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GO FOR BROKE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION’S
"EVENING OF ALOHA" GALA DINNER TO BE HELD AT RITZ-CARLTON
PASADENA
Due to Imminent Hotel Strike November
6 Event Venue Changed
(TORRANCE, Calif. - October 25, 2004) - The
Go For Broke Educational Foundation has announced that its 3rd
annual Evening of Aloha gala dinner sponsored by Michelob will
now be held at The Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa in
Pasadena, Calif. Because of the impending hotel workers’
union strike in Los Angeles, the Educational Foundation opted
to relocate its event to The Ritz-Carlton in Pasadena. The gala
dinner takes place on Saturday, November 6 and will feature keynote
speaker General Eric Shinseki (Ret.), a sumptuous four-course
dinner prepared by world-renowned Hawaii chefs Alan Wong (Alan
Wong Restaurant, The Pineapple Room, The Hualalai Grille by Alan
Wong) and Roy Yamaguchi (Roy’s Restaurants worldwide). Entertainment
will be provided by The Makaha Sons with special guest appearances
by Jake Shimabukuro and hula halau Keali’i O Nalani. The
evening’s Mistress of Ceremonies is Miss Universe 1997,
Brook Mahealani Lee.
Evening of Aloha is sold out. For information contact the Go
For Broke Educational Foundation at 310-328-0907 or eveningofaloha@goforbroke.org.
The Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa is located at 1401
South Oak Knoll Avenue, Pasadena.
The Go For Broke Educational Foundation institutes educational
programs focused on the heroism and history of the Japanese American
soldiers of World War II, as well as the forced evacuation and
incarceration of Japanese Americans and civil liberties issues
raised by those events. Currently the Educational Foundation’s
programs include An American Story Teacher Training Program, Hanashi
Oral History Program, www.GoForBroke.org
educational Web site, and Resource Center.
In 1989 Japanese American World War II veterans established the
100th/442nd/MIS WWII Memorial Foundation to build the Go For Broke
Monument, which today is an eternal tribute to the heroics of
the segregated Japanese American units: 100th Infantry Battalion,
442nd Regimental Combat Team, MIS (Military Intelligence Service)
and the many other men and women who served overseas during World
War II. The Monument is located in the Little Tokyo district of
downtown Los Angeles at Temple and Alameda Streets.
