[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Pages 25557-25558]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HARRISON LIM

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I take this opportunity to 
recognize Harrison Lim, the founder and executive director of Charity 
Cultural Services, who is retiring after 21 years of dedicated service 
to the community.
  Mr. Lim emigrated from China to San Francisco over 30 years ago. Upon 
his arrival in America, he struggled with the difficulties of learning 
a new language and assimilating into a new culture. As he worked hard 
to establish himself in his new country, Mr. Lim noticed that there 
were other immigrants who faced similar situations. Seeing the 
struggles of immigrants, Mr. Lim dedicated his life to making sure that 
new immigrants had resources available to them to ease the transition 
of immigration.
  To achieve this goal, Mr. Lim founded and established Charity 
Cultural Services Center, CCSC, in 1983. Located in the heart of San 
Francisco's Chinatown, CCSC aimed to provide essential services to new 
Asian American immigrants and their families. Today, CCSC successfully 
assists over 4,000 people each year by offering a variety of services, 
from employment-training for adults, apprenticeship programs, and 
English-as-a-Second-Language classes to school-based academic support 
services and other activities for youth. Working with local government, 
businesses, and educational institutions, CCSC's programs result in the 
ability of new immigrants to improve their quality of life and provide 
them with a greater chance at equal opportunities. In 1990, seeing a 
similar need by Asian American immigrants in Silicon Valley, Mr. Lim 
worked successfully with the Silicon Valley community to establish a 
Silicon Valley chapter of Charity Cultural Services Center, the Silicon 
Valley Crosscultural Community Services Center.
  In addition to his work at CCSC, Mr. Lim has also been involved with 
other community-based organizations in San Francisco. He has served as 
the President of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and 
also sits on the Chinatown Economic Development Committee.
  Mr. Lim has tirelessly strived to address the issues and meet the 
needs of new immigrants and their families who find themselves living 
in two different cultures. Through CCSC, he has enriched the community 
by helping its residents develop positive identities, build confidence 
in their capabilities, and become active members of society.
  Harrison Lim is an invaluable asset to the Bay Area's Asian American 
community. I commend him for his dedication, hard work and many 
achievements, and wish him well in his future

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endeavors. I am sure that, even in his retirement, he will continue to 
serve as an advocate for the Bay Area's Asian American immigrants. He 
is the kind of person who makes my state and our country a better 
place.

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