Typhoon fails to dampen Community Center’s spirit

The awards recognized community leadership. The dinner was held at the Grand Hyatt Taipei Hotel’s grand ballroom, drawing roughly 200 of Taipei’s most prominent international executives and their spouses. While more were expected, organizers breathed a sigh of relief that so many turned up.

CAPCO, said Community Services Center Director Mary Chua, has made significant contributions to charities in the fields of medicine, culture, education and environmental protection. CAPCO employees, she added, have also participated actively in community projects, most notably wildlife protection efforts. T. F. Chao was present to receive the award on behalf of CAPCO.

Dea, who received one of the two individual awards, has helped the Center raise more than NT$12 million-in his capacity as the event’s auctioneer-over the past six years, said Chua. He has also mentored youths in the international community through his active involvement in the Eagle Scout program.

Fred Voigtmann, chairperson of the Community Services Center steering committee, had fulsome praise for “Tito” Gray Gleason. “Tito has been a strong advocate for international non-profit organizations in Taipei. He has played an especially important role in serving overseas migrant workers based in Taiwan through his Sunday morning radio program on ICRT and through supporting their events.”

The success of the annual charity dinner auction, stressed Voigtmann, would not have been possible without the generous support of more than 100 corporations, including notables such as Costco, the Grand Hyatt Taipei, Crown Worldwide Movers, Pernod Ricard, ABN AMRO, B&Q, Breitling, Jasons, LG, L’Oreal, Nike Golf, HSBC, Hewlett Packard, United Airlines, S.C. Johnson and Swire Coca-Cola.

The Community Services Center is a non-profit organization founded in 1987 to provide support services to the international community in Taipei, including crisis intervention, counseling, cross-cultural training, continuing education, publications as well as welcome and referral services.

Since its inception, it has derived up to 50 percent of its operating income through direct corporate donations and fundraising events. This past year, a team of six professional counselors delivered over 2,600 counseling sessions and responded to crisis on a regular basis.

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