UFT members feed one of the lions for good luck during the annual Lunar New Year Banquet in Chinatown on March 10.

UFT Asian American Heritage Committeemembers (from left) Wei Liao, Kathie Lee, Sandy Wong and Committee Chair Seung Lee make sure the event goes off without a hitch.

Tanisha Franks, a UFT member representative from Staten Island, shows she knows how to use chopsticks.

UFT Asian American Heritage Committee members (from left) Elaine Gim, Wei Liao and Marian Thom, the committee chair emeritus, chat before the event.

Posing in a frame created for the event are (from left) teacher Faiza Khalid, paraprofessional Monique Watts-Harouna and teacher Himilce Guijarroof PS 36, Manhattan.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew joins in on the fun.

Getting together for a group shot are (back row, from left); Michelle Grecco, Amy Bernstein, Randi Boxer and Renee Allen-Walker, and (front row, from left) Debra Cali and Mindy Rosier.

Some of those who attended get busy feeding one of the lions, played by students from PS 124, Manhattan.

Members from Brooklyn District 32 enjoy the food and camaraderie.

Tiana Espinosa, a paraprofessional at PS106 in Brooklyn, waits to see if she’s a raffle winner.

Marie Chin, a retired principal of PS 721 in the Bronx, and her husband Ivan Chin take a selfie with one of the lions.