“Saying Goodbye with Love” 2017 CACCC Essay Contest
The Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC) is proud to host its first “Saying Goodbye with Love” Essay Contest in recognition of National Healthcare Decisions Day (April 16) and in hopes to increase community awareness of the importance of advance care planning, and to provide meaningful ways to say goodbye with love to their family and loved ones with no regrets.
Have you ever had the experience of saying goodbye to a dying loved one, saying goodbye to a sick friend, or bidding farewell to patients at the end of their life with whom you were or are currently caring for? Or, perhaps, you have a hospice care experience with a loved one to share? Please join our essay contest and share your story!
Please click the following links to download the contest flyer, details and the registration form.
Essay Contest Details and Criteria in English
The winners of the Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC) first “Saying Goodbye with Love” Essay Contest is announced. The contest was held to honor the National Healthcare Decisions Day (April 16) and to increase community awareness of the importance of advance care planning and to provide meaningful ways to say goodbye with love to their family and loved ones with no regrets.
Essay contest judges were World Journal chief editorialist Shyh Yaw Chen; award-winner San Jose Mercury News reporter/author of The Cost of Dying series Lisa Krieger; Chinese award-winner authors and novelists Teresa Cheng and Lily Hsueh and CACCC founder/board chair Sandy Chen Stokes.
Congratulations to all the winners below. Click the essay titles in the table below to see the winning essay.
| Prize | Name | City,State | Essay Title | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Dawn M. Gross, MD., Ph.D. | San Francisco, CA | As You Wish | $300 |
| First Runner Up | Masako Koko Huang | San Gabriel, CA | Love, Honor and Tough Goodbyes | $200 |
| Second Runner Up | Felicia Tan | Alhambra, CA | If We Knew What We Know Now | $100 |
| Second Runner Up | Jeanne Wun | San Jose, CA | Do You Know How Much I Love You? | $100 |
| Honorable Mention | Michael Bond | Burbank, CA | Please Let Me Go | $50 |
| Honorable Mention | Brenda Chen, 陳愛華 | Arcadia, CA | 淡水餘暉在我心 | $50 |
| Honorable Mention | Lusha Lee, 李靜誼 | Walnut, CA | 放手，陪媽媽走最後一程 | $50 |
| Honorable Mention | Gloria Hsu | Houston, TX | 愛的道別 | $50 |
| Honorable Mention | Nancy Cullifer | Folsom, CA | I First Met Them | $50 |