SE US K-A Federation 2018 체육대회 격려 인사문

You Are Remarkable Americans!

Sunny K. Park, Founder, Korean American Federation of the SE of the United States

June 8, 2018

Greetings to the participating Korean-American athletes of the 38 th Southeast United

States Korean American Sports Festival. You have decided to join the historical Korean-

American event on June 8-9, 2018. You should realize that you are not only competing

for yourself and your team, but immensely helping the community to unite. With your

participation, we are stronger and larger community, be able to serve our neighbors and

the United States better. You are remarkable Americans!

On June 1981, 48 dedicated Korean American community leaders from 18 major cities

in the Southeastern United States gathered in Atlanta to discuss solutions to build a

united community for future Korean American generations. One of solutions was to

have an annual sport’s festival for Korean American youth which you are making it this

weekend. Moreover, we are proud to say that it became one of the most popular and

effective Korean-American events for youth across the Korean-American communities

in the U. S. We have made remarkable progress in the last decades by uniting

communities across the Region into one strong community. 

As you can imagine, preparation is exhausting with hundreds of community leaders

investing their time to organize to ensure athletes and observers will have the best

experience possible. Planning and execution never goes to plan, but I challenge each of

you to take ownership in the Festival and Federation to help progress and improve by

volunteering to take the time to help leadership and organizers in future events.

I would like to ask you to join me to thank the leadership of the Federation of Korean

Americans, Southeast and organizers of the Sports Festival. Mr. Hwan Son, president;

Mr. Seong Won Hong-Secretary General and the leadership of your local Korean

American Association, and many volunteers invested a great deal of time and efforts for

the Festival successful. Would you join me to express our appreciation when you see

each of them?

This Festival is for you to enjoy and make it better. On behalf of the founders of the

Festival. I wish you the best in your competition. Most important, have a great time,

remember to renew old friendships and make new friends!

Please remember that regardless your team win or lose, the Korean American

Community, together, is winning!