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1st CTC Global Outreach Fundraiser is Sensational

On the drizzly but refreshing Saturday morning of March 4th, nearly 100 CTC supporters hailed from every corner of NYC and gathered at the Pasanella & Son Vintners at 115 South Street to attend CTC’s first Global Outreach Fundraiser.

The backroom of the wineshop was packed with chess players at all levels, from beginners to grandmasters, from youth international champions to experienced coaches. They were joined by their friends from schools, neighborhoods and families, whose presence exemplified the power of the game to build and connect communities. Exhilarating games of blitz and bughouse filled the whole morning with electrifying energy and contagious laughs, and everyone in the room was touched by the heartfelt speech that the team delivered.

The amount of funds raised through this fundraiser is by all means humbling—92 donors has contributed a total of over $15,000 and the numbers continue rising days after the event. The incredible generosity by CTC donors ensures the success of its upcoming outreach trip to Nairobi, Kenya, and will facilitate the future expansion of CTC’s global outreach endeavors.

In a post-event thank-you message, the team wrote: “We would like to extend a huge, sincere thank you to everyone. Without you, none of our visions would come to life—every word of encouragement and every donation means the world to us, and to our students.”
heartening when we receive a donation from you! Thank you for being with us in a great cause to help the under-resourced chess communities. Your generosity means a lot to

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Efforts Underway for CTC’s 1st In-Person Workshops in Nairobi, Kenya

A CTC leadership team, consisting of WIM Ellen Wang, IM Evan Park, IM Nico Chasin and IM Justus Williams, will soon embark on its first trip to Nairobi, Kenya in March 2023 to meet with the Kenyan youth chess players that have been with CTC’s global outreach initiative.

The week-long trip will begin with a three-day after-school chess workshop at the Salama Gachie community school, where WIM Ellen Wang has been teaching remotely since 2016 and was later joined by IM Evan Park in 2022. The current chess club members, reunited with the alumni from high schools, will have the very rare opportunity to take in-person chess instructions and to practice together. Afterwards, CTC will offer a two-day intensive mini-camp to the competitive Kenyan youth players in the Nairobi area, who have been studying with IM Nico Chasin since Dec. 2022.

Being able to o meet face-to-face with CTC’s students that have been learning over Zoom and Skype will be a crucial exercise in coalition building and will help reinforce the connection between students and instructors. During the trip, CTC will also visit the local public schools and meet with Kenyan chess officials to discuss on the potential of future expansion of its global outreach programs in an effort to further develop CTC’s outreach in Nairobi and other areas in Kenya.

To help fund this trip as well as many other CTC’s global outreach programs, CTC calls for donations through its fundraising event scheduled on March 4th. Please come play the nation’s chess talents and be part of a great cause.

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208 Chess Books/Magazines Heading to Nairobi, Kenya

The leadership team of CTC Global Outreach, consisting of 9 regional leaders and coordinators, diligently collected chess books and magazines in the past two months and is sending 208 of them to Salama Gachie Community School in Nairobi, Kenya, including sets of Chess Life, Chess Life Kids and American Chess Magazine, Steps Manuals and Workbooks, as well as chess classics and the newly published The Princess, the Knight, and the Lost God: A Chess Story.

The whole team expressed their sincere gratitude to all donors on a delicately designed Thank-you card, on which they wrote: “It is heartening when we receive a donation from you! Thank you for being with us in a great cause to help the under-resourced chess communities. Your generosity means a lot to us – givers like you are pivotal to our initiative and motivate us to contribute more. Please continue supporting us and be our ambassador!” The team also wrote to the SG chess club members, encouraging them to keep up their hard work on chess and continue spreading their love for the game to their friends and families.

With a very successful first step of the Chess Library Project, CTC looks forward to collaborating with more individual donors and chess organizations in the new year of 2023. Please consider making book donations by contacting one of CTC’s regional leaders or donating cash through CTC’s website to help cover the shipping and delivery costs.

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