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20th Anniversary Honorees

“Gonna Build A Mountain”  for Yvonne Chan 

From a little hill
Gonna build a mountain
‘Least I hope I will
Gonna build a mountain
Gonna build it high
I don’t know how I’m gonna do it
I only know I’m gonna try

Yvonne built some kid’s dreams
From a little hope
Yvonne pushed those kids’ dreams
Up the mountain slope
Yvonne built those kids’ dreams
And she saw it through
Built a community and some kids’ dreams
And made them both come true

Yvonne built a heaven
From a little hell
Yvonne built her a heaven
And she knew darn well
If she build her mountain with a lot of care
She’d take those kids’ dreams up the mountain
And heaven will be waiting there

Gonna build a mountain

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