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OoOo SyakSyak Gee Lu Society NewsletterGee Lu Society NewsletterFounded December 1897 Founded December 1897 •• Incorporated 1955Incorporated 1955

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2014-15 Scholarships

Available Online

The OSGL Scholarship program is now entering its 16th year! There are four $1,000 cash scholarships available to deserving student members who will be attending a two-year or four-year accredited college, trade school, or technical school on a full-time basis. Graduate, post-graduate school, and internships are excluded. Applicants must be members for at least six months before applying.

Scholarship awards will be based on scholastic achievement, extra-curricular activities, leadership, and community involvement, as well as communication, writing skills, presentation, and creativity.

A special donation in memory of the belated Anthony Kai Ung Chang has been contributed to this scholarship fund. This donation be added toward our normal scholarship amount.

A scholarship dinner will be held in July at Mandalay Restaurant to honor these students. All members or family are welcome to attend at $30 per person.

For more information, please call Jamie Chang at 387-9854.

Applications

Due

May 3

Hee Hing Restaurant

Closing for Renovations

Our Annual Banquet has been held in August at Hee Hing Restaurant for many years. The restaurant will be doing renovations beginning next month for 4-6 months. After renovations, the capacity will only hold 250 people. Therefore, we are working to find another restaurant that will be able to hold approximately 40 tables with delicious food to share with all of you. Please stay tuned, or come to our April 27th BOD meeting at Golden Palace for the announcement of our new location. To RSVP for our BOD meeting, please call Donna Chang at 537-4015.

WhoWho’’s Who s Who

in in OoOo SyakSyak Gee Lu SocietyGee Lu Society

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Members Corner

Laura Mew Yuk Chang Tomas –Recently passed away on March 10th, at the young age of 96. She was living at in a care home for many years before passing.

Honorary Directors:

2012 Gertrude Y.K. Chang Yee2011 Wah Jip Chang2008 Maile K. Chang

2014 Committees:

Financial CommitteeChairperson: Daryl HuAlvin Chang, Clayton Chang, Kenneth Chang, Wah Jip Chang, Harold Hu, Albert Young

PR & Membership / Scholarship CommitteeCo-chairperson: Jamie Chang Mildred Ai-Chang, Ed Chang, Ellen Chang, Gwendolyn Chang Fu, Hubert Chang, Jocelyn Chang-Chuck, Edith Won

Banquet & Events CommitteeCo-chairpersons: Constance Mark and Donna ChangHubert Chang, Jamie Chang, Kenneth Chang, Margaret Chang, Paulette Chang

Nominating CommitteeChairperson: Ethel ChowErnest Chang, Evelyn Chang

Special By-Laws CommitteeCo-chairs: Clayton Chang and Jocelyn Chang-Chuck

Alvin Chang, Deanna Chang, Hubert Chang, Jamie Chang, Edith Won

Preston Yau Fong Kim Chang and Kingston Yau Quing Kim Chang – Twin sons of member Gifford Kwon Fo Chang, and grandchildren of members Henry Tai Hoon and Eunice Yit ChaiWong Chang.

Wendall Lee Sen – Son of Clarence Chan Chew Sen (above) and grandson of Ming Sen. Brother Wesley Sen, and cousins Brian Sen and Mike Sen are members.

Pricilla Ellen Sen – Wife of Wendall Sen.

Elsie Hiroko Young – Wife of Board of Director Albert Sau Nam Young.

2014 Officers:

President Ethel Chang Chow 1st Vice Pres Donna N. Chang 2nd Vice Pres Clayton K.L. Chang Treasurer Daryl H.K. HuEnglish Secretary Constance K.H. MarkChinese Secretary Mildred Ai-Chang

Ex-Past President Jamie M.Y. Chang

2014 Board of Directors:

Alvin G.K. ChangDeanna ChangEdmund W.K. Chang Ellen M. ChangErnest G.C. ChangEvelyn Y. ChangKenneth K.C. Chang

Margaret M.H. Chang Paulette K.Q. ChangGwendolyn Chang FuHarold K. C. HuEdith P.S. WonAlbert S.N Young

New Members:New Members:

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RememberingRemembering our members ….

Clarence Chan Chew Sen –At 90 years young, Clarence became a member earlier this year, only to pass away a few weeks later, just before Chinese New Year. He is the son of long time member Ming Sen.

We want to welcome six new members into our Society. These are all family members of existing members. It is easy to become a member. Just complete a membership application form and submit a one-time membership fee of $25 which allows you to enjoy benefits as attending BOD meetings, free Christmas lunch, discount tables at our annual banquet, eligibility to our Scholarship Program, and many more exciting activities and events.

Membership application forms are online and can be downloaded from our website at www.oosyakgeelu.com.

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President’s Outgoing Message

Voting Results and Installation Meeting

Back in November, OSGL had a General Membership Meeting and election. Congratulations to Ethel Chow our new President with Donna Chang as 1st Vice President and Clayton Chang as 2nd Vice President. Our Treasurer Daryl Hu, English Secretary Constance Mark, and Chinese Secretary Millie Ai-Chang were re-elected for another year.

The Board of Directors remain the same with the addition of our previous past president, Edmund Chang, joining the BOD. Our current past president is Jamie Chang who has served as President for the past two years.

There was also a special voting for a proposed bylaw change which called for an amendment to our membership eligibility. This vote has been tabled for further discussion.

1) Jamie Chang passing the gavel to Ethel Chow. 2)

Chinese Secretary Connie Mark, BOD Paulette Chang,

1st VP Donna Chang at Installation Meeting. 3) 2nd VP

Clayton Chang at Installation Meeting. 4) 2014 OSGL

Officers (front row) and Board of Directors (back rows).

