Thank you, Preferred Bank, for your generous donation of $5,000 to support our work in helping immigrants and low-income individuals toward economic self-sufficiency and career advancement! None of our work could be done without our amazing supporters like you!
Preferred Bank Executive Vice President Ms. Kathy Yen (center) and Senior Vice President Mr. MK Chow (right) handing over the donation check to CMP Executive Director Mr. Hong Shing Lee (left)
CMP is pleased to announce that we have been certified by Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, as a Service Enterprise!
Achieving Service Enterprise certification is a very prestigious accomplishment for an organization. In fact, organizations that certify join the top 11 percent of nonprofits nationwide in volunteer management and organizational performance. The certification signifies that we have the capability and management expertise to strategically use volunteers to improve our performance and better deliver on our mission!
If you recently have plans to subscribe to a new print magazine through Amazon, please consider making a no-cost donation to CMP!
Through January 31, 2019, AmazonSmile will donate to us 15% the purchase price of new print magazine subscriptions, without adding extra cost to you. Visit https://smile.amazon.com/b?node=18541223011 for details. Thank you!
Please SAVE THE DATE for our 2019 Career Building Awards Gala on April 18th, 2019!!!🥂🥂🥂
It’s never too late to start your dream career!
Whether you’re just starting your career or ready for a change, now it's a good time to consider becoming a Certified Nurse Aide (CNA). Skills you learn as a CNA can also prepare you for a long-term career in the nursing field. Come and register our CNA training program today!
Program Length: 11-12 weeks
Program Schedule: Starting on Jan. 26th, 2019; Sat. & Sun. 9 am to 5 pm
Program Fees :Depend on your family income; Low income individuals enjoy special discount; Free for SNAP recipients
For more information, please contact us at 212-571-1690, ext. 231 or Rachelzhou@cmpny.org, or visit 70 Mulberry St, 3rd FL, New York, NY 10013.
Congratulations to the winners of our 6th Annual Kid’s Drawing Contest! Look at all these beautiful and creative drawings!
This year we received a total of 420 submissions from the 5 boroughs of NYC, Long Island, New Jersey and Hong Kong, China, among which 90 drawings were chosen as winners. Themes for this contest were "Our Life”, “Chinatown in My Eye” and “Happy Moon Festival”.
Winners’ artworks are now being displayed at CMP, 3rd FL of 70 Mulberry St. Please visit us to view and enjoy these beautiful artworks.
Don’t have time to visit? Click here to view the digital art book.
CMP will be closing early on New Year’s Eve (Monday, 12/31) at 1:00 pm and will be closed on New Year’s Day (Tuesday, 1/1). We will reopen on Wednesday, 1/2.
May you have a wonderful New Year ahead!
An Identity Theft Prevention Workshop was conducted yesterday by Cathay Bank for our WLG program participants and ALP students. So much useful information about how to protect our identities, avoid and report scams!
CMP will be closing early on Christmas Eve (Monday, 12/24) at 1:00 pm and will be closed on Christmas Day (Tuesday, 12/25). We will reopen on Wednesday, 12/26. Thank you and Merry Christmas!!!
Look! We are on e-billboards all over the city!
THANK YOU, @Fox Networks Group volunteers, for contributing your time and effort to help our students with English skills practice, resume improvements, elevator pitches, interview tips, networking opportunities and other career advice yesterday, Dec. 18th!
For many of our students, this might have been the very first time they were exposed to American workplace culture. Such a fruitful day!🎉🎉
Our ALP (Adult Literacy Program) students are beginning their English language journey today! We're also very happy to see some familiar faces return to this program and continue to advance their English level.👨🏫👨🏫👩🏫👩🏫
Check out our December e-Newsletter here and see what's new about CMP!🎉🎉🎉
https://mailchi.mp/…/check-out-whats-new-here-at-cmp-1524305
CMP hosted a Small Business Financial Management Workshop on December 5th, with participation of 15 entrepreneurs and small business owners. Participants were led through basics of cash flow management, financial statement preparation and analysis, as well as new tax reform changes.
We know how hard it is to start a new life in a new country with different culture, especially with the language barrier. Learning English might be the very first step a new immigrant will take when they're ready to start a new life in the U.S. If you need to learn and improve English skills, come join our FREE ALP (Adult Literacy Program)/ESL class.
