September 24, 2009 by Chinatown Blogger.

24th Annual Oak Street Fair – A Fun Day for Children and FamiliesThe Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Inc. (BCNC) will host its 24th annual Oak Street Fair, a family festival that is free and open to the public. Oak Street Fair features:

• Children performances
• Games and activities, arts and crafts
• Community resources and information
• Health screenings and education
• Watermelon eating contest
• Food
• Special guest: Wally the Green Monster from Boston Red Sox

Saturday, September 26, 2009. 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Josiah Quincy School Playground and Oak Street, Boston’s Chinatown
(between Washington St. and Shawmut Ave.)
Rain location: Josiah Quincy School, 885 Washington St.

617-635-5129. www.bcnc.net

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September 24, 2009 by Chinatown Blogger.

CHIN, NEIL Y.H. 90, of Boston, September 23, 2009. Beloved husband of Betty (Lee). Loving father of Nelson K. and Susan J. Chin of Braintree, MA and Karen I. Chin and Edward R. McDonough of Braintree, MA. Loving grandfather of Andrew Chin, Amanda Chin and Adam Chin of Braintree, MA. Devoted brother of Mabel Chin of Boston, MA, Edward Chin of Athens, GA, David Chin of Revere, MA, Dorothy Pon of Ann Arbor, MI and Holmes Beach, Fl., and Lillian Chin of Philadelphia, PA and Holmes Beach, Fl and the late Albert Chin. Also lovingly survived by many nephews and nieces.

Born in Toishan, China in 1918, Mr. Chin emigrated to the United States, settling in Boston’s Chinatown in 1923. Mr. Chin worked for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission where he rose to the position of Executive Secretary until his retirement in 1985. A World War II Navy veteran, he was a founding member and past commander of Boston Chinatown’s American Legion Post 328.

Mr. Chin was a civic leader and community activist. He was instrumental in forming the Chinatown’s branch of the YMCA, where it was originally located on Tyler Street in Boston. He was a founding member of the Chinese American Civic Association, now known as the Asian American Civic Association, South Cove Community Health Center and the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Association. Mr. Chin also served on the board of the South Cove Community Health Center. He was a member of the Chinese Progressive Association and a supporter of the Asian American Resource Center. He was a leader in the creation of the Chinese Tenant’s Association and had been an advocate for affordable housing throughout his life. Mr. Chin was a member of the Oak Terrace Committee that paved the way for Oak Terrace apartments, an 88 unit housing complex, ground breaking October, 1993. It was the first housing project to be built in Chinatown in 24 years. Mr. Chin also headed up the Parcel C or Metropolitan Committee of the Asian Community Development Corporation, which provided the Chinatown community with 251 units of housing. Construction completed in 2004. He was presented a community service award by the Asian Community Development Corporation on June 5, 2006; the ACDC office located at the Metropolitan at 28 Oak Street, Boston, was dedicated on his behalf. It has been Mr. Chin’s commitment and integrity to the Boston Chinatown community that he will always be remembered for helping people find work, housing and social services.

Visiting hours from the J.S. Waterman & Sons Waring-Langone Funeral Home, 580 Commercial Street, BOSTON, MA on Monday, September 28, 2009 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Funeral from the Funeral Home on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 11 a.m. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Boston MA. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tufts Medical Center Cardiology Heart Failure Center, 800 Washington Street, P.O. Box 5931, Boston, MA 02111. Boston Harborside Home J.S. Waterman & Sons-Waring-Langone 617-536-4110

Source: Boston Globe Obituary

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