Stony Brook Chinese School: Three Village Local Heroes

THREE VILLAGE, NY - When times are tough, heroes emerge. We all know someone who's making a difference right now as we live through unprecedented and changing times.

Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize these heroes making a difference in their communities. Together with Ring, we're working to let all your neighbors know about these outstanding people and their stories.

This submission comes from Weiwei Zhang, an executive board member of the Suffolk County Asian American Advisory Board, who nominated The Center for Chinese Learning at Stony Brook.

Name:
The Center for Chinese Learning at Stony Brook (CCL), also known as the Stony Brook Chinese School

State:
NY

Hometown:
Port Jefferson

Hero's job:
Other

If other, job:
Non-profit / education

Relationship to nominee:
A well-known organization in local community, and I am proud to be the member of the school.

Reason for recognition:
With school families and friends, raised up over $100,000 and donated over 10,000 surgical masks & KN95 to hospitals & fire dept., etc. Keep organizing free seminars to the local community during the pandemic period.

One thing to know:
A non-profit organization for education with lots of volunteers, also ready to contribute to the local community.

Thank you for all you do, everyone at The Center for Chinese Learning at Stony Brook!

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