for your continual support. Happy Early "St. Patrick's Day".

About the Author: Anthony (Vinh) T. Nguyen serves as Secretary for VAYA.