The Dragon Boat Team of the Science and Technology College is fully sponsored by Xinxin Supermarket

The Dragon Boat Team of the Science and Technology College is fully sponsored by Xinxin Supermarket (Contributed by the Phoenix Chapter of the College of Science and Technology) Phoenix Chapter of the American Association of Chinese Scientists and Engineers (ACSE...

(Contributed by the Phoenix Chapter of the College of Science and Technology) The Phoenix Chapter of the National Association of Chinese Scientists and Engineers (ACSE) recently established a dragon boat team and plans to participate in the first round of the National Dragon Boat Races. Shortly after its establishment, the Dragon Boat Team of the College of Science and Technology received a generous donation from Xinxin Supermarket, a local Chinese business enterprise. For this reason, the Board of Directors of the Science and Technology College specially sent a letter to Xinxin Supermarket to express its gratitude. Thanks to Xinxin Supermarket for its enthusiastic support of local Chinese community activities.

Over the years, the first round of the National Dragon Boat Festival competition has been held at Tempe Town Lake Marina, roughly on the last weekend of March every year. However, this year the competition was postponed to early October due to the reconstruction of the dam. In addition to the Arizona State University team and teams sponsored by local companies, the participating teams also include teams from various universities in Oregon and Southern California in the United States, and even teams from Canada. Each year, the Dragon Boat Race selects a charity to support. In previous years, there was the Breast Cancer Survivors Association, and this year, the Disabled Veterans Association was added.

>Phoenix College of Science and Technology (ACSE) registered to participate in the competition for the first time this year. The dragon boat team currently has more than 30 members. Starting from the end of August, they will train every Saturday morning at the North Shore Pier of Tempe Town Lake in order to achieve good results in the October competition.

Super L Ranch Market located on 44th Street in Phoenix is ​​the earliest large-scale Chinese supermarket in the area. Various items commonly used by Chinese people as well as vegetables, fruits, condiments, fish, soy products, etc. that Chinese people like to eat are available. Especially during traditional Chinese festivals, there are even more seasonal foods to choose from. Such as Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes, Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings, New Year rice cakes, etc. (Address: 668 N 44th Street. Phoenix, AZ 85008).

The Dragon Boat Team of the Science and Technology College is preparing to set off

Xinxin Supermarket entrance

The Dragon Boat Team of the Science and Technology College is training

A group photo of the Dragon Boat Team of the Science and Technology College