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!
