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w hen a local firefighter held the first issue of The Silicon Valley Impressions
magazine, and she said “I like the smell of the newly printed magazine. Nice!” “I know her, Hung Wei. She helped my kid in school!” A dad pointed at Hung Wei’s picture on page 22 in our first issue and said.
Living in Silicon Valley for over 20 years, I have seen so many people working together to help others in the community. There are many organizations in Silicon Valley that consist of volunteers who want to help others. These individuals and organizations gave me a wonderful experience as an immigrant living here. Since I started my own volunteering journey, I have been enriched constantly by my experiences with these people and organizations. It has been my dream to have a publication devoted to the community’s people, events, and the positive energy we generate. After years of preparation, I am finally able to offer Silicon Valley Impressions Magazine to our community and the people I admire and love. With the talent and passion of a wonderful team, we are proud that we can write and promote the selfless human love and devotion of the people who live in the same place we all call home, Silicon Valley. In each issue, we try our best to write about and portray a variety of people who work to better the community. Whether they are high-profile leaders or silent heroes, we will give each of them an equal amount of attention and care respectfully - our effort is small, but we will continue to do more for those people. Don Sun
About this issue S ummer is here! Although temperatures in the Bay Area can reach 90 to 100 degrees, we are proud to keep our temperatures comfortable in this issue mainly because of the people in our magazine: the warm Polly Bove, the cool Sgt. Rick Sung, and the mild Mayor Jose Esteves. Many thanks to architect Jorge Salem, Apple employee Anastasia Novozhilova , and Beverly Lenihan from the Library Foundation for your contribution to this issue on architecture, bike safety, and cool things about our local Library. We are honored to introduce Dr. Hsing Kung, who has done so much as an entrepreneur and as a philanthropist. Finally, a warm welcome to a Hunan Chamber of Commerce group on its tour to the U.S. Best wishes to them and to all the people who travel to other countries this summer. And yes, we have summer reading for you introduced by Joe and Ann Cleaver - The Boys in the Boat. We are grateful to all the community service people whose love and dedication have inspired us. We cannot write about all of them in one issue, but we will continue to write about them one by one, issue after issue. The Silicon Valley Impressions Team Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the writers and interviewees. They do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the publisher. Copyright notice: No part of this publication and/or website may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form without prior written permission of the Publisher. Permission is only deemed valid if approval is in writing. Silicon Valley Impressions owns all rights to contributions, text and images, unless previously agreed to in writing.
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