Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month 

  • In 1992, Congress passed Public Law 102-450  which annually designated May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
 
  • The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869.
 
  • Rotarian Chi Soo Shin (second from right) chats with students while picking lettuce in the greenhouse at Andong Young-Myeong Special Education School in Andong, Korea. 26 August 2014.
  • As part of a global grant project, the Rotary Club of Andong-Central, Andong, Korea, provided Andong Young-Myeong Special Education School with horticultural facilities and a vocational training program for students with intellectual disabilities, autism, and emotional disabilities.
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