2018 Mid-Autumn Festival

September 22nd, the Chinese Association of NWA held the 2018 Moon Festival gathering as scheduled. In Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, CANWA provided barbecue and mooncakes. Over 100 guests gathered to taste a variety of home-made dishes,enjoy the wonderful stage performance. This year's program was full of ethnic style, a Zheng music "Peacock Flying Southeast" opened the prelude, poetry recitation, children's dance and other songs and dances to the climax of the party, at the end, beautiful classic "Moon River" took every one to the melody of ballroom dance.

9月22号，西北阿肯色华人协会如期举办了2018年度中秋节聚会。Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 室外烤肉烟火缭绕，室内月饼飘香，来自西北阿肯色的嘉宾们团聚在一起，品尝各样自制家乡美食，欣赏舞台上精彩表演。今年的节目尤其富有民族风情，一曲古筝《孔雀东南飞》拉开序幕，诗朗诵，儿童舞蹈及其他歌舞把晚会推向高潮，结束时优美经典的《月亮河》把大家带到交谊舞的旋律中。

2018 Dragon Boat Festival

Beautiful Memorial Day, CANWA celebrated 2018 Dragon Boat Festival at Hickory Creek Park in Lowell. Over 70 participants joined the party sharing festival food Zongzi, grilled chicken and other delicious home made dishes. Boat riding was sweet and picnic games were very relaxing and fun.

纪念日天气晴好，西北阿肯色华人协会2018年端午节聚会在山核桃溪公园。今年有70多人参加，美食有粽子，烤鸡，和志愿者们带来的家常小菜。游船带着大家在海狸湖上乘风破浪，尽享初夏的惬意悠闲；野餐趣味游戏让我们在竞技比赛中体会另一番情趣。

2018 CANWA Chinese New Year Gala

狗年的新春佳节到来之际，西北阿肯色华人协会于2018年2月10号成功举办了第四届春节联欢晚会。
哈勃高中的餐厅里充满了节日气氛，来宾们津津有味地品尝着地道的中国传统佳肴，享受与家人和朋友团聚的喜乐。廊道上灯笼高挂，春联、剪纸 烘托着浓厚的年味，小商品琳琅满目，写毛笔字的两位女士挥毫泼墨，为来宾们书写他们的中文名字。礼堂内晚会开始，主持人在台上介绍了一些中国人过春节的风俗。之后，开始精彩的表演，节目有中国传统的民族舞蹈和音乐，少儿舞蹈，合唱，时尚舞蹈的表演等等。在节目间隙，主持人还和现场观众进行了互动游戏，将晚会的气氛掀起高潮。
春晚的成功凝结了幕后志愿者们的辛勤付出，真诚感谢当地商家的支持和朋友们的爱心参与。因为你们的慷慨赞助，我们才有可能为当地社区提供这样一晚富有中国风味的娱乐生活；因为你们的爱心，我们才有机会帮助优秀的中国贫困学生追求大学梦。
我们不愿看到有追求的学子因家庭贫困而放弃高等教育，我们也坚信，教育能帮助解除贫困。借着中国文化，集合我们的爱心和力量，让我们把社区变得更加和谐，愿有志的学子们梦想成真。

Chinese Association of NWA celebrated Year of Dog on 02-10-2018 in Springdale Har-Ber High School.
Cafeteria was full of guests enjoying authentic Chinese food，hot items like egg rolls and dumplings were very popular. Along the hallway, red lanterns, couplets and paper-cut art brought out rich festive atmosphere. A variety of gift baskets and gift cards were very inviting. Two young ladies were busy writing guests' names in Chinese with brushes and ink.
On the stage of PAC, the hostess briefly explained the Chinese New Year tradition before the show started. Then The night of programs fascinated the audience with folk dances, beautiful music,kids dance, and colorful fashion show.

During the show, the host and the audience also conducted interactive games, what a fun night!
The success of the celebration resulted from the hard work of volunteers behind the scenes, also from the support of local businesses and the love of friends. Because of your generosity, we were able to provide such a Chinese-style entertainment to our local community. Thanks to your love, we had the opportunity to help outstanding Chinese poor students to pursue their dream of college.
We do not want to see the poverty to become the barrier to higher education, but firmly believe that education can help eradicate poverty. Through Chinese culture, let's gather our love and strength to make our community more harmonious, may students’ dreams come true.