Greater New York Chinese Dollars for Scholars

09/27/2026

Save the date - you can donate while Shopping via Champions for Charity!
We’re thrilled to be part of the 31st year of Champions for Charity® at Americana Manhasset!

Visit championsforcharity.org for details!

09/12/2026

🎉 IT'S TODAY! Student Speed Networking Fundraiser 🎉

Come meet those behind the event! 👋 Say hi to Alayna Huynh, Anson Li, Luisiana Zhang, and Tian Chen (DFS '25 Scholars) — plus, not pictured, Selina Lin (2023 DFS Scholar) and Roger Mao (2025 DFS Scholar) — the student organizers who put this whole night together!

⏰ Saturday, Sept 12th @ 9PM ET
💰 Donate $5 and be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card!

Join us for a fast-paced virtual speed networking night — meet college students from across the country through quick, fun conversations! 💬

Open to ALL college students — no CDFS affiliation needed. Bring your friends! 🙌

🎁 Anyone who donates $5 is entered for a $25 prize, PLUS there's a separate scholar-specific prize pool!
🔗 Refer friends for extra raffle entries — the more you share, the better your odds!

👉 RSVP now: https://tinyurl.com/dfs26-network-fund

09/03/2026

This is a reminder about our Student Speed Networking Fundraiser on September 12th Eastern Time!

Join us for a fast-paced virtual speed networking night — meet college students from across the country through quick, fun conversations! 🤝

Open to ALL college students, no CDFS affiliation needed — invite your friends and help us spread the word!

🎁 We're raffling off a $25 prize for attendees, plus a separate scholar-specific prize pool! Refer friends for extra raffle entries — the more you share, the better your odds!

RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/dfs26-network-fund

08/24/2026

✨ Speed Networking for a Cause ✨

Looking to meet new people and make real connections? Join Chinese Dollars for Scholars (CDFS) for a fun, fast-paced virtual speed networking fundraiser!

Get matched with fellow college students from universities across the country for a series of quick, engaging conversations — perfect for making new friends, expanding your network, or just stepping outside your usual circle. 😉

Open to all college students — no need to be Chinese or affiliated with CDFS. Everyone is welcome!

RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/dfs26-network-fund (link in bio on IG)

Event Details
📅 Date: Friday, September 12, 2026, 9 PM ET
📍 Location: Zoom
💵 Cost: $5

💳 Payment
Zelle: [email protected]
Venmo:

You'll be matched with multiple participants throughout the event, giving you several chances to connect.

And it's for a great cause. Every dollar raised goes directly toward a scholarship for an incoming college student. Since 2004, CDFS has awarded over $1 million in scholarships to 200+ students — supporting not just tuition, but academic, career, and life-skills growth.

So come for the connections, stay for the impact. 💛 By joining, you're helping invest in someone's future.

08/08/2026

Diligence meets kindness and a dream come true for a community college student headed for Yale. 👏🏼👏🏼

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08/08/2026

A Big Thank You to the NY Wall Street Lions Club for selecting us as their charity for this year’s Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival. Come cheer them on this Sunday, August 9th. Charity Race at 11am. Flushing Meadow Park.
https://www.hkdbf-ny.org/Travel-Information

Performances, food vendors, arts and crafts, a JetBlue ticket giveaway and more. Free admission.

Planning your visit? Learn about how to get to the festival and where to stay for the weekend!

08/06/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/1GFPK8LT9K/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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08/06/2026

Scholars - make the most of it! Four years go by fast.

Economists have a new theory of why graduates of top colleges have so much career success, Rose Horowitch reports. (From April) https://theatln.tc/FqLPwxpc

“The graduates of America’s most elite universities dominate our economy and culture so disproportionately that the statistics can seem like a mathematical glitch,” Horowitch writes. Students at Ivy League schools and the similarly selective University of Chicago, Duke, Stanford, and MIT together comprise less than half a percent of America’s undergraduate population. Yet their alumni represent more than 12 percent of all Fortune 500 CEOs and 13 percent of the wealthiest 0.1 percent of the population.

The Brown University economist John Friedman has become convinced that the most important thing a student gets from an Ivy Plus education isn’t instruction or prestige or even connections. “It’s the opportunity to learn how to succeed in an environment filled with the world’s most talented and ambitious people,” Horowitch writes.

“Being in the classroom with all these folks, doing homework assignments, having to cooperate with them in your club, sitting around the dining table with them, figuring out who’s going to live with whom—all that stuff comes together to make these schools really unparalleled training grounds to be in these upper-echelon professional jobs,” Friedman told Horowitch. In other words, what an academically gifted 18-year-old gets from paying Ivy League tuition is exposure to more people like themselves.

Read more at the link.

📸: Brooks Kraft / Getty

07/31/2026

2026 scholarship award recipient Rebecca Lee, is one of several of this year’s recipients that participated in our College Prep Program. Like Rebecca, many participants credit the personalized guidance they received from the program with helping them gain admission to their dream schools. The program is now accepting applications from rising high school seniors through August 16th.
Rebecca will be studying at Johns Hopkins University.

https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121759/9650146?from=wj_hot_story

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07/31/2026

👋Need help applying for the Chinatown Building Upgrade Fund? 👀

Join us during our upcoming office hours for free, one-on-one guidance. 🎉 Building owners, commercial tenants, and small businesses can receive personalized assistance with eligibility, required documents, the application process, and other questions. On-site language assistance will be available.

🗓 Wednesday, August 19 & Wednesday, August 26, 2026
⏰ 2:00–4:00 PM
📍 Welcome to Chinatown Hub: 115 Bowery, New York, NY 10002

🤳Scan the QR code in this post to sign up for an office-hours appointment.

⚠️ As of July 24, 2026, we are experiencing technical difficulties with our website. In the meantime, you can access the Building Upgrade Fund application through the Linktree in our bio. 🔗‼️

Applications are due Monday, September 7, 2026. 💨

Questions? Email [email protected] 🤗