In terms of local service, CHMB AM1320 supports a wide variety of community, non-profit and charitable organizations in its fundraising efforts and promotional activities.? Along with this kind of community involvement, CHMB works continually to meet the needs of Vancouver’s expanding multicultural community by helping those of different cultural backgrounds understand each other, and integrate successfully into the mainstream of Canadian society.

The following are some of the community activities and events CHMB supported, sponsored or organized in the past 12 months:

Since 1985, CHMB has been supporting various fund-raising activities organized by SUCCESS to raise funds for its social and immigrant settlement services. There are at least three fund-raising activities organized by SUCCESS every year, including Walk with the Dragon at Stanley Park in the summer, Fund-raising Gala at GM Place in February, Fund-raising Concert in October.

Since 1995, CHMB has been supporting the Chinese Cultural Centre’s Fund-raising Telethon and Anniversary Fund-raising Banquet every year.

Since 1995, CHMB has been supporting the hospital’s Miracle Weekend Fund-raising, a radiothon to help spread the message of helping children patients. Starting 2005, CHMB has also supported the hospital’s Children We Care Dinner.

CHMB has been sponsoring BC Cancer Foundation’s fund-raising activities since 2002. Between 2003 and 2004, BC Cancer Foundation worked in partnership with CHMB to organize a series of 10 seminars on the most common cancer for the Chinese-speaking community. A total of 1,200 people attended the seminars, the first of its kind in B.C. In 2005, CHMB sponsored One World One Heart fund-raising activities.

Alcan Dragon Boat Festival is the largest dragon boat celebration in North America with more than 100,000 people attending the annual event. CHMB is the exclusive multicultural media sponsor of the event.

Canada Day at Canada Place is the best and largest Canada Day Celebrations in Vancouver. CHMB is the only multicultural radio station participating in this event, acting as a bridge between the Chinese and the mainstream community in the promotion of this multicultural celebration of Canada’s birthday. For many years, the station’s program hosts, DJs and talents gave a 90-minute variety show at the Family Entertainment Stage and set up a display booth at the Main Lobby and Delegate Concourse distributing informational pamphlets and prizes to the visitors. Canada Day at Canada Place 2006 is ranked as the best in the history of Canada Place. More than 85,000 attendees enjoyed the day’s celebrations and the AM1320 CHMB Variety Show continued to be crowd favourites. Our variety show is regarded as an important and popular component of the celebrations.

CHMB promoted the event in 2005 and 2006 and simulcast the fireworks music.

Since 2001, CHMB has helped promote Vancouver’s Sun Run which aims at raising funds for children and family literacy and helping amateur athletes.

“Kaleidoscope” is a fun-filled event aimed at celebrating cultural diversity and promoting understanding and harmony among Canadians through activities. This is their 8th year with 33 countries/ethnic groups participating in this event. CHMB has become the exclusive media sponsor of this Richmond event for several years.

CHMB was a sponsor of this festival to promote different cultures in 2005 and 2006.

CHMB promoted this web promotion of Asian cultural activities.

CHMB supported the Vancouver Police Department’s campaign between December 2005 to January 2006 to reduce the city’s property crime.

As part of our efforts to promote Chinese traditional culture, CHMB staged a number of Lunar New Year Festival shows at various shopping malls in Richmond, Vancouver and Burnaby in January 2006.

CHMB has been a very loyal supporter of Vancouver Chinatown Merchants Association and Vancouver’s Chinatown since the start of the radio station in 1973. Following the success of the past few years, CHMB has been organizing Chinatown Night Market Shows as part of the station’s efforts to promote Chinatown Night Market to tourists and locals. Our talents’ performance has attracted many visitors to the Night Market

Since 2001, CHMB has been a supporter of Vancouver Chinatown Festival and Youth Talent Showdown, which are organized by Vancouver Chinatown Business Improvement Area Society in an effort to attract more people to Chinatown.

In order to celebrate the founding anniversary of our radio station with the Chinese Canadian community, CHMB has been organizing a thousand-people banquet at Vancouver’s largest Chinese restaurant, Floata Restaurant in Chinatown, for many years. The extravaganza is also meant to showcase our broadcast talents to our audience. Throughout the evening, our program hosts and winners of our singing and DJ contests staged different types of performances to entertain our audience.