Gold Wing Relief Fund SF Chinatown Small Business

Hello Everyone, 

Gold Wing Imports is a small, family-owned business that has been serving San Francisco Bay Area locals, Chinatown patrons, and tourists for 33 years.

On the night of May 30th, 2020, my parents’ shop, Gold Wing Imports, was unfortunately robbed and vandalized by looters. Most of the attention went towards downtown rioting and protesting on Market street which left desolate Chinatown a vulnerable target. The security gate was forcefully pried open and the protective wooden boards were ripped apart. Looters made multiple trips going in and out of the shop, smashing display cases and grabbing any merchandise they could get their hands on while their accomplices were in their three getaway cars outside. My parents witnessed this incident overnight helplessly watching hours of security footage as these people broke in and robbed them. My whole family is completely devastated. 

In this one night, my father had watched his business get completely ransacked, robbed, and destroyed. My sisters had to plead and reason with him why it was too dangerous for him to try and stop them. This business was their whole life and I could have not fathomed the day their dream could be taken and destroyed like this. It breaks my heart to witness the aftermath of the disaster and see my parents left vulnerable in this situation. It is hard to predict how they are going to overcome this on top of the many months they closed from the COVID-19 shutdown.

My father, Paul Lau, immigrated here to the US in the 1970s with nothing and has made this business his everything. He has been working so hard alongside my mother since 1987, in the heart of San Francisco Chinatown, serving and helping to build the community. This establishment was the livelihood of our family. All the people who have worked here and all of our local customers were an extension of our family. Many local residents relied on my parents who have been open every day 7 days a week, gave themselves no breaks at all, worked holidays and long 10-hour shifts for as long as the store has been open.  

With me living on the East coast far away from my family, this fundraiser was the only way I could help after assessing the damages and trying to go out on all resources available. Unfortunately, the small business insurance policy would not cover most of the lost and damages from this incident. None of us would have ever anticipated looting of this magnitude and could not have prepared for something this horrific within all the years we have been in business. 

Our family has never been the type of people to ask for help and take pride in being independent, but I am asking on their behalf when I see that this is a time when help is needed the most. Please help my family recover their losses during this tough time. The funds contributed will be used to repair damages and replace inventory lost. Any contributions or donations will be greatly appreciated. 

Please help to spread the word around and share on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to anyone willing to help and hopefully we can sustain the future of this business for future generations to come. 

Thank you all for your time and support. 

This fundraiser was created by Eliza Lau, San Francisco native, on behalf of the Lau family. 







大家好,

Gold Wing Imports是一家小型家族企業，為舊金山灣區當地人，唐人街的顧客和遊客服務了33年。


不幸的是，在2020年5月30日晚上，我父母的商店，Gold Wing Imports被搶劫者搶劫和破壞。大部分注意力都集中在市中心的騷亂和市場街上的抗議活動上，使荒涼的唐人街成為脆弱的目標。安全門被強行撬開，保護性木板被撕開。搶劫犯多次進出商店，砸碎陳列櫃，搶著同夥在外面的三輛逍遙車中可以拿到的任何商品。當這些人闖入並搶劫他們時，我的父母在一夜之間目睹了這一事件，無助地觀看了數小時的安全錄像。我的整個家庭完全被摧毀。


在這一晚中，父親看著他的生意被徹底洗劫，搶劫和毀壞。我的姐妹們必須與他一起懇求並解釋為什麼他對阻止他們太危險了。這項工作是他們的一生，而我不能像這樣夢想和被摧毀的那一天發誓。目睹災難的後果，看到我的父母在這種情況下變得脆弱，這讓我很傷心。在關閉COVID-19之後的幾個月中，很難預測他們將如何克服這一問題。


我的父親 Paul Lau 於1970年代一無所有移民到美國，並將這項生意當作自己的一切。自1987年以來，他就在舊金山唐人街的中心與母親一起努力工作，為社區服務和提供幫助。這是我們一家人的生計。在這里工作的所有人員以及我們所有的本地客戶都是我們家庭的延伸。許多當地居民都信賴我的父母，我們的父母每週7天每天都開門營業，他們沒有休息和放假，只要商店開門就長時間輪班10個小時。


由於我住在遠離家人的東海岸，因此這次籌款活動是評估損失並嘗試使用所有可用資源後唯一能提供幫助的方法。不幸的是，小企業保險政策無法涵蓋此事件的大部分損失和損害。在我們開展業務的所有這些年中，我們誰都沒有料到過如此大規模的搶劫，也無法為如此恐怖的事情做準備。

我們的家庭從來不是那種尋求幫助並為獨立而感到自豪的人，但是當我看到這是最需要幫助的時候，我便代表他們提出。請幫助我的家人在這艱難時期中挽回損失。捐贈的資金將用於修復損失和恢復正常營業。任何貢獻或捐贈將不勝感激。

請幫助傳播這個消息，並在Facebook，Twitter和Instagram上分享給願意幫助的人，並希望我們能夠維持這項業務的未來。

謝謝大家的時間和支持。

這項籌款活動是由 Eliza Lau 代表劉氏家族創建的。