Contemporary Chinese School of Arizona (CCSA) is a leading non-profit Chinese school in Arizona (www.ccsarizona.org) with over 540 students enrolled.  For over 14 years, CCSA has been teaching Chinese language, history and culture, and promoting cultural exchanges and active involvement in the local communities.  CCSA is also a key partner of the Confucius Institute at ASU. School sessions are held on Saturdays at ASU main campus in Tempe.

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Successful 4^th Annual CCSA Benefit Golf Tournament Reached New Heights

第四屆現代中文學校高爾夫球募捐公開賽圆满成功

Tempe, Arizona - The 4^th annual Contemporary Chinese School of Arizona Benefit Golf Tournament was held Saturday morning, December 12, at the magnificent Ocotillo Golf Resort, one of the top golf venues in the Phoenix area.  The purpose of the event is not only to raise funds for the non-profit CCSA, but also to reach out to the local communities and to raise awareness of the Chinese language and culture.

The golf tournament was a great success.  Sixty golf enthusiasts of diverse background teed off in the fundraising tournament to support the Chinese school, including those who traveled from Fountain Hills, Sedona, AZ and from California and Texas.  Many players are returned players from previous tournaments.  The event provided a place to meet new and old friends and buildup their friendships. In addition to the major sponsorship from Arizona's Vision (Dr. Mark J. Page) providing their leadership in this fundraising event, other business, institutional and individual sponsors include (in random order) CS Financial Services, LLC, Farmers Insurance (Andrew Pariva), State Farm (Aileen Baldwin), Desert Dwellers Realty, LLC (Gary Chen), Chinese Art Academy, Capital Investment Counsel, Golfsmith, StarBucks, Arizona Chinese United Association, etc also provided their wonderful support to this event.  In tough economic times, strong and generous support from sponsors and players has so much special significance.

Team and individual awards were presented at the post-game luncheon and award ceremony by Dr. Mark J. Page.  The perfect combination of fantastic weather, beautiful sceneries and water features, and incredible course condition produced surprisingly low scores and tournament records at the challenging Ocotillo.  With an impressive score of 65 (7 under-par), the First Place Team trophies went to Bing Rong Jiang, Shen Zhang, Fabio Sanchez, and Xiongwei Rei.  The longest drive winner was Beverly Ellisten.  Charley Grady, Justin Johnson, and Scott Kovesdy won the Closest-to-Pin awards.  Tuan Tram grabbed the Longest Putt award.  The highest-scoring team with a score of 98 won the special Most Potential Team award.

The success of this year's event wouldn't have been possible without the hard work and tireless support of the CCSA organizers and volunteers.  They are Ren Jack, Connie He, Tony Tam, Jimmy Yu, Steve Tu, Fannie Tam, Gary Li, Victor Su, Yan Zhu, Larry Song, Hao Hua, Angeline Xiong, Wei Yi, Linda Wei, Anthony Kong, Susan Tu and  Zhao Hai .