[American Select Colleges Alumni ABC Dating Platform] Bay Area and New York Offline Events Unprecedented Success
The New York group gathering had just ended when the joyous news of “love at first sight” spread! The U.S. Select Colleges Alumni ABC Dating Platform is dedicated to facilitating both online and offline social interactions, creating opportunities for young men and women who are extremely busy with work and life to meet. Following the successful gatherings in Chicago and Boston around the Lunar New Year of the Dragon, the platform recently held grand offline social events in the Bay Area and New York, where families are most concentrated.
The events in both locations shared many characteristics, such as large scale, a balanced gender ratio, close cooperation between volunteers and parents, meticulous and solid organization, a warm and lively atmosphere, everyone having a great time, and overwhelmingly positive feedback afterward. Besides, the activities in the Bay Area and New York each had their distinct features.
Bay Area: Silicon Valley Pastoral Lantern Festival Gathering for Hundreds
The Lantern Festival gathering on February 25th in the Bay Area was hosted by a caring parent in her spacious and tree-lined property. The host’s family and volunteers began preparations early. Notably, the elder members of the host’s family also enthusiastically helped. The venue was adorned with blooming flowers and fluttering flags, creating an unforgettable atmosphere of joy and laughter.
Half of the attendees were adult children and the other half were parents. Each parent brought their specialty dishes to share with everyone. The adult children and parents split up for activities, creating a relaxed and casual atmosphere. Chess tables were set up in the yard, and dartboards were hung on the big trees. Everyone had a fantastic time playing.
As the young men and women interacted, the parents also established connections among themselves.
New York: A Fashionable Party at a Prestigious Rooftop Club in Manhattan
On March 2nd, the New York group held a party at a rooftop club in Midtown Manhattan, attended by nearly seventy children (thanks to the group administrators for arranging such a prime, conveniently located venue). More than a dozen parents volunteered at the event. They arrived early to beautifully decorate the venue. Some parents brought meticulously prepared dishes, fruits, and desserts. The platform also ordered delicious food from a famous Manhattan Chinese restaurant.
The event attracted not only locals from New York but also families from other cities in the East who traveled a long distance to attend. The eighty available spots for the event were quickly filled, resulting in a long waitlist, which shows the popularity of such events.
The young men and women were fashionably dressed and laughter was constant. The atmosphere was very lively, especially during interactive segments like riddle guessing, which brought the atmosphere to a climax. After the event, young people spontaneously formed WhatsApp and Instagram social groups, expanding their own social circles.
What was even more delightful was that right after the event ended, the platform received joyful news of love at first sight between a boy and a girl from the New York group!
Creating the Fourth Social Network for the Chinese Second Generation
Our platform is committed to creating more and better opportunities for outstanding young men and women to meet. However, the platform’s ideals, goals, and values go far beyond this.
Through the face-to-face interactions and the social circles young people establish after getting to know each other, our platform helps them build their own fourth social network, beyond classmates, colleagues, and family circles.
This fourth network, which we might call the “Surprise Network,” consists mostly of excellent peers who are strangers, unlike the mostly familiar faces in the other three networks. This network often allows young people to meet a large group of excellent peers, make new friends, and broaden their horizons.
At our platform’s social events, there are plenty of opportunities to meet close friends, buddies, potential future business partners, or companions for life’s journey.
However, not everyone is outgoing. For instance, at the recent New York gathering, the attentive group administrator noticed that a few young people were very shyly staying in a corner of the room. The administrator kindly and patiently asked them to rejoin the group and introduced themselves. Such offline events also help them step out of their comfort zones and break through social barriers.
Matches, Lighting a Beam of Light; Bridges, Connecting Two Hearts
The majority of our platform’s users are outstanding young people who have graduated from college and have been working for several years. They are well-educated, and most have gained some work experience, becoming more mature than during their college days, and have clearer goals for their future careers and lives, as well as clearer expectations for their ideal partners.
Their eyes sparkle with dreams, their arms cradle hopes, they sing as they walk, and their faces are bathed in sunshine! Such young people, if given the opportunity to meet, can easily spark connections.
Amid their busy work and life schedules, what they need is just that match — to light the perfect opportunity to meet; what they need is just that bridge, to connect two young hearts together.
Our platform is willing to be that match; and our volunteers, together with all the parents, are willing to be that bridge!
Parents interested in joining [the American Select Colleges ABC Alumni Dating Platform] to help their adult children find connections, please scan the QR code below.
