Peter Chan, President of the Monterey Park Library Foundation welcomed everyone to the Holiday Gala held at the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library on December 7.  We need your money to run our library and purchase more books and DVDs. Please be generous and enjoy this event.

Dave Barron was the Master of Ceremonies. He welcomed the guests to this event and introduced special guests that included Assemblymember Ed Chau, Community College Boardmember Mike Eng, Councilmembers Peter Chan, Teresa Real Sebastian and Hans Liang, City Clerk Vince Chang, City Manager Paul Talbot, Library volunteer Nancy Ishino-Gilmore, firefighter Matt Hallock and Water Boardmember Thomas Wong.

Assembymember Ed Chau welcomed everyone to this event. His is honored to serve all of us in Sacramento. This holiday season we are very thankful for what we have and we help those in need. The Library Foundation has been doing a lot for the residents and the next generations. They provide hope and knowledge for the future. The library provides education for people to become U S citizens. He presented a proclamation to members of the Library Foundation.

The guests enjoyed a delicious buffet catered by Jennifer O’Grady.

Janet Yu announced the winners of the essay contest “What the Library Means to Me”.  They received 145 essays for this contest. She thanked the board members, staff, committee, judges and sponsors for their support. The program “Recycing for Reading” promoted recycling to the community. This program raised $4,100.

Peter Chan, Han Liang, Norma Arvizu and Joan Merino recognized Herbert Ho for their generous support.

Peter Chan, Han Liang, Norma Arvizu and Joan Merino recognized Winston Wu for their generous support.

Peter Chan, Han Liang, Norma Arvizu and Joan Merino recognized Stephan Lam for their generous support.

Peter Chan, Han Liang, Norma Arvizu and Joan Merino recognized Sunny Liang for their generous support.

Peter Chan, Han Liang, Norma Arvizu and Joan Merino recognized Bon Chow for their generous support.

Teresa Real Sebastian, Peter Chan, Han Liang, Norma Arvizu and Joan Merino recognized Lisa Fong and Emily Tam for their assistance with the “Recycling for Reading” campaign.

Teresa Real Sebastian, Peter Chan, Han Liang, Vince Chang, Norma Arvizu and Joan Merino recognized Winston Wu for sponsoring the “Recycling for Reading” campaign.

Teresa Real Sebastian, Peter Chan, Han Liang, Vince Chang, Norma Arvizu and Joan Merino recognized Joyce Ma for sponsoring the “Recycling for Reading” campaign.

Teresa Real Sebastian, Peter Chan, Han Liang, Vince Chang, Norma Arvizu and Joan Merino recognized Iris Huang, Clarissa Hsi and Matthew Louise for winning the essay contest in the Under 18 category.

Teresa Real Sebastian, Peter Chan, Han Liang, Vince Chang, Norma Arvizu and Joan Merino recognized Jenny Tan, Thomas Sun and Terry Valenzuela for winning the essay contest in the Over 18 category.

Guitarist Bill Fountain played background music for the event.

Members of the Mark Keppel High School Aztec Singers sang and danced their way into the Christmas Season.

Lan Lee gracefully danced to the delight of the audience.

Santa Claus stopped in for a short visit. He took a minute to pose for a picture with Mayor Teresa Real Sebastian.

Alicia Martinez thanked all of the sponsors and donors for their generous support of the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library.

Dave Barron thanked all of the sponsors, guests and elected officials for their support.

Norma Arvizu announced in February the library would be opened seven days a week. She thanked everyone for participating in this special event.