{"id":2729,"date":"2023-12-22T22:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T22:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/?p=2729"},"modified":"2023-12-22T22:43:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T22:43:49","slug":"winter-solstice-luncheon-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/22\/winter-solstice-luncheon-december-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Solstice Luncheon &#8211; December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth\u00a0of the 48<sup>th<\/sup> Ward joined our seniors to celebrate a special winter solstice luncheon at the South-East Asia Center Golden Diners Program. Attendees with birthdays in December were also recognized.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2731\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0192.jpg?resize=780%2C520&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0192.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0192.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0192.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0192.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0192.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Winter solstice, December 22nd this year, is the day with the shortest period of daylight and occurs when the Earth reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun. Many cultures and religions have celebrations at this time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2732\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2732\" class=\"wp-image-2732 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0166.jpg?resize=780%2C580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0166.jpg?resize=1024%2C762&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0166.jpg?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0166.jpg?resize=768%2C571&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0166.jpg?w=1358&amp;ssl=1 1358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth\u00a0and SEAC Executive Director, San O<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth presents Delgado Candido-Ruiz with a slice of cake in recognition of his December birthday at the South-East Asia Center\u2019s Winter Solstice Celebration.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2730\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0238.jpg?resize=780%2C641&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0238.jpg?resize=1024%2C842&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0238.jpg?resize=300%2C247&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0238.jpg?resize=768%2C632&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0238.jpg?w=1216&amp;ssl=1 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Birthday celebrant and staff member Van Thanh Trinh (R) gets in on a selfie with Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (L) and one of our SEAC seniors (C).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2733\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0140.jpg?resize=780%2C679&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0140.jpg?resize=1024%2C892&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0140.jpg?resize=300%2C261&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0140.jpg?resize=768%2C669&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0140.jpg?w=1283&amp;ssl=1 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2738\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0199.jpg?resize=780%2C476&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0199.jpg?resize=1024%2C625&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0199.jpg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0199.jpg?resize=768%2C469&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_0199.jpg?w=1108&amp;ssl=1 1108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">VIPs:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nicole Granacki, Leni&#8217;s Chief of Staff<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Peter Balsam, State Representative Hoan Huynh&#8217;s Chief of Staff<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Donors:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Mr. and Mrs. Danny &amp; May Yuen&#8212;-Birthday Cake<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Tai Nam&#8212;&#8212;Vegetables<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Park to Shop&#8212;&#8212;Shrimps<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Anonymous&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;Soy Sauce Chicken<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth\u00a0of the 48th Ward joined our seniors to celebrate a special winter solstice luncheon at the South-East Asia Center Golden Diners Program. Attendees with birthdays in December were <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/22\/winter-solstice-luncheon-december-2023\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13,14,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities_celebrations","category-adult_daycare","category-seac_golden_diners","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/se-asiacenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Winter-Solstice-Luncheon-2023-Title-1.jpg?fit=468%2C468&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2740,"href":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2729\/revisions\/2740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/se-asiacenter.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}