Photos from Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center - 24th Annual Oak Street Fair

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Over the weekend, I volunteered at the 24th Annual Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Cente (BCNC) Oak Street Fair with National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) Boston.

Here's a recap for the day:

On Saturday September 26th, 2009 over 50 volunteers participated in the 24th Annual BCNC Oak Street Fair. NAAAP Boston has been working with BCNC to co-organize and recruit volunteers from NAAAP, Tufts University, Deloitte, and BCNC. Thanks to all the volunteers and their efforts, the fair a huge success.

The Oak Street Fair is a community event for children and families to come for some fun and informative resources. It’s open and free to the public. The fair featured games and activities, community resources and information, arts and crafts, entertainment, health screening and education, food, and the famous watermelon eating contest.

Volunteers in the morning started the nice sunny Saturday grabbing a light breakfast provided by BCNC while checking in and getting their tasks. Volunteers then helped to set up community tables, sponsor tables, welcome tables, food stands, the games area, and the performance area on Oak Street as well as on the playground area of Josiah Quincy School. After setting up, volunteers worked with their respective group leads to get instructions on what to do at their assigned tasks. The Oak Street Fair started at 11 AM with hundreds of families and kids from the Chinatown area taking part in all aspects of the fair. During the fair volunteers made cotton candy, caramel apples, helped pass out community information, cut watermelons for the watermelon eating contest, helped out at sponsor tables, coordinate the kids games, and much more. The Oak Street Fair also had performances every half hour that included dance performances, Tai Chi and Kung Fu demonstrations, and the Lion Dance parade. The fair ended at around 2:30 PM with the last performance and watermelon eating contest, after which volunteers helped clean up the fair.

Many thanks to everyone who helped out with the fair!

Check out all the pictures in our NAAAP photo section as well as from Karman Lee Photography