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2012 Asian Heritage Festival - Children of Asia

APAS is happy to announce the upcoming Asian Heritage Festival celebrating our 33 years of unity and progress. Come join us for entertainment and Asian food. Celebrate and make this a fun event for all !!!

Location: Audubon Zoo
Date: May 19, 2012
Time: 10:30am

It’s that time again for our annual Asian Heritage Festival. We invite you and your family to come celebrate “Children of Asia” and experience our rich and diverse cultures and heritage at the Audubon Zoo on Magazine Street . We have activities for the entire family with plenty of entertainment, cultural booths, children’s activities, and ethnic foods.

We welcome any businesses, groups, and individuals who would like to sell cultural items, foods, volunteer or provide entertainment (stage performers). If you would like to participate, please contact the individuals below for more information.

Event Chairperson – Ms. Raj Pannu - rajpannu@aol.com
APAS Main Tent – Ms. Sun Kim - sunmkim@aol.com
Food booth– Ms. Sokhoeun Chau- Sokhoeun_chau@yahoo.com
Stage performances – Ms. Jessie Dhillon- anakbengali@aol.com
Stage manager – Ms. Lisa Nguyen - leshanguyen@yahoo.com
Children’s Tent – Ms. Barbara Weaver – kernparklady@yahoo.com
Arts and Crafts Booth – Ms. Li Li - lilinola@yahoo.com
Cultural Tents – Ms. Remy Baker - remedios.baker@yahoo.com
Volunteers Coordinator – Mr. Mike Dunn - mikedunn1@cox.net
Advertising – Mr. Greg Tokuyama - gmtoku@bellsouth.net
APAS scholarship – Ms. Pat Lee – phewlee@yahoo.com

All other inquiries- Mr. Stanley Hamidjaja - apasnola@gmail.com

Zoo membership discounts:
In cooperation with the Audubon Nature Institute (ANI), new or renewing APAS members can request for a coupon to join ANI membership at a 50% discount at the Heritage Festival only. ANI membership includes membership to the zoo, aquarium and insectarium. Coupon can be mailed to new or renewing APAS members if the request is made on or before Wednesday May 9, 2012. Coupon will also be available at APAS tent on May 19, 2012 during the 2012 Asian Heritage Festival at the New Orleans Zoo. The purchase of discounted membership (for APAS paid members) to ANI must be done between May 19 and May 25, 2012 This special coupon is only valid with a current membership card. The APAS Membership card will be mailed to you upon receipt of your membership payment. There is a very limited supply of ANI discounted membership coupons, therefore, you need to hurry and send us your request and APAS membership payments.

Non- APAS members can sign up on festival day at the APAS tent to receive the discount coupon for zoo membership. For convenient, membership application process can be started by one of these 2 ways :

Zoo entrance discounts: Flyers/posters for zoo entrance is available! Discounted $4 passes are available for pick up at APAS office and online by downloading the flyer/poster from the link below or send request by email to apasnola@gmail.com.

Asian Heritage Festival Forms:

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2012 APAS Board Member Retreat

Asian/Pacific American Society conducted its 1st BOARD MEMBER RETREAT on March 17, 2012 at Chateau Country Club in Kenner, Louisiana

Thank you to our moderator - Ms Vatsana Chantala for leading the meeting. A special thanks to the Event Chair - Mr Lance Harwell for conducting such a very successful event. We also would like to thank Ms Sun Kim for selecting and organizing a very elegant meeting place with good food.


Past Chairs & Present at Retreat on March 17, 2012.(Back row left to right): Vatsana Chanthala, Sun Kim, Stanley Hamidjaja (Front row left to right): Raj Pannu, Lucy Chun, Subhash Kulkarni

Please enjoy the slideshow from the event.

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2011 GALA-a big success!

2011 Frank Hara Community Service Award (left to right): Dr C.V.Subramaniam (India), Neurun Chau(Cambodia), Yulia N. Pearce(Indonesia), Kay Weiss(Korea), William Sheu(Taiwan), Katsuko Arimura(Japan), Hsiaopo Cheng(China), Evelyn Escondo(Philippine), Joana M. Roger(APAS Chairwoman), Jessie Dhillon(APAS Treasurer)
2011 Ms APAS Contestants (standing-left to right): Serena Bethala(Ms India), Jackie Block(Ms APAS Coordinator), Junru Yan(Ms China), Gwendalane Ramos(Ms Philippine), Jenny Lin(Ms Taiwan), Chanbormey Kim(Ms Cambodia) (sitting-left to right): Eka Soenarko(Ms Indonesia), Sukanya Romyanon(Ms Thailand), Siemny Chuuon(MC), Guest
(left to right): Mrs Woo(Ms Korea Mom), Katie Woo(Ms APAS 2011), Sun Kim((APAS Board/Advisor)

Ms APAS 2011 with family, friends and supporters

Another fun evening of APAS Fundraising gala has come and gone. Thank you to everyone for all your support! Congratulations to the 2011 Frank Hara Community Service Awardees. For more information on each awardee, please read the article on

Congratulations to Ms. Korea for winning the Ms. APAS title for the Korean Community. A special Congratulation to the Korean Community for supporting your candidate to win Ms APAS contest back to back - a first in the history of Ms APAS contest.
Congratulations to our raffle winners! We will be contacting those who were not present to make pick up arrangements.

  • NINTENDO Wii Game System won by Ms. Katsuko Arimura (From Japan Community)
  • WESTINGHOUSE 32" Flat screen LCD TV won by Mr. Michael Kwon (From Korean Community)
  • APPLE ipad 2 won by Ms. Chanbormey Kim (From Cambodian Community)
  • WYNDHAM HOTEL Vacation Package won by Ms. Catherine Turner

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FEATURED PROJECTS

» The Asian Heritage Festival

The Asian Heritage Festival is held each Spring. This year the festival took place at Audubon Zoo and was a great success!

» Asian Cultural Center

Thanks to a generous donation of land by Ms. Sudaporn Boonmonthira, plans are underway to build the center at 6245 Wainwright Drive, across from the UNO Campus.

» Asian Bayou Oral Testimony

APAS seeks to preserve the experiences of Asians living in the New Orleans area in part through the documentation of cultural practices (such as festivals) and the experiences of Asian individuals or oral traditions (such as storytelling).

» Asian Bayou Web Site

Originally created by the late Shaie-Mei Temple, the "Asian Bayou" website is recreated here in its entirety.

» Disaster Relief

APAS fundraising efforts for relief to communities throughout the world struck by natural disaster.

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