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1203
West Puente Avenue
West Covina, California 91790
Contact Person: Pearl Omiya
(626) 960-2566 (626) 960-0866 FAX
e-mail: info@esgvjcc.org
website: http://esgvjcc.org/ |
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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 |
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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 |
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| The San
Gabriel Valley Chapter JACL offers scholarships to high school seniors.
The Shigeyuki Kusuda Memorial Scholarship and Dr. Kenneth Miyata
Scholarship are awarded to students who are continuing upper division
or are graduate students. Our center is always looking for volunteers,
anyone who wishes to offer community service is always welcome.
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senior
citizen
activities: |
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. |
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| membership: |
Membership
dues are $45.00 per family per year. Center Membership is required
in order to take classes and participate in club activities. Membership
is open to all nationalities. We have a monthly newsletter that
is mailed to our members. |
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| history
& mission statement: |
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
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| board
members: |
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.
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| staff: |
Executive
Director: Pearl Omiya (POmiya@esgvjcc.org)
Operations Manager:
Brandon Leong (BLeong@esgvjcc.org)
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| highlights: |
A printable
list of information about the East San Gabriel Valley JCC, its activities
and contact information is available. Click to download the PDF
document. |
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