Helen Gee Chin Scholarship Foundation

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CCMAA is celebrating 30 years at this year’s open house! We’re inviting all alumni to come back — whether you’d like to perform or simply join us in the audience, we would love to have you there. Please DM us and let us know if you’d like to participate. We’re excited to come together and celebrate the memories, the community, and everything CCMAA represents.

2026-27 APPLICATION IS NOW AVAILABLE!
https://www.hgcscholarshipfoundation.org/eligibility

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors, the Helen Gee Chin Scholarship Foundation proudly awarded $21,500 in scholarships in the 2025–2026 academic year, bringing our cumulative total to $204,500 granted since 2011 — a milestone that reflects the strength and commitment of our community. We are excited and optimistic as we look forward to another banner year ahead.

CCMAA’s Open House (which raises funds to support the Helen Gee Chin Scholarship Foundation) has been scheduled well in advance, as we will be celebrating two important milestones: 30 years of the Academy and 15 years of the Foundation. Please mark your calendars for June 28th.

It’s a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with friends, and in this milestone year, we especially hope to see alumni, parents, and even scholarship recipients (please RSVP to [email protected]).

The event will include student and instructor performances, crafts and t-shirts for purchase, and raffle and auction items benefiting the Foundation.

This year’s award recipients were recognized at the Foundation’s table at the USKSF tournament with a giant check. Pictured (L-R) are Sifu Calvin Chin, Maria and Bonnie who sell fundraiser t-shirts and paper crafts (made by Helen’s mother) each year to help benefit the Foundation. Thank you to all who stopped by!

The Helen Gee Chin Scholarship Foundation selection committee has completed its review of 2025-26 applications. Over the years, our scholarships have supported students with dedication, discipline, and a strong connection to martial arts values, as well as academic achievements.

Thanks to the generosity of its donors, the Foundation was able to award a total of $21,500 this year! Join us in congratulating this year’s award recipients:

• $3500 to Shaun Chen of Zhang Kung Fu Institute, CA
• $3500 to Elena Chow of Elite Kung Fu, CA
• $3500 to Michael-Anthony Kline of Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy, CT
• $3500 to Casey Lew of US Wushu Center, OR
• $3500 to Isaac Wen of Elite Kung Fu, CA

Honorable Mentions:
• $2000 to Wihl Costelo of Shaolin Kung Fu Academy, FL
• $2000 to Amaya Estevez of Rising Dragon Martial Arts, WI

Our cumulative total now stands at $204,500 awarded since 2011! Photos of award recipients will soon be added to our website hgcscholarshipfoundation.org.

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Did you know? The 2025-26 scholarship application is on our website and may be downloaded or completed electronically with supporting documents sent in separately. Please refer any college-bound eligible students!

Please see https://www.hgcscholarshipfoundation.org/eligibility

The Foundation held its annual fundraiser last Sunday with performances, raffles, auctions, and sales to raise money for the scholarships we award every summer. We are always happy to see so many Academy alumni, friends and family of Helen and Sifu Calvin Chin come out and support the Foundation.

We are extremely grateful not only to our amazing donors, but to the wonderful volunteers and performers who work so hard to put on this event. THANK YOU!

We are very pleased to announce our 2024-25 Award Recipients!

$3500 to Maggie Cheng of Zhuang's Tai Chi and Kung Fu Academy, LA
$3500 to Samarth Hegde of Zhang Kung Fu Institute, CA
$3500 to Max Raffel of Calvin Chin's Martial Arts Academy, MA

Honorable Mentions:
$2000 to Crystal Chang of Elite Kung Fu, CA
$2000 to Jackie Gallagher of Professional Martial Arts Academy, VA
$2000 to Alinda Lau of Rise Martial Arts Academy, CA

Scholarship recipients come from all over the United States, and our cumulative award total is now $183,000 to date, thanks to the generosity of our donors and fundraising efforts of our volunteers!

Calvin Chin's Martial Arts Academy will be holding its annual OPEN HOUSE on July 21st to raise funds to support the Helen Gee Chin Scholarship Foundation and to showcase the progress of its members. The event will include performances by our students and instructors, items for purchase*/auction benefiting the foundation, and afterwards, a ticketed fundraiser dinner (requires prior purchase for planning purposes - please email [email protected]). If you are local, we hope you can join us!

The Foundation was formed in 2011, in memory of Simo Helen, Sifu’s beloved wife and administrator of the Academy for 15 years, who passed away after a brief battle with cancer. The Foundation grants scholarships to college-bound students of Chinese martial arts. It was an opportunity to take a terrible loss and turn it into something positive. Scholarship recipients come from all over the United States, and our cumulative award total is more than $166,000 to date, thanks to the generosity of our donors and fundraising efforts of our volunteers!

* After a long hiatus, Mrs. Gee (Helen's mom) has resumed making paper crafts this year, particularly dragons!

P.S. Our 2024-25 application deadline is June 15th.

The 2024-25 scholarship application is available on our website. If you know any qualified students of Chinese Martial Arts who will be attending college in the fall, please have them apply! The application deadline is June 15, 2024.
https://www.hgcscholarshipfoundation.org/eligibility

The website is back live, rebuilt with just the essentials for now. The scholarship application for 2024-25 will be uploaded soon, but last year's application is available for informational purposes.
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