Coming Up Next: President Jeffrey Young and Director Leo Young of Hawaii's Buck Toy Club in Honolulu

Over 130 years ago a group of Chinese from the Southern Chinese village of Buck Toy arrived in Hawaii. They came as immigrants to create a new home for themselves.

Just before concluding my recent travels to Hawaii I was welcomed by two of their descendants to the Buck Toy Club on Vineyard Blvd. in Honolulu. Jeffrey Young is the president of the club, and his cousin Leo Young is one of the club’s directors. Both are descendants of those intrepid first-generation immigrants. 

Tune in this coming Saturday to hear my interview with Jeffrey and Leo on the show’s Conversations segment. I was curious about the Buck Toy Club’s history and how this organization and other Hawaii-based Chinese benevolent societies perpetuate their culture and pass that responsibility to succeeding generations.

We’ll share more Chinese New Year Fun Facts, get our weekly dose of wisdom on the Confucius Moment, stroll around and inside Biyong Hall at the Confucian Temple and Imperial Academy in Beijing on Treasures of China -and more!

We will also mark the first anniversary of the Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim Show! Auspicious and exciting times continue to unfold thanks to you. 

Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 4 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern USA Time/ 11:30 p.m. China Time on 1490 WGCH and anywhere via streaming audio on WGCH.com.