1968 年 7 月，西雅图华人社区的几名成员组建了一个社团，旨在从年青人中培养运动员和社区活动参与者。西雅图华人体育协会 (Seattle Chinese Athletic Association，简称 SCAA) 最开始有 35 名男孩，包括垒球、台球和篮球运动。到 2010 年，该协会将核心放在篮球运动上，有 200 多名男孩和女孩成为各球队主力，这有助于在西雅图的华人居民中培养社区意识
西雅图华人体育协会于 1968 年 7 月成立。
- By Elise Fogel
- Posted 8/31/2010
- HistoryLink.org Essay 9530
Sources:
The Seattle Chinese Athletic Association website accessed August 15, 2010 (http://www.scaayouth.org/); Sherry Stripling, “Goal Models -- By Playing Hoops in the Seattle Chinese Athletic Association, Young Girls Shed The Cheerleader Mentality and Learn the Value of Participation,” The Seattle Times, March 14, 1993 (http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/).
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