22nd ANNUAL HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK- 2012 CHARITY RACE PRESS CONFERENCE

 The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York – 2012,  (HKDBF – NY) Charity Awards Press Conference will be held  This Thursday, October 25th, 2012- 10:30am at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, 115 East 54th Street, Manhattan.

Seventy-Five Hundred dollars will be awarded on behalf of the HKDBF-NY 2012 Charity Boat Race participants to charities of their choice. Over the last twenty two years the HKDBF NY  along with its Sponsors and Teams racing for various charities have contributed in excess of $160,000 to local non-profits. The dates for the Year 2013 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York will also be announced.  Light refreshments will be served.

An annual and much anticipated race occurring during the 2nd day of the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York , (August 5th , 2012) this years Charity Boat Race participants included teams from  HSBC, DCH, and the Shanghai Commercial Bank with each Company/Team contributing  $2,500 to the kitty. The race winner (DCH) designated charity receives half ($3,500) of the funds raised and the remainder ($4,000) is divided equally between the other charities ($2,000 each this year.

 

Winner –  $3,500 DCH Auto Group
Beneficiary Organization – Charles B Wang Community Health Center

Runner Up –  $2,000 HSBC Bank USA
Beneficiary Organization – Chinatown YMCA

2nd Runner Up – $2,000 Shanghai Commercial Bank LTD.
Beneficiary Organization – International Leadership Foundation

All donations will be made on behalf of “DCH Auto Group, HSBC Bank USA, & Shanghai Commercial Bank LTD,” and HKDBF NY 2012.

The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, an annual, multi-cultural celebration and sporting event, is the largest multi-cultural Festival in New York and the biggest Festival of its kind in the U.S.  For twenty -two successful years HKDBF-NY has attracted a diverse audience of approximately 60,000+ attendees  with 2,000 participants competing from across the U.S. and Canada. Taking place over two days on the site of the 1964 World’s Fair on Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, NY, HKDBF-NY 2013 will feature events for the entire family. An opening day parade on Saturday, August 10th* will be followed by the New York Championship Race. The U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship Race will be held on Sunday, August 11th* , with the winners sharing  cash and prizes. (**TENTATIVE DATES)

 

This years Sponsors include; Title Sponsor the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, NY: Corporate Supporter HSBC Bank USA; other major sponsors include; Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Con Edison, J.P. Morgan Chase, New York Community Bank, Resort World Casino New York City, National Grid, State Farm, Wells Fargo, Shanghai Commercial Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, New York Hospital Queens, Sheraton La Guardia East Hotel, Flushing Savings Bank, Vallo Transportation, Ltd., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Chamber of Commerce, Office of the Queensborough President, Helen Marshall, NYC &Co, and Discover Queens.
Media &Creative Partners: WNBC TV 4, The New York Times, Sing Tao Daily News, The Queens Courier, GoodNews Broadcast.com, RNN, MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc.(AM1480, Sino Television, Sinocast, M-Weekly Magazine), Fusia Communications, Inc., Inak Design, Time Warner Cable and RCN. Additional support provided by the Times Ledger Newspaper Group, Foxwoods and the NY Daily News.