SFYAD

02/07/2023

09/27/2022

Join us for the return of our annual food bank volunteer event this October!

SFYAD resumes their annual food bank volunteer event for the 8th year after two years of virtual events. We will be preparing grocery care packages for distribution to residents of the San Francisco community, where they will be delivered by local volunteers to the homes of families who experience food insecurities in the Bay Area.
Please take some time to consider and join us for this meaningful event!

Sign up to secure your slot in this event below (Limited slots available!)

Any questions or concerns, please contact/DM organizer Katrina Chak

https://www.sfyad.org/events/sf-marin-food-bank-volunteer

Hope to see you there!

10/22/22, 8-10:30am

02/22/2022

Hey everyone! Our next gathering is coming up this Saturday, Feb 26 from 5-7 pm in Sunnyvale! Join in person if fully vaccinated or online. We will be having a game night playing Codenames with potluck dinner afterwards! Please RSVP at

Join us in person or online for an evening playing Codenames and other fun games! We will have a potluck with all onsite participants. For safety during the pandemic, we require you to be fully vaccinated.

12/07/2021

San Bao Temple will be going through a reconstruction next year (finally!!) and in prep for it, we need volunteers to help with spring cleaning and packing the items at the temple.

We welcome anyone who’s vaccinated and doesn’t have any symptoms to help out in one or both of the following cleaning sessions:

(1) Cleaning and packing the SFYAD Room
Dec 11, Sat, 10am - 2pm

(2) Cleaning and packing the rest of the temple
Jan 1, Sat, 9am - 4pm

Let us all gather in-person at the temple as we clean the place which we’ve all spent many wonderful memories together. This may be the last few times we’ll be seeing and gathering at the temple in this current form.

Register here:

San Bao Temple will be going through a reconstruction next year (finally!!) and in prep for it, we need volunteers to help with spring cleaning and packing the items at the temple. We welcome anyone who’s vaccinated and doesn’t have any symptoms to help out in one or both of the following cleani...

11/24/2021

One of the important questions young adults have regarding romantic relationships is “What should I look for in a partner?” Furthermore, what should you do when you have are conflicts with your partner? Or what to do when your feelings for your partner have faded? What can Buddhism offer for people who are seeking advice on romantic relationships? Join us for our FINAL “Dear Venerable…” episode to find out more!

Date: 12th December 2021
Time: 2-4pm PST
Sign-up: bit.ly/DearVen4
Post your Qs here: sli.do/dearVen4

One of the important questions young adults have regarding romantic relationships is “What should I look for in a partner?” Furthermore, what should you do when you have are conflicts with your partner? Or what to do when your feelings for your partner have faded? What can Buddhism offer for ...

11/09/2021

佛教與神鬼

聽舊金山佛光青年分團輔導法師覺上法師為我們說佛教裡的神鬼故事。活動將以中文進行並提供英文翻譯。

SUPERNATURAL STORY OF BUDDHISM

Join us in-person or online where SFYAD Advising Venerable Venerable Chueh Shang will share Buddhist Stories about Supernatural phenomenon. Event will be conducted in Chinese with English Translation available.

Time:
Nov 13, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PT

Address:
Meet In-Person (Bring ID and your vaccination card)
San Bao Temple
1750 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109

Or Join Online
Zoom link: https://bit.ly/sfyadzoom

RSVP: https://www.sfyad.org/events/supernatural-stories-of-buddhism-fu-jiao-yu-shen-gui

10/07/2021

Dear SFYAD Members,

As you may know, SFYAD is hosting its annual general meeting on October 16, 2021 online this year. Following the same ritual, this year SFYAD members will nominate an
Outstanding individual among all the members to receive the outstanding
member award. Each member can nominate up 3 members. Member should provide convincing reasons for each nomination. The member that received the most nomination will receive the outstanding member award on the day of the Annual General Meeting. Following is the link for the nomination form: https://forms.gle/qcHkxqiNi4BGfyBs8

Please provide your nomination before the submission deadline - 11:59 pm, October 15, 2021. Should you have any questions in regards to the nomination, please feel free to reach out to me. Thank you for your time

Your votes are anonymous - you may enter up to 3 nominees. The President (Selene Chew) CANNOT be nominated/awarded. Also, the past awardees are not eligible for nomination, which includes: Yenting Low, Qiulin Peng, Ben Kwek, Winson Yang, Amanda Ong, and Qianjun.

09/23/2021

There are people of many cultures living in America. Some may be minorities born in America while others immigrated when they were young or during college. While our family or friends identify with one culture, we may identify ourselves with another or neither culture. Hence, what and how do we identify our culture? Join us and Venerable Man Kuang for our third “Dear Venerable…” episode to find out more!

Date: 26th September 2021
Time: 2-4pm PST
Sign-up: bit.ly/DearVen3
Post your Qs here: sli.do/dearVen3

Zoom link: http://bit.ly/sfyadzoom
Zoom ID: 953 0506 3101 Zoom
Password: 446265

09/09/2021

Please check out our September newsletter - big announcement - time to vote for the next SFYAD committee!

2021 BLIA-YAD San Francisco Election Now - 9/14 To all members! This year is the time where we elect the committee for the next 2 years. Nomination for election candidates has started and will end on Sep 14th. Please nominate up to 5 SFYAD members to be potential candidates for committee!

09/07/2021

Hi all,

SFYAD’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Oct 16th, 2-5pm, Online. This year is also the time where we elect the committee for the next 2 years. For the meeting and election to be valid, we need at least 50% of the members to attend the meeting. Please sign up for the meeting here: https://www.sfyad.org/events/2021-annual-general-meeting-election

Nomination for election candidates starts today and will end on Sep 14th. Please nominate up to 5 SFYAD members to be potential candidates for committee for the next 2 years.

Nomination form: https://forms.gle/pif27MPetYcshM3x8

More info about election: https://sites.google.com/bliayad.org/2021-sfyad-agm-election/home?authuser=3

Thanks!

08/05/2021

Good afternoon everyone, please check out our August newsletter where we have a bunch of exciting in-person and virtual events coming up! Check it out in the link below:

Upcoming Events

07/20/2021

Hello all,
Are you interested in learning how to make event posters, videos and websites for your YAD? The 2021 Digital Media Creation Workshop series is here for you! For more info, visit bit.ly/2021dmcworkshop