Taiwanese American Professional Society TAPS (西雅圖台美專業協會)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Taiwanese American Professional Society TAPS
- Chinese: 西雅圖台美專業協會
- Era: Contemporary
- Geography: Taiwanese American community
- Core roles: Community organization (TAH directory)
The Taiwanese American Professional Society (TAPS) is a Seattle-area organization serving Taiwanese American young professionals, primarily second-generation Taiwanese immigrants. The organization hosts one to two events per month, including regular social dinners (JiaBum), happy hours (LimJiu), and outdoor activities such as rock climbing, hiking, and skiing. Beyond social networking, TAPS also engages in community service through educational talks, career and academic counseling, high school scholarships, and charitable activities. Within its first ten months of founding, TAPS grew to over 300 members with 40–80 attendees per event, supported by the Taiwanese Association and Taiwan Center. The organization aims to expand its reach to young couples and families.
Role in the Community — event record
The Seattle chapter’s activity is documented in the taiwaneseamerican-org event corpus, corroborating the JiaBum dinners, LimJiu happy hours, and outdoor programs described above:
- Happy Hour with TAPS in Seattle (plus 2014 follow-ups -2 … -6)
- TAPS Jia-Bun dinner to celebrate Thanksgiving
- Hiking with TAPS in Seattle · Ski and snowboard with TAPS in Seattle
- An Investment Workshop hosted by TAPS in Seattle — career/financial counseling track
- TAPS Habitat for Humanity build-a-thon in Seattle · LimJiu happy hour and toy drive with TAPS in Seattle — charitable arm
- Lunar New Year with TAPS in Seattle · Mid-Autumn Festival with TAPS in Seattle
- Community Service Opportunity with TAPS in Seattle (2013-07-28) — 8 volunteer slots to prepare meals at FareStart (700 Virginia St, Seattle), a culinary job-training program for homeless and disadvantaged individuals; 10 a.m.–3 p.m. commitment, coordinated via ker.chang@gmail.com — earliest dated charitable action in the corpus
- Directory entry: 12) HOLD: the corpus also lists TAPS events in NY, LA, and Chicago (e.g. celebrate-taps-6th-annual-lunar-new-year-banquet-in-ny, celebrate-taps-annual-lunar-new-year-dinner-in-la, taps-linsane-game-watch-at-mother-hubbards-in-chicago) — possibly chapters of a different TAPS (Taiwanese American Public Affairs Society); not attributed to this Seattle professional organization.
- Additional Seattle-area event records in the corpus (same JiaBum/LimJiu/outdoor program pattern, 2011 onward): Bowling & pool happy hour · Creative arts · Ghost Month party · July 4th BBQ · Pre-movie dinner · Karaoke sing-off · JiaBun family dinner · Wine party · Yacht party · Lunar New Year dinner · LimJiu happy hour, Bellevue (Bellevue reach beyond Seattle proper)
- Corpus re-grep 2026-09-19: no new biographical or organizational facts beyond the event records above; the directory record (14. TAPS 西雅圖台美專業協會, bibliographic only) and the NY/LA/Chicago HOLD stand.