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of Asian businesses in the Central California region.
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Recap: “Market Your Business” Workshop
On Wednesday, March 15, 2023, we hosted our “Market Your Business” workshop at Self-Help Federal Credit Union. The presenter of this workshop was our Business Specialist, Choua Thao. We started this workshop with a short activity, where workshop attendees, all of whom are small business owners, pitched their business. That is, they (1) described their[…]
Crop Buyback Event #2 (2023)
On Thursday, March 9, 2023. our team packaged 700 produce boxes, which were filled with rapini, lemongrass, napa cabbage, mint, broccoli, sugarcane, and mustard greens, for the community of Fresno, CA. We want to thank our wonderful staff members and volunteers for making this event possible. We could not have done it without your hard[…]
Recap: Crop Buyback Event #1 (2023)
On Thursday, February 23, 2023, our team was hard at work, packaging 600 produce boxes, free of charge, for residents within the City of Fresno. These boxes were filled with fresh and locally grown produce such as daikon, navel oranges, cilantro, green onions, rapini, napa cabbage, and lemongrass. What’s also amazing about this is that[…]
We Wish You a Merry Christmas!
Our office will be closed from Friday, December 23, 2022 to Monday, December 26, 2022. We will reopen on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 8AM. If you have any questions and/or matters to discuss with us, we kindly ask that you contact us on the 27th. We hope you and your loved ones have a[…]
ABIRC Packages Produce for The Fresno Center
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, our team was hard at work, packaging sugar cane, lemongrass, bok choy, napa cabbage, and Thai Chili peppers into produce boxes for The Fresno Center. Through this effort, we were able to support 5 Southeast Asian farmers and supply 100 produce boxes to The Fresno Center. We hope that the[…]
Crop Buyback Event at FIRM
On Tuesday, November 22, 2022, we hosted a “Crop Buyback Event” at Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries’ (FIRM) Stanley-Rea Center, where we packed fresh, local produce into 400 boxes. These boxes, which contained persimmon, cilantro, daikon, carrots, lemongrass, green onion, and bok choy, were later distributed to food insecure families within the city of Fresno. We[…]
ABIRC Packages Fresh, Locally Grown Produce Into Boxes
Yesterday, on October 24, 2022, our team was hard at work, packaging 100 boxes for The Fresno Center’s monthly food distribution event. These boxes were filled with fresh, locally grown produce–mustard green, Thai eggplant, Chinese eggplant, lemon grass, and sinqua–from our Southeast Asian farmers. If you and/or your organization would like to request this service[…]
ABIRC Attends VSBDC’s Annual Lender Appreciation BBQ
ABIRC had the gracious opportunity to attend Valley Small Business Development Corporation (VSBDC) of Fresno’s annual “Lender Appreciation BBQ” on Friday, September 23, 2022. We had the chance to network and meet with other entities and organizations that were also present. We’d like to thank VSBDC for inviting us! VSBDC has been one of our[…]
ABIRC Celebrates Relocation to a New Office Space
On Tuesday, September 20, 2022, we held our “Open House” event, where we invited our partner organizations to join us, in our celebration of relocating to a new office space! You can now visit and seek assistance from us at 4903 East Kings Canyon Road, Suite 241, Fresno, CA 93727. Our office hours are 8AM-5PM. Please[…]
HQ Dance Studio Grand Opening Event
This past weekend, our Business Specialists, Choua Thao and Jamie Vang, attended the grand opening of HQ Dance Studio, located at 1085 E Herndon Ave suite 104, Fresno, CA 93720. Both Jamie and Choua were able to assist the owners of HQ Dance Studio with their business plan and many other aspects. Come support them today![…]
ABIRC Clients Receive FREE 1-Year QuickBooks Subscription
Throughout these past few months, we hosted a four-part series of Bookkeeping workshops focused on QuickBooks, a popular and efficient software program that businesses can use to maintain their financial records and transactions. Business owners who attend all four workshops received a FREE one-year QuickBooks subscription. Their pictures can be seen in this post. We[…]
ABIRC at the Sun-Up Festival
ABIRC had the chance to sponsor and attend the Sun-Up festival, hosted by our partner organization, Helping Others Pursue Excellence, on Friday, September 2, 2022 at Vision View Business Center in Fresno, CA. Through this event, we were able to invite several of our BIMPOC farmers to sell their farm, fresh produce. We appreciate all[…]
ABIRC and UCCE PSA Certify 10+ SEA Farmers
We held a PSA Grower Training workshop on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Self-Help Federal Credit Union. The workshop was led by trainers from the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE). To meet the language needs of our farmer clients, we provided Hmong interpretation services and contracted a Lao[…]
ABIRC Distributes CUSP Checks to BIMPOC Farmers Once Again!
Our grant application for the California Underserved and Small Producers (CUSP) program opened in January and closed in April. We received a large number of applications, but, unfortunately, we could not select all to be grant recipients. This past month, in June, we distributed checks, totaling $500,000.00, to our 160 grant recipients within Fresno,[…]
ABIRC Attends “Meet & Greet” Event with Keng Yang/Nattaphone Suepsakwong
ABIRC had the wonderful opportunity to attend the “Meet and Greet” event with Keng Yang/Nattaphone Suepsakwong. We were able to hear some encouraging words, as well as his experiences as the first elected Hmong member of the Royal Thai Parliament, which is a huge accomplishment. We want to thank Keng Yang/Nattaphone Suepsakwong for traveling to[…]