SKAC Foundation

  • Mission
    The Mission of The Shui Kuen and Allen Chin Foundation ("The SKAC Foundation") is to honor the values of restaurant owners Shui Kuen and Allen Chin through supporting the educational aspirations of children of workers in the Asian/Pacific Islander food service industry in the United States of America.
  • History/genesis
    The selfless commitment and hard work of Shui Kuen and Allen Chin, co-owners and operators of Chung's, a well-known Chinese restaurant in the greater Detroit area, allowed their six children to successfully complete post-secondary education and pursue a diverse range of career paths. With pride, the Chins regularly shared news of their children's latest accomplishments with long-time and new restaurant customers alike. On October 11, 2005, Allen Chin lost his life on his way to the restaurant. Shui Kuen Chin survived the car accident and provided encouragement to her children as they sought to turn the family tragedy into something positive. The result is The Shui Kuen and Allen Chin Foundation.
  • Supporting educational aspirations
    The Chin children have decided that The SKAC Foundation's support of educational aspirations will take the form of an annual scholarship award program to be known as The SKAC Scholarship. Subject to change, two (2) annual scholarships of $1,000 will be made.

Scholarship Timeline

Previous Scholarship Recipients

  • 2010: Van Nguyen, University of Chicago
    2009: Emily Chin, San Francisco State University
    2008: Connie Bi, UC Davis
    2006: Sarin Prakobwanakit, UCLA
    Linda Cheng
    Nikki Lac, Seattle University
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Application & Eligibility

Apparently, it's been difficult to find the application here on the website. For ease of reference, here is another link from which you can download the document:

[the application period has ended]

There have also been quite a few questions about eligibility. The scholarship is intended for students who are currently enrolled in accredited colleges and universities seeking a degree. Based on your feedback, we may review this for the future, but this will be the guideline for this year's eligibility. This is an effort on the part of the Foundation to help students avoid what befell Dad when he was unable to complete the college education he'd begun, in part, for financial reasons.

November 28, 2006 in SKAC Scholarship |

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Steven Lee

SKAC Foundation

I'm a junior in college and recently joined a regional non-profit group called the Midwest Asian American Student Union (MAASU) and I cannot tell you how much I have enjoyed being a part of an organization like this. I've been able to meet so many different people as conferences and couldn’t have expected anymore. I wanted to thank you for giving the youth opportunities such as this.

Steven Lee
Westminster College

Posted by: Steven Lee | December 12, 2006 at 01:39 PM

Calvin

Thanks, Steven. We're seeing a lot of site traffic from MAASU and we really appreciate your support!

Calvin

Posted by: Calvin | December 13, 2006 at 08:52 AM

Steven Lee

Calvin

I would hope so! We added the scholarship on the website and hopefully a lot of people have applied (I know I have!) Hope your holidays are going great. Its always good to come back home from school.

Steven

Posted by: Steven Lee | December 15, 2006 at 05:45 PM

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