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Local and national media, plus the organizations that have recognized NiHao's volunteers, ambassadors and founders.

James Huang Wins the ACP Community Service Award

12/2/2024

James Huang Wins the ACP Community Service Award

Our co-founder James Huang was honored with the ACP Community Service Award at ACP MetroCon. For decades James has worn many hats in community service, always stepping up to support those in need.

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NiHao Ambassador Athena Wen Introduced the Peanut Butter Drive to Her School

10/14/2024

NiHao Ambassador Athena Wen Introduced the Peanut Butter Drive to Her School

Southlake's Durham Intermediate School collected over 500 jars of peanut butter and raised an additional $1,000 for the North Texas Food Bank during Hunger Action Month, after NiHao ambassador Athena Wen introduced the drive.

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8/19/2024

NiHao Talks with Erica Yaeger

At NiHao's annual meeting, the North Texas Food Bank's Erica Yaeger discussed NiHao's impact on food insecurity — Texas is the hungriest state in the nation, and mobilizing the Chinese American community makes an incredible difference.

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8/13/2024

Feeding America

Co-founder Bing Xie spoke with Claire from Feeding America about NiHao's journey — in three years NiHao has provided nearly 2 million meals to families across North Texas.

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6/29/2024

NiHao Wins the “Chinese American Charitable Giving Award” by UCA

United Chinese Americans presented the award at the Chinese American Convention Gala in Washington D.C. Co-founder Jane Li and ambassador Sherwin Xu accepted on behalf of NiHao.

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5/13/2024

Dallas Morning News

For AAPI Heritage Month, the Dallas Morning News spotlighted North Texans combating anti-Asian hate, featuring NiHao founders James Huang and CY Chen, and ambassador Melody Tian's “A-Portrait Project.”

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11/10/2023

NiHao Interview with CW33

CW33 and Jenny Anchondo highlighted the work of the North Texas Food Bank and NiHao, a grassroots movement driven by Chinese American volunteers to fight hunger.

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5/17/2023

NiHao featured on Phoenix North America Chinese Channel (凤凰卫视美洲台)

Phoenix North America's “他乡创业故乡情” featured NiHao at the North Texas Food Bank and interviewed co-founder Bing Xie.

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2/26/2023

“Community Engagement Award”

NiHao was awarded the Community Engagement Award at the US-China Chamber of Commerce Dallas annual meeting, where ambassadors also ran a booth raising hunger awareness and funds.

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11/19/2022

“Influential Team of the Year of 2022”

At the ACP Foundation's annual MetroCon Symposium, Team NiHao was named Influential Team of the Year. Youth ambassadors handed out 400 flyers and collected donations at the event.

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