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Self-Help for the Elderly hosts many events and programs throughout the year. When we show up in the news, we want you to know about it! We constantly have many things going on with our programs, housing, and events. When they are highlighted in the news, we want to keep you updated! Keep up with what Self-Help for the Elderly is doing in the San Francisco area!

Date: June 14, 2023

Media: Sing Tao Chinese Radio

Headline: Focus Interview with Anni Chung, President and CEO of Self-Help for the Elderly, on Elder Abuse


Date: June 14, 2023

Media: KTSF 26

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly and City of San Francisco collaborate to host free naturalization workshop on July 8, 2023


Date: June 11, 2023

Media: Sing Tao Daily News

Headline: 800 guests to support Self-Help for the Elderly’s 57th Longevity Gala to achieve $600,000 fundraising goal


Date: October 6, 2022

Media: World Journal

Headline: Supervisor Gordon Mar visits the Taraval location


Date: October 4, 2022

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: Celebrating the reopening of Jackie Chan Center Adult Day Services


Date: October 4, 2022

Media: KTSF

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly’s Jackie Chan Center Adult Day Services reopens


Date: September 14, 2022

Media: Wind Newspaper

Headline: Supporters participate in annual Self-Help for the Elderly Longevity Walkathon to raise fund


Date: September 7, 2022

Media: SF Standard

Headline: SF Celebrates a Milestone: 10,000 Immigrants Gaining Citizenship With City’s Help


Date: September 7, 2022

Media: Sing Tao

Headline: In recognition of Workforce Development Month, members of SFOWED Team visited Self-Help for the Elderly’s Chinatown Neighborhood Access Point


Date: June 15, 2022

Media: KTSF

Headline: Team San Francisco To Walk to Create Awareness for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD)


Date: May 17, 2022

Media: Wind Newspaper

Headline: AAMG Doctors and Self-Help for the Elderly in Partnership to Offer COVID 19 Boosters to Homebound Seniors


Date: May 10, 2022

Media: Wind Newspaper

Headline: Self-Help for The Elderly opens a new nutrition center in District 11, the highest Asian populated district in SF


Date: May 6, 2022

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: San Francisco: Self-Help for the Elderly’s Geneva Community Center Grand Opening


Date: May 6, 2022

Media: World Journal

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly’s newest activity center provides meals and social activities for the seniors.


Date: May 6, 2022

Media: Sing Tao

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly’s Geneva Community Center Grand Opening


Date: May 5, 2022

Media: KTSF 26 News

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly’s Geneva Community Center Grand Opening on Thursday


Date: April 16, 2022

Media: Sing Tao

Headline: San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative partners join together to host naturalization workshop


Date: April 12, 2022

Media: Wind Newspaper

Headline: SF Pathways to Citizenship Initiative hosts first free citizenship workshop in 2022 at SF City College


Date: April 11, 2022

Media: World Journal

Headline: San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative Hosts Naturalization Workshop


Date: April 11, 2022

Media: KTSF

Headline: Bay Area nonprofit organizations are awarded with more than $4.1 million in Stop AAPI Hate grants


Date: April 9, 2022

Media: Sing Tao

Headline: The state government issued $14.2 million in Stop AAPI Hate grants; Bay area grant recipients are awarded with more than $4.16 million


Date: April 8, 2022

Media: San Francisco Standard

Headline: Chinatown Nonprofits Receive Grants as Part of California’s Massive Investment to Stop AAPI Hate


Date: March 19, 2022

Media: World Journal

Headline: Asian Health Collaborative received a $80,000 grant to improve the health and quality of life of the Chinese Community


Date: March 19, 2022

Media: Sing Tao

Headline: Dignity Health Awards Asian Health Collaborative a $80,000 Grant to improve the health and quality of life of the Chinese community


Date: March 8, 2022

Media: ABC 7

Headline: Academy Fosters New Trade Careers


Date: February 7, 2022

Media: KTSF

Headline: Chinese Community Health Care Association awards grant in support of the Nutrition Department programs of Self-Help for the Elderly


Date: February 5, 2022

Media: Sing Tao

Headline: Chinese Community Health Care Association awards a grant to Self-Help for the Elderly


Date: February 5, 2022

Media: World Journal

Headline: Chinese Community Health Care Association awards $10,000 grant to support Self-Help for the Elderly’s services for the seniors


Date: February 1, 2022

Media: KTSF 26

Headline: San Francisco Board of Supervisors presented a commendation to two physicans and AAMG for their efforts protecting the most vulnerable community during the pandemic


Date: February 1, 2022

Media: Bloomberg

Headline: When Asian-American Seniors Are Too Scared to Leave Home, Getting Food on the Table Is a Struggle


