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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2006 Scholarship Winners

The SKAC Foundation has exciting, and some long overdue, news to pass along. We have decided to give out three scholarships to three deserving recipients. They are,

first place - Sarin Prakobwanakit
second place - Linda Cheng
third place - Nikki Lac

The Chin Family would also like to thank everyone again for your generous donation to the SKAC Foundation this past year; it has been rather tough getting the foundation off and running this past year but now that things are finally coming together with the announcement of the first recipients, processes are now put in place, and the growing pains of starting a foundation should be ironed out.

Thanks for your continued support!

September 26, 2007 in SKAC Scholarship |

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