At 7:45am, many of our summer work camp participants arrived at the gate of The Dao-Le residence. Some of them drove straight from out of town at 4am and some of them flew in from other states. They were so punctual it was refreshing and it demonstrates their enthusiasm. One shared with me that he arrived at 7am but did not ring the gate because too early.

Location: Washington D.C area

Post event update

The event was a successful one. The organizers estimated that 160 people attended and $574 was raised for the Sunflower Mission. Once again, we would like to thanks the following organizations:

• 20s & 30s Asian Going Out Group
• Vietnamese Professionals
• Org. for Chinese Americans

Dream Box Charity, a non-profit, non political organization based in Calgary, Aberta Canada, held its 1st annual charity gala "A Night of Dream" on November 17, 2007 to raise fund for Sunflower Mission and a second organization. Special guest speaker of the event was Ms Duy-Loan Le, Advisor and Co-founder of Sunflower Mission. The program included buffet dinner, musical performances by local artists, 'Ao Dao' fashion show by Designer Nin Nguyen, and live auction of donated items.

The fashion show at the University Center Houston Room was attended by an audience of around 400 students, parents, dancers, fashion designers and models. The main benefactor was the Sunflower Mission, whose goal is to elevate the educational level of people in Vietnam by building schools and aiding in educational assistance programs. In 2006 the organization raised $109,000 that went toward the building of classrooms in Vietnam and $37,000 toward scholarships.

For the fifth year, Sunflower Mission provided flu shots to the community on October 7th at St. Justin Martyr Church. Dr. Nam Hoang is planning to schedule more flu shot fundraising dates, depending on the availability of the vaccine this year. If you know of a particular location or community in need of this service, please contact Nam at nhoang @ pol.net.

Sunflower Missionis deeply grateful to ALL sponsors, volunteers, and supporters for all your years of support, time and generosity and look forward to another reunion at the next gala when we celebrate a new milestone.

"Please join us! The future of Vietnam is up to us, and there is no person / no task / no donation that is too small. We all can make a difference. What we do is 'MISSION POSSIBLE'," said Elena Tran.

This year, Sunflower Mission hosted the annual beach retreat in Galveston. When the first group arrived at the beach house, we had the usual problem with unlocking the door to get in.

Indeed it was a beatufiul day for a yard sale this past Saturday in Pearland.

HOUSTON, TX — The University of Houston Vietnamese Student Association (UH VSA) will be hosting a charity fashion show and cultural performance night to benefit Sunflower Mission, a local nonprofit that assists needy children of Vietnam by building schools and giving scholarships.

Texas Instruments Vietnamese Houston Initiative (TI VHI) worked tirelessly over 400 hrs to create a DVD set as a gift for people who donate money to build schools for underpriviledged children in Vietnam.