Date: January 16, 2022

Media: World Journal

Headline: To improve safety, Self-Help for the Elderly assisted seniors to install video doorbells


Date: January 16, 2022

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly to install 1,000 video doorbells for the seniors doorbells


Date: October - December 2021

Media: San Francisco Marin Medicine Journal

Headline: Palliative Care and Our Community


Date: November 18, 2021

Media: TKSF 26

Headline: Rose Pak Community Fund and Amazon Support Self-Help for the Elderly’s Senior Escort Services Program


Date: November 18, 2021

Media: World Journal

Headline: Care for the Seniors. Rose Pak Community Fund and Amazon Support Self-Help for the Eldery


Date: November 4, 2021

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: Learn More About Homecare and Hospice Programs. Care For The Terminally Ill Patients.


Date: October 24, 2021

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Special Offers from Choosing Healthy Appetizing Meal Plan Solution for Seniors (CHAMPSS) to Encourage Seniors to Enjoy Their favorite Menus


Date: October 14, 2021

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Seniors enjoyed a visit to the De Young Museum


Date: September 22, 2021

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Charity Walk to support Self-Help for the Elderly


Date: September 8, 2021

Media: World Journal

Headline: Don’t miss the rental assistance program. A coalition of community organizations will assist in filling the applications.


Date: September 7, 2021

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: A coalition of community organizations will assist tenants in filling applications for the rental assistance program.


Date: August 12, 2021

Media: The Associated Press

Headline: More than 9,000 anti-Asian incidents since pandemic began


Date: July 25, 2021

Media: San Francisco Examiner

Headline: Lesson from a 107-year-old man who is now fully vaccinated


Date: July 22, 2021

Media: San Mateo Daily Journal

Headline: Development coming to Talbot’s site in San Mateo. San Mateo picks bid for 7-level building with affordable housing, space for Self-Help for the Elderly


Date: July 20, 2021

Media: NBC Bay Area

Headline: 62-Year-Old Woman, Abandoned By Family in Chinatown, Gets Helping Hand From SF Police Officers


Date: June 29, 2021

Media: KTSF 26

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly is recognized as State Senator Scott Wiener’s District 11 Nonprofit of the Year


Date: June 27, 2021

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly / AAMG Set Up Vaccine Information & Outreach Booth on Irving Street


Date: June 27, 2021

Media: World Journal

Headline: Outreach Effort in San Francisco for COVID-19 Vaccination. Raffles & Prizes. Doctors Visited Homebound Seniors to Provide Vaccines.


Date: June 14, 2021

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: San Francisco News: Eldest resident, a 107-year-old Chinese senior received second dose of vaccine at home.


Date: June 13, 2021

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly collaborated with AAMG physicians to provide vaccine to homebound seniors


Date: June 13, 2021

Media: World Journal

Headline: Doctor visited 107-year-old Chinese elderly to provide vaccine.


Date: June 3, 2021

Media: USA Today

Headline: 'A collective trauma': Asian Americans confront mental health crisis amid rise of racist attacks


Date: June 2, 2021

Media: SF Examiner

Headline: Program to escort Asian American seniors expands


Date: May 29, 2021

Media: World Journal

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly received additional donation of $60,000 to expand its escort services program for the seniors.


Date: May 29, 2021

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly received additional funding to expand the escort services program for the seniors in San Francisco


Date: May 28, 2021

Media: Chinese Press

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly Launches the Escort Services Program for the Seniors in June


Date: May 28, 2021

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: Supporting ‘Stop Asian hate,” San Francisco’s Self-Help for the Elderly Unveils $60K Funding for supporting the escort services program for the elders in San Francisco.


Date: May 28, 2021

Media: Mission Local

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly, and Veritas expands senior escort program for Asian elders


Date: May 19, 2021

Media: KTSF 26

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly Unveils Escort Services for the Seniors


Date: May 19, 2021

Media: World Journal

Headline: Chinese seniors in San Francisco enjoy free museum visits to relieve worries


Date: May 16, 2021

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Collaboration of various partners to bring vaccines to homebound seniors


Date: May 13, 2021

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Seniors led by Self-Help for the Elderly had a wonderful time at the California Academy of Sciences


Date: May 13, 2021

Media: KTSF 26

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly organized a tour for the seniors to visit the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco


Date: May 11, 2021

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly is organizing the homebound vaccines project and is accepting registrations for appointments


Date: March 11, 2021

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly provides home vaccinations to San Francisco homebound residents on Saturday. Please call to register.


Date: March 11, 2021

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly provides home vaccinations to San Francisco homebound residents on Saturday. Please call to register.


