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125 Anniversary

th 週年

華埠服務中心

Chinatown Service Center, Los Angeles

華人美以美教會的一個小房間為辦事處，
並且只有一位雙語職員與義工們為剛來美
的華人提供諮詢、翻譯及其他基本社會服
務。社區人士如劉成威法官獻出他們寶貴
的時間和才幹，協助華埠服務中心於1975
年註冊成為非牟利機構。同年，在中華會
館的保薦和支持下，從洛市政府獲得第一
筆撥款，爾後，中華會館主席黃國如及各
會員的大力支持，讓中心能繼續取得政府
合約。
Chinatown Service Center (CSC) was
founded in 1971, when the Pastor of the
Chinese United Methodist Church start-
ed an outreach program to provide bilin-
gual services to Chinese immigrants. The
華埠服務中心職業資源服務 Church provided an office space for one
paid bi-lingual staff and several volunteers
to help the newly arrived immigrants cul-
過去數十年，洛杉磯商業區鄰近之華埠， turally adjusted in this Country. In 1975,
是華僑新移民及難民的聚居處。他們大部 with the assistance from Federal Judge
份因不諳英語而被孤立，不會爭取醫療和 Ronald Lew and many community leaders,
福利的資源，也未能使用主流社會可運用 CSC incorporated as a nonprofit organiza-
之公共及私人服務，以致不能有效利用各 tion dedicated to community service. Dur-
項經濟機會，改善其生活狀況。 ing the same year, with the assistance and
In the past decades, Chinatown, a com- support from the Chinese Consolidated
munity close to the Los Angeles Downtown Benevolent Association (CCBA), CSC re-
Business District is home for many newly ceived the first government grant from the
arrived immigrants and refugees. These City of Los Angeles to operate an employ-
are low income families and many of them ment service program for the community.
do not speak or read English. Being lin- CCBA President Poy Wong and its mem-
guistically isolated, these families do not bers continued their efforts to assist CSC
know how or where to get resources to help to receive government grants.
them to have a better living situation.
這些早期的努力，讓華埠服務中心得到社
華埠服務中心成立於1971年，當時以羅省 區支持，成為聯合基金會成員，且獲得更

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