ACC Big Day of Giving Raises $210,000

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Six-Hour Telethon Goes Big

ACC Big Day of Giving on May 6, 2021, raised a record-breaking $210,000 for ACC Senior Services, smashing our goal of $100,000! Over 500 donations were received via ACCSV.org, the Big Day of Giving Sacramento Region Community Foundation website, the ACC telethon phone bank, US mail, and in-person drop-offs. ACC’s total places ACC in the top 5 on the Big Day of Giving (BDOG) leaderboard, right behind the Salvation Army and Sacramento Food Bank, SPCA, and Yolo Food Bank. And we’re pleased that 100 percent of our Board members made contributions this year!

Our success is due to the strong partnership among Board members, staff, and volunteers. The BDOG working group met regularly since February to plan this year’s event. The six-hour epic telethon featured over 60 program segments with 140 performers, presenters, and panelists from the ACC Community. Our MC’s – Stuart Satow, Tim Corcoran, and Jean Shiomoto kept the program lively and engaging. Ted Fong and his amazing production crew put on a professional-quality, entertaining show live-streamed over YouTube, Facebook, and Zoom. Board members stepped up and handled phone bank duties. ACC’s Chief Financial Officer Lisa Poon, Fund Development, IT team led by Perfecto Bravo, and many other staff and volunteers provided support (and food!) to keep everyone going for the telethon that turned into a six-hour event!

And we did all this amid a pandemic.

We’re very grateful to our donors and the entire ACC family for giving their time and treasures for Big Day of Giving 2021. We really did “Go Big” – for our organization and community, staff and volunteers, and especially the seniors whom we’re dedicated to serving.

Thank you.

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Thank you to all our 2021 Big Day of Giving Supporters!

TRAILBLAZER – $10,000 and up
Anonymous
Winston & Loretta Ashizawa

HUMANITARIAN – $5,000 to $9,999
Anonymous
Vivian & Wilson Lem
Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society Alliance
Shirley Opie & Wayne Shimizu
Craig & Kathi Sue
Helen Yee
Herbert K. Yee & Inez F. Yee Foundation
Yee Law Group

BENEFACTOR – $2,500 to $4,999
Nami Berg
Tim & Tonya Corcoran
Mona Gergen
Walter Liang
Betty Masuoka
Steve & Jan Muraki
David & Jean Shiomoto
Chiang & Ruth Wang
Glenn Watanabe & Nancy C. Wai-Watanabe

COMPASSIONATE CONTRIBUTOR – $1,000 to $2,499
Harold Arimoto
Vicki & Jeffrey Bezzone
Mark Blagdon
Bruce & Emily Chapman
Brian & Jean Chin
Phil & Evelyn Chin
Joyce Iseri
Willie & Nancy Fong
Charles & Doris Kobayashi
Clement Kong
Arlene Lance
Alfred & Joleen Lee
Andrew Liou – First Republic Bank
Richard & Deborah Llata
Baron & Jean Lowe
Edith Mar
Paula Mishima
Joaquin Ngarangad
Marlene Oehler
Maureen Quintal
Heidi Sakazaki
Chris Tomine
Titus & Donna Toyama
Winston Wong
Jan Yokoi
Donna Yee
William & Judy Yee

GRATEFUL GIVER – $500 to $999
Keith & Karen Adachi
Courtney Bailey-Kanelos
Linda Cabatic & Cy Rickards
Calpo Hom and Dong Architects, Inc.
Jean Chong
Nick Crane – RBC Wealth Management
Peter & Susan Dileanis
Jeannie Fong
Catheen Gardella
Justine Garibay
Howard Harris
Grace Hatano
Paula Higashi & Fred Taugher
Jeffrey Hiratsuka
Esther Hokama
Alan & Josie Kamei
Judith Keen
Dian Kiser & Teresa Boschert
Holly Fong Korach
Barry & Ricarda Lim
Sue Lim
Dianne Louie
Linda Louie
Janie Low
Anthony Lum
Candy Mar & Ken Philipson
Don & Sheri Morishita
Margo Miyashiro
Lois Nishimura
Gail Oshima
Masashi & Mollie Oto
Dale & Helen Quan
Kenneth & Rachel Salca
Melanie & Jenn Segar
Mary (Kee) Tan
Ronald Tanaka
Janet Tedesco
Ron & Maeley Tom
Antoine Waterford
Kathy Wong
Jason Wu
Kimland & Ellen Yee
Walton & Linda Yip
Elsie Yun