Date: March 5, 2021

Media: KSFP 102.5 FM

Headline: Nonprofit Brings COVID-19 Vaccines to Seniors


Date: March 2, 2021

Media: World Journal

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly acknowledged CCHCA and AAMG to get Chinese seniors vaccinated


Date: March 2, 2021

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Chinese doctors came to community centers to help seniors get vaccinated


Date: March 1, 2021

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: AAMG doctors helped Chinese seniors get vaccinated at a Self-Help for the Elderly location


Date: March 1, 2021

Media: KTSF Channel 26

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly arranged doctors to visit community centers to help seniors get vaccinated


Date: March 1, 2021

Media: Fox KTVU 2

Headline: Doctors, nonprofit hold vaccine clinic for SF’s Chinese-American community


Date: January 4th, 2021

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: Chinese Community Health Care Association Awarded Self-Help for the Elderly $100,000 to Care for the Chinese Community


Date: December 31st, 2020

Media: World Journal Daily News

Headline: Chinese Community Health Care Association Awarded Self-Help for the Elderly a grant of $100,000


Date: December 31st, 2020

Media: Sing Tao Daily News

Headline: Chinese Community Health Care Association Sent Love and Sponsored Self-Help for the Elderly’s Nutrition Meals Program


Date: December 31st, 2020

Media: Fil-Am Star Newspaper

Headline: Chinese Community Health Care Association (CCHCA) Supports Self-Help for the Elderly to Strive for the Improvement of Public Health for the Seniors


Date: September 5th, 2020

Media: World Journal Daily

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly’s virtual fitness fundraiser to the moon. Participate in the weekly challenges to receive prizes


Date: September 4th, 2020

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly’s annual Walkathon will go virtual and to the moon


Date: September 3rd, 2020

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: Self-Help’s charity fundraiser invites you to walk to the moon


Date: July 11, 2020

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: 2,000 Adult Day Care Centers in California were saved


Date: June 16, 2020

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: Self-Help Calls For Saving Community Based Adult Services Center


Date: June 16, 2020

Media: ABC7

Headline: Last-Minute Efforts to Save Adult Day Care Programs from State Budget Cuts


Date: April 23, 2020

Media: ABC7

Headline: Coronavirus Kindness: Food program, volunteers produce 5,000 meals per day for San Mateo seniors in need


Date: April 16, 2020

Media: The Chinese Historical Society of America

Headline: We are all just human


Date: April 16, 2020

Media: KTVU Fox 2

Headline: News at 10: Volunteering to meet the needs of seniors


Date: April 1, 2020

Media: KTSF Channel 26

Headline: Census affected by epidemic has lowest San Francisco participation rate


Date: March 26, 2020

Media: Skylink TV

Headline: San Francisco Chinatown: Chinese Community Task Force on COVID-19 to provide accurate information to the community


Date: March 26, 2020

Media: World Journal

Headline: Chinatown community formed a task force to dispel inaccurate news and rumors about the epidemic


Date: March 25, 2020

Media: KTSF Channel 26

Headline: News Topic: Health and care for the elderly during the outbreak (An interview with Anni Chung, President & CEO of Self-Help for the Elderly)


Date: March 26, 2020

Media: KTSF Channel 26

Headline: San Francisco Police Department – Central Station has not issued citation to people violating the shelter-in-place order + Chinese Community Task Force on COVID-19 Press Conference


Date: March 26, 2020

Media: KTSF Channel 26

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly provides free home-delivered meals to seniors and adults with disabilities during the coronavirus epidemic


Date: March 25, 2020

Media: San Francisco Chronicle

Headline: Bay Area low-income senior struggle to access food during coronavirus


Date: March 19, 2020

Media: KQED

Headline: How the Elderly are handling the coronavirus outbreak


Date: February 28, 2020

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: San Mateo City: Self-Help for the Elderly encourages participation of 2020 Census with a raffle


Date: February 6, 2020

Media: KTSF Channel 26

Headline: Plan to Retire: Enjoy life to the fullest featuring volunteer opportunities at Self-Help for the Elderly’s Activity Centers


Date: November 29, 2019

Media: San Francisco Chronicle

Headline: SF officers and firefighters bring Thanksgiving to Chinese seniors


Date: November 29, 2019

Media: World Journal

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly provided 3,000 Thanksgiving Lunches. Mayor London Breed Helped Serve Meals.


