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Sports & Fitness

Sabers/Saberettes Youth Basketball
Children ages 5 thru 18, boys and girls teams

Matsu Golf Club
Monthly Tournaments

Judo
Tuesdays and Fridays- 7:30pm-9:30pm

Kendo
Tuesdays and Thursdays- 7:30pm-10:00pm

Karate
Wednesdays- 7:00pm-10:00pm

Organizations

Anglers

Ballroom Dance Class
Fridays- 7:30pm

San Gabriel Valley JACL
Call office, meets periodically

Edgewood Gardeners
Fourth Saturday of the month- 7:30pm

ESGV Gardeners
Third Saturday of the month- 7:30pm

Gabrites (Leisure Club- Senior Citizens)
Every Wednesday- 9:00am

Singles Club

Social Club

Art & Culture

Japanese Language School
Adult Conversation- 7:00pm-9:00pm, Tuesdays
Gakuen- 9:00am thru 12:30pm, Saturdays

Bonsai
7:30pm, first Thursday of the month

Kime Komi (doll class)
10:00am, second and fourth Tuesdays of the month

Ikenobo Ikebana
Thursdays- 7:00pm

Japanese Classical Odori
Wednesdays- 6:00pm

Minyo folk singing

Kishin Daiko
Sunday- 5:00pm
Mondays- 7:00pm

Religious

West Covina Buddhist Temple
Sundays- 10:00am

The senior citizens' group is known as the Leisure Club. They meet on Wednesday mornings from 9am to 1pm. They play bingo, bridge, do crafts, and socialize. They invite speakers to come and inform/educate their members about healthy living, retirement, nursing homes, etc. There are toban groups each month that are in charge of making lunch. Lunch can be purchased for $2.00. Once a month, they go on a turnaround trip to the Stateline by bus. Tosh Asano is the president of the Leisure Club. Please call the center office to join.

January 17, 1936, is a significant date to be remembered by everyone at the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center. For it was on that day our friend and benefactor, Mr. Eijiro Machida, donated an acre of his farmland to be used by the Japanese Community in the eastern part of the San Gabriel Valley.

On February 6, 1951, the name East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center was officially adopted and was chartered by the State of California as a non-profit corporation. In 1964 the purchase of the present property of Puente Avenue was agreed from the Shepard of the Valley Lutheran Church.

Mission Statement: The ESGVJCC is a not for profit membership organization that provides an environment to promote and preserve cultural heritage unique to Japanese ancestry through social services, recreational, educational and other programs.

President: Aya Kamimura

1st Vice President: David Teragawa

2nd Vice President: Jim Friesen

3rd Vice President: Joy Kitaura

4th Vice President: Nicole Cherry-Yu

5th Vice President: Susie Kozono

Secretary: Denise Akune

Treasurer: Marilou Sakaue

Parliamentarian: Glenn Nakatani

Members-at-Large: Renee Bernardo, Dawn Kiko M. Cheng, Scott Furukawa, Danny Iwama, Donna Kusumoto, Mandy Kusumoto, Frances Nakano, Joan Roberton, Kay Sakaue, Barbara Shirota, Donny Takemoto.