Join Japan-America Society of Greater Austin along with Honorary Director, Hideo Fukushima, Consul-General of Japan, to celebrate the JASGA Spring Gala and Award Dinner. This year tribute will be paid to the distinguished Bridges-to-Friendship Award recipient, Dr. Sheila Fling of Urasenke Chado Jun-kyoju Certified Instructor and Professor Emerita of Texas State University.

Ambassador Tom Schieffer, President & CEO, Envoy International and Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan will be the Keynote Speaker. Mr. Andrew Hajime Tryba of Entrepreneur and CEO of Think3, Crossover, RideAustin, Engine Yard, DNN Corp, Kayako, Bizness Apps, FogBugz, School Loop, Agemni, and SLI Systems, Board Member of Texas Central High Speed Rail, and founder of the Japanese Heritage Academy will be a guest speaker.

Austin Taiko will be performing on Japanese drums. They have been beating Taiko and contributing Japanese Taikodo to our community in Austin and Central Texas for over 22 years.

About Silent Auction
JASGA appreciates your donations for the Silent Auction that will be held at the Reception and Dinner & Program on March 29 at 6:00 pm. Popular items include Japanese plates, kimono, artisan gifts, airline tickets, event tickets, and restaurant gift certificates.

All contributions are fully tax deductible. Proceeds will support JASGA’s cultural, educational, business, social or public relation programs.

To donate, please submit the donation items by March 22 . For more information, please contact jasga-austin@jasga.org .

You will not miss this opportunity for this premier fundraiser of the Japan-America Society of Greater Austin, a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to building people-to-people relationships between Japan and Austin/Texas.