Date: November 29, 2019

Media: KTSF Channel 26

Headline: Thanksgiving Luncheon in San Francisco Chinatown. Offer Warmth to 3,000 Seniors


Date: November 19, 2019

Media: World Journal

Headline: Alameda County Allocated $1.5M to Promote Census


Date: November 16, 2019

Media: Sing Tao

Headline: Chinese Community-Based Organization Encourages Community to Participate in Census


Date: November 15, 2019

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: San Francisco News: Census outreach program debuted in the Chinese community. Self-Help for the Elderly’s Special Raffle to Entice Participation


Date: November 15, 2019

Media: China Press

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly Actively Promotes Census


Date: November 13, 2019

Media: San Francisco Senior Beat

Headline: Under cover of Self-Help for the Elderly job, fund director is Cantonese Opera star


Date: November 1, 2019

Media: China Press

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly Hosted Advance Medical Directives Workshop


Date: October 6, 2019

Media: Sing Tao

Headline: Few Hundreds Participants Attended Self-Help for the Elderly’s Longevity Walkathon


Date: September 17, 2019

Media: Scot Scoop

Headline: 17 Graduates Completed Youth Leadership & Technology Program


Date: August 25, 2019

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Autumn Moon Festival shines light on family values


Date: August 14, 2019

Media: World Journal Daily

Headline: The 15th Annual Invitational Charity Golf Tournament Is Approaching


Date: July 20, 2019

Media: Sky Link TV

Program: Bay Area Forum

Headline: Maggie’s VIP Interviews with Representatives from Self-Help for the Elderly.

Learn more about the Homecare and Hospice Services, Employment Training & Job Placement Programs, and Self-Help’s Special Events.


Date: June 7, 2019

Media: World Journal Daily

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly’s Longevity Gala is Set on June 15 with a Fundraising Goal of $500,000


Date: April 16, 2019

Media: Skylink TV

Headline: The Benefits of Advance Planning for Yourself and Your Family


Date: March 22, 2019

Media: Skylink TV

Headline: Spring Banquet in San Francisco to celebrate longevity. Super Seniors shared longevity tips


Date: March 11, 2019

Media: Sing Tao

Headline: Graduation Ceremony of Self-Help for the Elderly’s Hotel Housekeeping Training Program


Date: February 22, 2019

Media: News for Chinese

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly Hosts Electric Vehicles for Everyone Event


Date: January 15, 2019

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Chinese Community Health Care Associate (CCHCA) Supports Self-Help for the Elderly’s to promote healthy eating


Date: December 30, 2018

Media: San Francisco Chronicle

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Headline: Self-help wanted: Career Training Offers Gateway to Better Jobs for Immigrant


Date: December 25, 2018

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Misses Sing Tao Perform for the Seniors at Self-Help for the Elderly Christmas Celebration in Millbrae


Date: November 12, 2018

Media: KTSF

News Coverage: Self-Help for the Elderly’s Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon


Date: October 18, 2018

Media: Skylink TV

News Coverage: Self-Help for the Elderly’s Crazy Rich HalloScream Dinner Dance


Date: August 29, 2018

Media: Sing Tao Daily News

News Coverage: 21 Graduates from Intergenerational Youth and Leadership Technology Program


Date: August 9, 2018

Media: World Journal Daily

Headline: Culinary showcase featured 16 graduates! Program is made possible through funding from the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and in collaboration with City College of San Francisco and Self-Help for the Elderly


Date: August 8, 2018

Media: World Journal

News Coverage: Cathay Bank as the Title Sponsor of Self-Help for the Elderly’s Invitational Charity Golf Tournament


Date: July 20, 2018

Media: Sky Link TV

News Coverage: Increase funding for best elderly care.


Date: April 27, 2018

Media: World Journal Daily

Headline: Mayor Mark Farrell serves lunches to seniors in Chinatown


Date: April 24, 2018

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: A new restaurant joins in Self-Help for the Elderly’s CHAMPSS program


Date: April 2, 2018

Media: China Press

Headline: Seismic safety ambassadors graduation ceremony


Date: March 10, 2018

Media: Sing Tao Daily

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly’s San Mateo Center hosts a Spring Banquet for seniors at Champagne Seafood Restaurant


Date: March 5, 2018

Media: Millbrae Community Television

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly launches in Millbrae


Date: January 29, 2018

Media: Sky Link TV

Headline: Self-Help for the Elderly is featured on PG&E’s My Community segment


Date: October 24, 2017

Publication: News for Chinese

Headline: Google supports Self-Help for the Elderly to expand economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for many


Date: October 17, 2017

Publication: China Press

Headline: Discovering the legacy of Cantonese Opera events will take place at City College


Date: September 23, 2017

Publication: The Daily Journal

Headline: A heart for the community – Rosalyn Koo celebrates 25th anniversary of Self-Help for the Elderly


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