From the beginning, ACCESS has built its program on a foundation of prayer and listening to God’s direction. Join us at our site in Chinatown for the next quarterly prayer meeting on Saturday, June 12, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM as we seek God’s guidance in being God’s extended hands in Chinatown. Whether you can come pray with us on site or will pray at home, please bring to the Lord the following:

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

Thank God for…

• 7 classes running in the summer session begun on 5/24/10.
• the positive impression given the executive director of Lenny Zakim Fund on April 29 visit.

Pray for…

• the 110 students in the summer session.
• encouragement for our teachers, especially the two new teachers.
• the refunding proposal submitted to English for New Bostonians.

Enrichment Program (EP)

Thank God for…

• a safe and fun April vacation week.
• increased interest in the Summer Enrichment Program—54 paid partial or full summer fees.

Pray for…

• God’s provision in finding summer staff.
• a strong finish to our 2009-10 EP program, ending June 25.
• a strong spiritual and relational send-off for our nine 5th grade students as they age out of the program this year.
• the registration process for 2010-11 After School EP this month.

Computer Literacy Classes

Pray for…

• more volunteers to teach the Adult Computer classes.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

Thank God for…

• the volunteers who generously provided this service to many community members.

Mass Rehab SHIP (Statewide Head Injury Program)

Thank God for…

• a successful meal at a French restaurant on May 8.

Pray for…

• Rockport trip planned for June 19.
• submission of refunding proposal for 2011 on June 3.

Family Life

Thank God for…

• a good EP parents’ meeting on April 16. Attendees included fathers and mothers of current EP students as well as mothers of 3 former EP students.

Pray for…

• the meeting of needs of people who have been seeing our volunteer family service worker who will be unavailable during the summer.

Administration & Volunteer Support

Thank God and continue to Pray for…

• faithful staff and volunteers who work hard each week to run ACCESS programs.

Board & Committees

Thank God for…

• inspiring testimonies from Lily Chow (former Mothers’ Group participant) and Anna Fan (former ACCESS board member, staff, and volunteer) given at the ACCESS banquet on April 10.
• financial support raised at the banquet—$35,675.

Pray for…

• the efficient work of staff, volunteers, and board members on EP and Personnel Committees this summer, working with Boston Capacity Tank consultants on developing a logic model for EP program evaluation and reviewing ACCESS’ overall programmatic structure.
• the helpful consultant support ACCESS is receiving through our Boston Capacity Tank grant.
• recruitment of new people to serve on the Board and committees.
• $32.3K projected annual deficit for 2010.

Dear Supporters of ACCESS:

ACCESS celebrated its 18th anniversary on April 10th. At the dinner, a generous anonymous donor offered a dollar-to-dollar match to funds being raised, up to $25,000. This included monetary donations, contribution from the silent auction, raffle ticket sales and pledges. Thanks to many of you who responded generously, $12,000 has been raised that night. With the permission from this donor, we are extending this challenge to May 7, especially to those of you who are not aware of this challenge. We are a tax-exempt non-profit organization and your donation is tax-deductible.

For more details, please read and return the bottom portion of this PDF.

General Information
The dinner is April 10, 2010 at 6 PM.

The cost is $60 per person (banquet includes ten-course dinner and beverages). The seat price includes a $30 tax-deductible gift.

Please make check payable to ACCESS and mail it to

ACCESS
244 Harrison Ave
Boston, MA 02111

In lieu of sending in a check, you can also buy tickets online:

Please respond by March 31, 2010

If you are unable to attend the dinner but would still like to donate to ACCESS, you can visit our donation page for more details.

If parties of 10 or fewer would like to be seated at the same table, please collect your checks and send them in together in the same envelope, and indicate that you would like to be seated together. We will do our best to accommodate your preferences, but we do ask for your understanding if we cannot. If you have any questions, please email

Location

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Empire Garden: 690 Washington Street, Boston
Parking: 660 Washington St., Boston ($10/night)

Dinner Menu

• Assortment of Chinese Delicacies
• Seafood Bird Nest
• Shrimps in a Refreshing Sauce
• Empire Garden Seafood Soup
• Crispy Fried Chicken with Shrimp Chips
• Twin Lobsters with Ginger and Scallion
• Twin Steak with Chinese Broccoli
• Four Treasures from the Farm
• Yangzhou Fried Rice
• Fried Yee Noodles
• Sweet Red Bean Soup

The ACCESS Annual Report 2009 is now available.

(This is a bilingual Chinese-English PDF.)