Event Recap: Volunteering at the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival
Authored By:
April is known as cherry blossom season in Japan, but CIEE alumni in the San Francisco Bay Area got to experience the special season for themselves at a recent alumni event. On April 15, members of the CIEE Alumni San Francisco Bay Area Chapter volunteered together at the 50th Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, one of California's most prominent celebrations of Asian traditions with over 200,000 attendees. Alumni supported the event by managing the back stage gate of one of the performance stages, where they could see artists and performers from all over Japan prepare and perform their acts. Afterwards, they enjoyed coffee and lunch to celebrate a great day of volunteering together. It was the perfect way to give back to the community and celebrate Japanese and Japanese-American culture in San Francisco's Japantown!
Don't miss the next event! Join the CIEE Alumni San Francisco Bay Area Chapter on Facebook or email alumni@ciee.org to receive email notifications about upcoming events.
Related Posts
Celebrating 5 Years of the CIEE Civic Leadership Summit: Javed Shadan
Interview with Javed Shadan from Afghanistan (CIEE Work & Travel USA 2015) My name is Javed Shadan. I was born in Afghanistan but spent most of my adult life in... keep reading
Celebrating 5 Years of the CIEE Civic Leadership Summit
The CIEE Civic Leadership Summit was founded in 2013 in order to bring together passionate, young leaders from the CIEE Work & Travel USA program for an exchange on leadership... keep reading
Changing professional perspectives: Carolin's year as an intern
Hi there. My name is Carolin, and I would like to share with you what I’ve experienced during my internship in the U.S and how I came to be an... keep reading