早春里的火热
[美国名校华裔校友相亲平台]湾区和纽约线下活动盛况空前
纽约群聚会刚结束即传来＂一见钟情”喜报！💘🎉
美国名校华裔校友相亲平台, 致力于推动线上和线下社交，为工作生活十分繁忙的男女青年创造相识机会。延续龙年春节前后成功举办的芝加哥群和波士顿群聚会，最近平台在家庭最集中的湾区和纽约群分别举行了盛大线下社交活动。
这两地的本轮聚会有很多共性，比如规模大，男女比例基本均衡，义工团队和家长们紧密合作，活动组织工作踏实细致，会场气氛温馨热烈，孩子们玩得非常开心，聚会后反馈好评如潮等等。除此之外，湾区和纽约两地活动又都有各自鲜明的特色。
湾区： 硅谷田园式百人元宵大聚会
二月二十五日的湾区元宵节百人大聚会由一位爱心家长做东道主，在她家的一处院子宽敞，大树参天的物业举行。
东道主一家和义工们早早开始准备。尤其值得一提的是，东道主家的长辈也来热情帮忙。会场里鲜花吐芬，彩旗飘扬。欢声笑语，令人难忘。
参加聚会的一半是孩子，一半是家长。家长们各自带了自己的拿手好菜与大家分享。
孩子们与家长们分头活动，气氛轻松而随意。院子里摆上了棋摊， 大树上挂起了飞镖盘。孩子们玩得不亦乐乎。
在孩子们互动的同时，家长们也都建立了自己的联系。
纽约：曼哈顿高尚顶楼会所的时尚派对
三月二日，纽约群在曼哈顿中城的一处顶楼会所举办了一个派对，有近七十位孩子出席(感谢群管义工为活动安排了如此条件优越，交通便利的场地)。十几位家长作为义工与会。他们早早来到会场作了漂亮的布置。有家长带来了精心准备的菜肴，水果和甜点。平台也专门在一家著名的曼哈顿中餐馆订了可口菜品。
家长义工热心装点聚会场所
活动不仅吸引了本地纽约人，也有东部其他城市的家庭远程赶来参加。而八十来个活动名额也早早被报满，出现了一个长长的候补名单， 可见这样的活动受欢迎的程度。
一位爱心家长准备的七个大盘菜
孩子们打扮入时，笑语不断。活动气氛非常热烈。特别是猜谜等互动环节更把气氛推向了高潮。活动结束后，孩子们自发建立了WhatsUp和Instagram 社交团，拓展了他们自己的社交圈子。
更让人欣喜的是，活动刚结束，平台就接到了纽约群一位男生和一位女生一见钟情的喜讯！❤️❤️
家长赋诗一首：【相见欢】情调
文/天鹅公主
精英家长相逢，趣盈盈。
三五交谈意动、待春风。
俊才子，俏才女，雨中行。
别有一番情调、讯声声。
打造华二代社交人脉第四极
我们平台致力于打造更多更好的优秀男女青年相识机会。然而，平台的理想，目标和价值要远过于此。
通过孩子们的线下面对面交流，及他们互相认识后自己建立的社交圈，平台在助力孩子们建设他们自己的除同学圈，同事圈及亲友团之外的社交人脉第四极。
这个第四极，我们不妨叫它“惊喜极”，原因是同学，同事及亲友团这三个社交圈绝大多数都是生活中已经比较熟识的人。这第四极，往往能让年轻人遇见一大批优秀的同龄陌生人，结交新朋友，开拓新视野。
在咱们平台举办的社交活动上，结识闺蜜，哥们，潜在的未来事业伙伴，或是人生路上可以相伴的朋友的机会比比皆是。
然而，并不是每个孩子都性格外向。比如本次纽约聚会，细心的群管阿姨就发现在场面热络的“主场”之外，有几个孩子就非常腼腆地呆在一个房间的角落。群管阿姨亲切耐心地请他们回归大队，并请他们做了自我介绍。这样的线下活动，也有助于孩子们走出自己的“舒适区”，从而突破社交瓶颈。
火柴，点亮一束光；桥梁，连接两颗心
咱们平台里年龄最集中的就是从大学毕业到已经工作十数年的这帮优秀年轻人。他们都受到了良好的教育，他们中的大多数已在职场上摸打滚爬了一段时间，比校园时代成熟多了，对未来的事业和生活也有了更清晰的目标，对未来意中人的要求也有了更明确的认识。
他们眼里闪着梦想，怀里揣着希望，走路都唱着歌儿，脸上洒满着阳光！这样的年轻人，如果有好的机会相聚相识，很容易擦出火花。
在繁忙工作及生活之余，对于寻缘，他们需要的就是那么一根火柴—— 点亮那个恰到好处的相识机会；他们需要的就是那么一座桥，能把两颗年轻的心连接起来。
我们平台愿意成为那根火柴；而我们义工，愿意和各位家长一起，成为那座桥！
