APEX EVENTS...

04/04/08: APEX After 5: The Corporate Edition
04/19/08: APEX In Action: GICD Asian Garden Plant Sale
04/23/08: APEX Coffee Break
04/28/08: APEX Board Meeting

COMMUNITY EVENTS...

04/25/08: First Annual Community Leader Award Nomination

APEX EVENTS...
04/04/08 APEX After 5: The Corporate Edition

Date: Friday, April 4, 2008
Time: 6:00 – 8:00pm
Location: Sambuca, Uptown
2120 McKinney, Dallas, TX 75201
Contact: Shirley, shirley@apexdallas.org

APEX Dallas invites you and your friends to our 4th annual corporate mixer! This is a perfect networking opportunity to meet other Asian professionals from all over the metroplex so remember to bring your business cards!

Joining the festivities are Asian professional organizations and company-sponsored Asian resource groups from all over the DFW including:

Accenture, American Airlines, ASPIRE, DFW International, Dallas Asian American Bar Association, Deloitte & Touche, Raytheon, JC Penney, Nortel, Pepsico, Verizon and more!

Look for us in the section especially reserved for APEX. You can also enjoy drink specials from 6:00p.m. - 8:00p.m. ($2 domestics, $3 wells, $3 house wine, $4 imported beer, $5 premiums)

Everyone is welcome!

APEX EVENTS...
04/19/08 APEX In Action: GICD Asian Garden Plant Sale

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Shifts: 9:00am - 12:30pm
Location: 1416 N. Fitzhugh Ave, Dallas, TX 75204 (between Ross and Bryan)
Contact: Stephanie, stephanie@apexdallas.org

APEX In Action is the name for the Community Service part of our organization. Come and join us as we take Action to make a difference in our community.

Welcome to our next GICD project at the East Dallas Asian Gardens. We had a lot of fun last time, so come and join us again at the GICD Annual Plant Sale. A few hours of your time will make a huge difference to the lives of many who count on these gardens to thrive. We need volunteers to help with the following:

* Assist buyers with their selections and carrying them from the garden to the car
* Cambodian speakers to help translate for gardeners to their customer
* Watering plants
* Cleaning up the trays and restocking plants/vegetables ready for sale
* Tour guides to give tours of the garden and provide more information about GICD (guides will need to attend a special training)

Gardeners in Community Development (GICD) is a Dallas area nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote community gardening as a way to enhance neighborhood life. Each year GICD makes it possible for hundreds of Dallas area families, mostly low-income, to enjoy fresh vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers grown in the community gardens.

There are 3 gardens in East Dallas known as the Asian Gardens. These gardens were started in 1987 as a project to assist the Southeast Asian refugee community. Our first project will focus on the pathways through the main market garden. The farmers are getting older and do not have the energy to keep up with the common areas. This market garden also grows extra vegetables which are donated to area food banks. For more information, please visit www.gardendallas. org.

APEX EVENTS...
04/28/08 APEX Board Meeting

Date: Monday, April 28, 2008
Time: 7:30 – 8:30pm
Contact: Wendy, wendy@apexdallas.org

Do you know what the board of directors do behind the scenes? Want to get involved and plan our next event? We invite you to participate in our monthly board meeting. Come join us and have a great time!

COMMUNITY/CULTURAL EVENTS...
04/25/08 First Annual Community Leader Award Nomination

The Dallas Asian American Bar Association (DAABA) is seeking nominations for its First Annual Community Leader Award. Any individual, entity, or organization demonstrating outstanding achievement and contribution to the Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Asian American community is eligible for the Community Leader Award. Applicants should be postmarked no later than April 25, 2008 and will be awarded at the First Annual DAABA Awards Event to be held on October 22, 2008.

Nominations should be completed using the attached form and submitted to the DAABA Award Selection Committee, c/o Hope Shimabuku, 3800 Lincoln Plaza, 500 N. Akard Street, Dallas, TX 75201-6659. If you have any questions or comments regarding this award, please contact Hope Shimabuku at hshimabuku@munsch.com.