II. ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR PAST ACHIEVEMENTSTien
Cultural Foundation is composed of four organizations: the Young Writers Club, Mountain
Service Corp., the Audio-Visual Center, and Cultural Activity Division.
1. The Young Writers Club Our goal is to train young writers and promote a
ultural environment for youth. We also want to widen their view of life by offering
literature and artist courses, publishing relevant books, sponsoring or providing space
for relevant activities.
- Achievements For 34 years in the history of this Young Writers Club, five
thousand students have taken part in its activities. Of them, about two hundred are now
regular contributors of published articles, many of them have also become very popular or
outstanding writers.
2. Mountain Service Corp. The organization was founded on July 1, 1967. Serving
the aborigines and learning from their cultures are our objectives. We recruit college and
university students to go during school vacations into remote and far-off areas of the
mountainside to make friends with the aborigine families. With an attitude of earnest
respect and willingness to learn, these students develop a relationship of mutual
understanding with the aborigines, and therefore contribute to cultural communication on
both sides.
- Accomplishments In the past years, we have trained thousands of young students
who carried heavy loads of medicine, books and magazines on their back into the remote
mountainside, or the aborigine communities in the urban districts, to help the aborigine
youth with their school work and to provide spiritual food and medical care to the
residents. Through various designed activities, e.g. legal consultation, the farming
practice, etc., the aborigines gain more knowledge of the reality of the society and
thereby increase their capability in adapting themselves with it. Meanwhile, these
students have found self-fulfillment and have grown in both personality and character. In
January 1994, United News Cultural Foundation bestowed to us the "Primal Award of
Social Service," which has brought great animation for us.
3. The Audio-Visual Center We offer material and activities for art
appreciation. All the facilities needed for viewing and thousands of original copies of
classic movies, operas, ballets, Chinese operas and religious tapes* etc. video tapes,
slides and cassettes are available for rent.
- Accomplishments We have offered countless speeches, seminars and shows concerning
western and oriental art, architecture, music, movies, photography* etc., with topics such
as "The Post-modern Phenomena of Art," "Western Ideas of
Architecture," "The History of Modern Chinese Painting," "Modern
Illustration," and so on. These activities contribute to both the lifting of the
quality of life and the promotion of art education. The center has been chosen as the
location for the ceremony of the Catholic Golden Torch Award twice.
4. Cultural Activity Division We are pioneer among private organizations which
hold and promote art activities systematically. Our present chief work is to hold
activities of arts and medical care for the silver-haired race and to maintain and take
charge of our site for cultural activities. We have a large hall with seating for 500,
meeting rooms and classrooms for 30, 40, 50 and 80 seat, which are well-equipped. The site
is open for other groups to rent beside our own activities.
View our facilites
for rent here
- Accomplishments For more than thirty years, we have been holding activities of
speeches, film appreciation, concerts, art exhibitions, academic seminars and workshops
for writing, which have appealed to numerous college and university students and young
people with work. Many students have held their activities to welcome freshmen or to
farewell graduates here; this place has been become a part of their memory of youth with
tears and laughter, and has contributed to their rowth toward maturity. Now the phenomenon
of aging population emerges in our society; therefore, our present aim is to help elders
enjoy themselves after retirement and live a healthy, comfortable, fulfilled life with
respect, and we will continue such effort in the future.
III. OUR FUTURE PLANS
- Renovation of facilities and classrooms to keep up with the times.
- Expand the scope of services to include housewives, children and senior citizens from
our neighborhood.
- Recruiting volunteers from all walks of life so that both our society and the volunteers
will benefit from the experiences.
- Replenish the fund by holding bazaars and other fund-raising activities.
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