Photos: Boys & Girls Club hosts Lunar New Year event, including memorial to Monterey Park victims
Youngsters look on during the Lunar New Year event at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley January 26, 2023. The event was held to promote healing and bring the community together in light of the recent mass shooting this past weekend in Monterey Park.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
A memorial for victims of the recent mass shooting is displayed during a Lunar New Year event at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley January 26, 2023. The event was held to promote healing and bring the community together in light of the recent mass shooting this past weekend in Monterey Park.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Ted Vuong is the Lunar Light Honoree during the Lunar New Year celebration at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley January 26, 2023. The event was held to promote healing and bring the community together in light of the recent mass shooting this past weekend.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Boys & Girls Club staff joined together with community members to celebrate the Lunar New Year at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley January 26, 2023. The event was held to promote healing and bring the community together in light of the recent mass shooting this past weekend.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
A memorial for victims of the recent mass shooting is displayed as lion dancers perform during a Lunar New Year event at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley January 26, 2023. The event was held to promote healing and bring the community together in light of the recent mass shooting this past weekend in Monterey Park.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Monterey Park Mayor Henry Lo participates in the Lunar New Year event at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley January 26, 2023. The event was held to promote healing and bring the community together in light of the recent mass shooting this past weekend.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Lion dancers perform during the Lunar New Year event at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley January 26, 2023. The event was held to promote healing and bring the community together in light of the recent mass shooting this past weekend.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Monterey Park Mayor Henry Lo cuts a ribbon to start the Lunar New Year event at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley January 26, 2023. The event was held to promote healing and bring the community together in light of the recent mass shooting this past weekend.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
A lion dancer greets a driver as she drives through the Lunar New Year event at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley January 26, 2023. The event was held to promote healing and bring the community together in light of the recent mass shooting this past weekend.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Lion dancers greet drivers during the drive-thru Lunar New Year event at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley January 26, 2023. The event was held to promote healing and bring the community together in light of the recent mass shooting this past weekend.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)
Monterey Park Mayor Henry Lo cut the ribbon to launch the Lunar New Year festival at the Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley on Thursday evening, Jan. 26, an event that included the latest memorial to the victims of Saturday’s deadly Star Dance Studio attack.
Thursday’s event — which featured a memorial to the 11 people killed at the Monterey Park dance hall — advanced with the goal of promoting healing and helping to bring the mourning community together.
Prayers, vigils, memorials and candlelight services has filled the week in the heartbroken community in the shadow of the mass shooting, which largely remains a mystery as law enforcement continued its sprawling investigation.