Class Date:
12/10/18 - 3/14/19 (Monday - Thursday)
Morning Class: 9 am - 11: 30 am OR
Afternoon Class: 1 pm - 3:30 pm
For registration or more information, please see the program flyer here, or contact us at 212-571-1690, ext. 200 or 213.
CMP is proud to present: Small Business Financial Management Workshop, Wednesday, December 5th from 6:30-8:30 PM.
Come learn more about bookkeeping and financial statements as well as new tax laws and regulation!
For more information and registration details, please contact CMP at (212) 571-1698 or (646) 292-9672.
Everyone can have an impact on #GivingTuesday!
For more than 45 years, CMP has been proudly serving the immigrant and low-income community and helping them toward gainful employment or become self-employed. Every year our Campaign for Self-Sufficiency raises funds to directly assist more than 3000 individuals in getting job skills trainings, work readiness sessions, job placement services, or small business startup seminars and assistance. With your help, our 2018 Campaign for Self-Sufficiency is aiming to raise $50,000 to continue and expand services to the greater community.
$1,500 will help 1 low-income individual learn new job skills and become a certified nurse aide.
$1,000 will help 1 unemployed individual learn freight forwarding operations and practical computer software skills to become a freight forwarder.
$700 will help one entry level worker improve their employability by learning QuickBooks and basic computer skills to become a bookkeeper.
$500 will help 2 new immigrants enroll in a 12-weeks English class and achieve 1 level of educational advancement.
$300 will help send 1 aspiring entrepreneur to a 10-weeks Small Business Boot Camp.
$150 will support 1 non-English speaker to attend a 6-weeks business training course in his/her native language.
$100 will help award 2 young Chinese School students for their hard works and achievements.
Here’s Yu Lin’s story: it offers a window into how difficult it can be for a new immigrant to develop the strength to obtain economic self-sufficiency in this new land; and how CMP helps him through it.
Yu Lin
When Yu Lin arrived at CMP in 2011, he’s been in the U.S. for only a week. Amidst being a new immigrant facing loneliness, helplessness, and fears, in 2011 Yu attended the Out-of-School-Youth (OSY) Program at CMP where he received training in job readiness, English writing and reading, math, and computer skills. CMP encouraged and assisted him to prepare for college admission. Equally important was that he got to know many good friends and started to build his social and support network here.
In 2012, CMP helped Yu successfully enroll in college and helped him get his first summer job. In 2016 he graduated from Baruch College with an accounting degree and passed all CPA tests in 2017. He is currently working at Oppenheimer & Co. as a Staff Auditor.
At the same time he is also a Master’s candidate at Baruch College. Upon his graduation in 2019, he will be able to obtain his CPA license and become a Certified Public Accountant.
“CMP really has helped me to become a contributing member of this society. As a new immigrant, I used to live under the roof of my relatives and depended on them financially. While I have been grateful for their help, I am now so proud to have become economically self-sufficient. For new immigrants, there is nothing more important than helping them to make a living and feel self-worthy. I am forever grateful to you, CMP!”
The 2018 Campaign for Self-Sufficiency needs your support to continue to provide key services to the low-income individuals and immigrants like Yu Lin. 100% of your contribution will go to direct services.
CMP will be closing early on Wednesday (11/21) at 1:00 pm and will be closed on Thursday (11/22) and Friday (11/23) in observance of Thanksgiving Day. We will reopen on Monday, 11/26. Thank you and we wish you a Happy and Memorable Thanksgiving!
We are so honored to have some of our supporters, donors, former students/clients, board members and staff members gather together at our Wine Tasting & 2018 Thanksgiving Reception on Thursday, November 15th, to express our sincere gratitude for all the generous support we’ve been receiving! Thank you so much for your continued support to CMP and services we provide to the community!
We are also very happy to meet many new friends of CMP! Thank you for giving us the opportunity to share with you CMP messages and stories.
We hope everyone enjoyed the event and had a great time! More photos of the evening can be viewed and downloaded through here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmwfELwR.
CMP will be closing early on Friday, November 9th at 1:00 pm and will be closed on Monday, November 12th, in observance of Veterans Day. Thank you.