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My two years as president of Oo Syak Gee Lu went by really quickly. I was very tentative to take this position and the responsibility of representing the Society in our community. I learned very quickly that being president is not just coming to BOD meetings and having lunch with all of its members. You also need to attend all the committee meetings, and attend all the other society banquets and dinners. But these meetings and banquets are not just about eating. It is about meeting other officers from other societies and learning about what each of them do. You form bonds with them, and every week when you have to attend banquets or PR events and you build friendships and personal relationships.

That is what I learned this Society is to me. Building friendships. Before becoming president, I was just a member. I was one of those scholarship recipients who knew nothing about OSGL, didn’t attend meetings, and applied just because Popo and Gung Gung said so. I encourage those families whose children and grandchildren received scholarships, to have them attend our meetings and our functions. It was very rewarding to me and I learned a lot of culture and family history just by attending meetings.

A few years after I received my scholarship, I became Chinese Secretary for only one year before jumping to the role of 1st VP. After another year, I’m up for presidency. Thank you Ed, for teaching me the roles and duties of being a president. Your guidance really made me pay attention to everything that needs to be done. I wasn’t able to accomplish everything I wished, but I hope I lived up to everyone’s expectations as president.

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PHOTO ALBUMPHOTO ALBUM

Double Ten Parade – October 6, 2013

Bringing in the Year of the HORSE

Chinese New Year ParadeJanuary 25, 2014

The Hawaii Overseas Chinese (Wai Kiu) together with the Chung Wah Chung Kung Hui and the Kuo Min Tang Society of Hawaii hosted a mini-parade around Chinatown Cultural Plaza in honor of the 102nd Birthday Celebration of the Republic of China (modern day Taiwan).

OSGL participated in this short parade walk around the block and presented a lei to the statue of the founding father, Dr. Sun Yet Sen to commemorate his revolutionary and leadership roles to the modern day Chinese world.

Gung Hee Fat Choy! OSGL marched in the annual

Night in Chinatown parade on Hotel Street, from Richards to River Streets. There

were thousands of spectators lining the streets. OSGL members passed out pencils while parading down the street with Chinese lion puppets and Chinese drums and tambourines.

There were many other societies, martial arts and lion dance troupes, and the courts of Miss Chinatown and the Narcissus Queen. And since it is the Year of the Horse, there were live horses marching thru the parade too!

Date Event Location / Time Contact

(now) Scholarships available Online at OSGL website Jamie Chang **

Apr 7 Qing Ming Manoa Chinese Cemetery / 9:30am

Apr 27 Board of Directors Meeting Golden Palace / 10:30am Donna Chang by 4/17

May 3 Scholarship Deadline Email or postal mail Hubert Chang **

July 19 Scholarship Dinner Mandalay Restaurant / 5:30pm Jamie Chang **

July 20 Board of Directors Meeting TBD / 10:30am Donna Chang by 7/10

Aug or Sept

Annual Banquet TBD / TBD (see article page 1) Connie Mark or Donna Chang beginning 4/27 ♠

Oct 19 Board of Directors Meeting TBD / 10:30am Donna Chang by 10/9

Nov 16 General Membership Meeting TBD / 10:30am Donna Chang by 11/6

* To RSVP for Board of Directors meetings, please call Donna Chang at 537-4015 or email donnanchang@hotmail.com by

the deadlines listed above beginning one month prior to the event.

** For scholarship questions and information, please call Jamie Chang 387-9854 or email missjmechang@gmail.com.

Completed applications should be postmarked by May 3rd and mailed to Hubert Chang at: 744 20th Ave., Honolulu, HI

96816 or changp005@hawaii.rr.com

♠ For Annual Banquet reservations, please call Connie Mark at 455-5221 or Donna Chang at 537-4015 beginning April 27th.

Note Your Calendars!

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April is Qing Ming Month2014 Year of the Horse

The Qing Ming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, which

is on the 15th day from the Spring Equinox, typically falling on April 4, 5 or 6. During Qing Ming, now lasting the entire month of April, Chinese people visit their family graves to commemorate their ancestors through sweeping the tombs and sacrificing food and spirit money to them. They burn incense and perform a ritual offering, while at the same time clearing away plant overgrowth from the gravesite.

The 12th annual Hawaii Chinese Qing Ming celebration will be held on Monday, April 7th at 9:30 a.m. at the Manoa Chinese Cemetery.

The Wood Horse year is a time offast victories, unexpected adventure,and surprising romance. It is an

excellent year for travel, and the more far away and off the beaten path the better. Energy is high and production is rewarded. Decisive action, not procrastination, brings victory. But you have to act fast in a Horse year. If you are not 100% secure about a decision, then don’t do it. Events move so quickly in a Horse year that you don’t want to gallop off in the wrong direction.

If you are born in the Year of the Horse, it is believed that you have excellent communication skills and enjoy being in the limelight. In general,

it is suggested that you are cheerful, popular, talented and enjoy entertaining.

Good luck to all of you in the Year of the Wooden Horse!

In this NewsletterHee Hing Restaurant Closed for Renovations……………..1

2014-15 Scholarships Available Online….…………………1

Members Corner ……………………………………………..2

President’s Outgoing Message……..……………………….3

Voting Results and Installation Meeting…….………………3

Photo Album ………………………………………………….4

2014 Year of the Horse……...……………………………….4

April is Qing Ming Month ...…………………………………..5

Note Your Calendars ………………………………………...5

Jamie Chang5355 Papai StreetHonolulu Hawaii 96821

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