Happy New Year 2009!

Chinese New Year and the Spring Festival Celebration takes places on January 26, 2009.
Year of the OX -- 4707
The Chinese New Year occurs on a different day each year based on the Chinese Lunar Calendar.



Let's take a look at some dishes that represent very important symbols to this celebration!

SHARK FIN SOUP means PROSPERITY for the coming year!

Vegetarian Dish called BUDDAH'S DELIGHT or "JAI CHOY"

WHOLE STEAMED CHICKEN means GOOD LUCK for the coming year.

LONG, GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES like Chinese Brocolli or "Gai Lon" means LONG LIFE FOR PARENTS in the coming year!

WHOLE STEAMED FISH "YU" (Mandarin) sounds like ABUNDANCE of WEALTH.

LONG NOODLES means LONG, LONG LIFE!

BIRD NEST SOUP means YOUTHFULNESS and LONG LIFE!


LONG GRAIN WHITE RICE means LONG LIFE!

The Los Angeles GIN ASSOCIATION Chapter will celebrate 2009 SPRING BANQUET on February 22, 2009 (Sunday). More details to follow. Contact President Jimmy Gin for further information at: jimmy.gin@nbcuni.com or 818-840-4230.

2008 Gin Ancestrial Temple Opens in China

Q: What does a ABC (American Born Chinese) with a surname of GIN do for 7 days?

A: Meets Gins from all over the World at the 2nd Gin World Conference and also takes part in Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of the Gin Ancestral Temple/Hall in Kaiping, Guangdong, China. An experience of a life-time! Jimmy Gin at the age of 6 with his Father Ling Gin.

Main Gate of the Gin Ancetral Temple/Hall before ceremonies begin.

Golden Statue of our FIRST ANCESTOR: GIN SUN HALL

Jimmy Gin visits his Ancestral Village. Sai Ning, near Kaiping, Guangdong, China.

GIN SUN HALL, our First Ancestor!

What a honor to experience the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Gin Temple/Hall!

Los Angeles Cousins Bob and Bill Gin with Jimmy Gin also took time to go to China!

November 3, 2008 2nd GIN WORLD CONFERENCE dining hall

Los Angeles Gin Association President - JIMMY GIN ready to cut the ribbon!

Over 50 Full sized Roasted Pigs! Presented in front of GIN SUN HALL Statue.

Celebration Activities at GIN Ancestrial Temple/Hall (MAIN GATE)

Los Angeles Gin Family Association

Vice-Pres FRANK YAN, Pres JIMMY GIN, English Secretary BOB GIN

NEW YORK President YEN TOY (Bill), LOS ANGELES President JIMMY GIN and

SAN FRANCISCO Vice-President Dr. HAL GIN

LA GIN ASSOCIATION is offering FREE cd of President JIMMY GIN's trip.

If you are interested, please email: jimmy.gin@nbcuni.com for the request.
also reserve date: February 22, 2009 for LA Gin Association SRING BANQUET!

2008 Los Angeles Gin Family Spring Banquet

(L-R)VP-Frank Yan,President Jimmy Gin, Past President Loy Gin, English Secretary Bob Gin and VP-San Francisco Dr. Hal Gin

Hello Everyone,

Update from Los Angeles, CA --- 3/4/08
The GIN FAMILY BANQUET held at Los Angeles Chinatown's Empress Pavilion was a success! We were honored again this year to have Mr. William Yan be the MC of the festivities! Yeah! Thanks to all those who were able to attend this year's event. 25 tables meant there were 250 GINS from the Southern California Area and our Special out of town guests from San Francisco- This year's President of the Gin Sun Hall Benevolent Association- Mr. Ting Zhen , Vice-President and his wife Dr. Hal Gin and Mrs. Rose Gin.
This year's highlight was a SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL RECOGNITION to the Past Association Presidents, for their dedication and hard work to the Association. President Jimmy Gin and Vice-President Frank Yan presented each award to the recipients.The beautiful wooden pen/pencil set were engraved with both Chinese and English Names of the Presidents.
Bob and Diane Gin continued to do a fantastic raffle giveaway!
The BIG Raffle was a 32 inch monitor and lucky winner was Susie Yan!!!

Other raffles included: Canon Digital camera, Izod polo shirts, pen sets, dvd player, NBC Universal's "Heroes-Season 1 dvd set", beautiful designer belts, George Foreman BBQ indoor grill, Shell gas cards, and more....The younger Gins (ages1-5) won 4 SpongeBOB Squarepants plush toy.
Thank you to all the PLANNING COMMITTEE-- Frank Yan, Katie Yan, Bob Gin, Diane Gin, Dale Gin, Rose Gin, Auntie Lila and Auntie Mei.
SPECIAL THANKS TO RAYMOND TSAI, SHERRY KU, WOODMAX, GING LOY GIN, CARMAN GIN, TONY YAN, WILLIAM YAN.

Thanks to all the Gin Family relatives/friends and guests - we are continuing to make the Gin Family Association the best it can be. We welcome all suggestions and comments to help us. I personally welcome each of you to become a member to our Family Association here in Los Angeles.
Go to our blog site to see more photos.
http://theginyanfamily.blogspot.com/
also don't forget to look at our GIN FAMILY WEBSITE: http://ginsunhall.org/

Jimmy Gin
President
NBC 818-840-4230
e-mail: jimmy.gin@nbcuni.com

Happy New Year 2008

Calling all Southern California Gins! This year's Los Angeles Gin Family Spring Banquet is on March 2, 2008 (Sunday). Please save this date.
More details coming soon!
If you have any questions, please contact:
President Jimmy Gin at 818-840-4230 or e-mail: jimmy.gin@nbcuni.com
We look forward to seeing you there. If you have not joined our Family Assoication, please call us for details or email.
Your support is so important to us.

Volunteerism is great!

Hello Gin/Yan/Zhen Family members and Friends,
Thank you for taking the time to show interest in possible volunteer opportunities in the future.
My name is Jimmy Gin and I work here in Burbank, Ca at the NBC Television Network since 1979.
I am currently a Operations Supervisor for the The NBC Agency (in-house ad agency) for the NBC Universal Televsion Network.
My interest in volunteerism was recogonized by the pretigious GE Phillipe Award for Community Service in 1998.
This award came also with a $2,000 cash award which I presented to two students from San Gabriel High School and Mark Keppel High School.
I am an active volunteer here at NBC Universal and continue to seek opportunities to help our local communities.
I and my wife Dale, have been with the Mark Keppel Family since 1996. Our four children all have graduated from Keppel (2000, 2002, 2004 and 2007)
I am also the current Mark Keppel High Alliance President and on the Personnel Board at the City of Monterey Park.
I will be using this site for future volunteer opportunies from GE, NBC Universal and also Asian Pacific American Forum (APAF) all organizations that I belong to.
You can contact me at anytime at my office number 818-840-4230 or by e-mail with any questions.(jimmy.gin@nbcuni.com)
Thank you for helping and volunteering and giving back some of your time to our communities throughout Southern California.
Jimmy Gin
English Secretary
Gin/Yan Family Association
July 2007

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