PRESIDENTS MESSAGE JANUARY 2016

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE JANUARY 2016 The beginning of 2016 is always a great time to reflect on the things that went well and set some goals for ourselves this year. This past year we witnessed outstanding work of new volunteers. It is incredible to see the motivation of those that truly want to make a difference. We also tapped into the talents, creativeness and thinkers of our membership. With the genesis of our motto Culture, Community, Family, with the creation of the new fundraising ideas- recipe books, calendars, clothing items, and with new business partnerships for fundraising, we realize how these ideas start small and grow into something successful. This past month alone we had two outstanding events: the Applebee s breakfast and the Christmas party. Make sure you read the recap articles in this newsletter to reminisce or catch up on what you missed during those events. During Applebee s, Chris and I were able to reach out to the membership and hear some great ideas while serving up pancakes! It was definitely worth the 6:00am drive out from New Jersey. In 2016 we will make a better effort to reach out to our CCLI Family and hear your ideas. Again, there is no idea too small. With the Lunar New Year around the corner we are anticipating all the exciting activities in the coming months. We also wish to encourage new volunteers to participate in these activities, and to get their new views. We hope everyone had a joyful holiday season and a Happy New Year! Randy Yung and Chris Chiu, Co-Presidents SAVE THE DATE January 13 March 5 Program: Take Control of Your Health Care CCLI Chinese New Year Banquet 1

PROGRAM: TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH CARE January 13, 2016 By Howard Chung, MD Howard Chung s presentation will cover these topics: 11:00 AM at the Senior Club Meeting Patient Centered Care does not happen by accident. Our health care system is not designed around you! Patient Centered Care requires that you take control of your health care and this requires some effort on your part. Here s some tips on what YOU can do. Questions and Answers. Howard Chung is retired from a career in Internal Medicine. He graduated from Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY. At North Shore Long Island Jewish he continued hls training as an Intern and a Resident. A former board of director and physician for 35 years at the Queens Long Island Medical Group. Senior Club Meeting Wednesdays, Jan. 13th and Jan. 27th (10:30am - 2:30pm) Wednesdays, Feb. 10th and Feb. 24th (10:30am - 2:30pm) Dorothy Lee celebrated her birthday during our December 2nd senior meeting. Her daughter, Cynthia baked a nice cake in celebration. Elaine Chu celebrated her birthday at the December 16 th senior meeting. Happy Birthday, Dorothy and Elaine! We celebrated Christmas at our December 16th meeting with lots of food provided by our seniors. Our seniors played our traditional Christmas game of Finding the Item first in your bag with prizes provided to our winners by the Center. Warren Chew and Ted Ho played guitar as our seniors sang Christmas carols. Of course, our devoted MJ players continued playing their games throughout the morning and afternoon hours, stopping for a lunch break in between. Don t forget - at our next meeting on January 13th, special speaker, Howard Chung, will be talking about Taking Control of Your Healthcare, a very important topic. He will provide tips on what you can do to manage your medical needs through this complicated healthcare system. Mona Ng Elaine Chu Clockwise from top left: Jane-Steve,Jane Wong,Ann Chan,Elaine Chu,Warren Chew, Ted Ho. Dorothy Lee 2

HOLIDAY MARATHON MAH JONG PARTY ENJOYED BY ALL! Giving back to our members is a Center tradition and Wednesday, December 30 was no exception! Invited to play from 10 AM to 10 PM at the Center, over 80 members showed up to play MJ, socialize and to enjoy a catered lunch and dinner courtesy of the Center s Senior Club. Thank you members for your additional, generous and delicious food contributions! Over eleven tables of MJ were in action at all times. Most MJ players played about 10 hours! They almost never left their tables and two tables played past 10 PM! At the same time, karaoke was in full swing, the beading ladies were beading, and the rest socialized to their hearts content. Members brought their parents to enjoy the event as well. Every inch of the Center s space was used to maximum capacity! The Center was packed! Huge thanks to all our fantastic members of all ages who helped out throughout the entire event, before, during and after. Everyone set up and put away everything that was needed. There was a continuous consumption of food all day and night long! Perhaps this event will become another amazing Center tradition! Our volunteers are priceless! Kudos to Betty Leong, Helen Chin and Mona Ng for organizing the event, Danny Ng for helping out the karaoke singing stars, Pat Leung for supporting the beading ladies, Bob Wong, our official photographer and of course to all of our extraordinary members who are always so wonderful! A GRAND TIME WAS HAD BY ALL! -Helen Chin 3

APPLEBEE S FUNDRAISER BREAKFAST ON DEC. 13, 2015 On a beautiful spring-like day in the middle of December, CCLI held its second annual Flapjack Fundraiser at Applebee's in New Hyde Park. Close to 200 people, current members and their extended family and friends, attended the event. A hearty breakfast that included tasty pancakes, sausages and eggs was served up by CCLI volunteers that included our current co-presidents. All the while, pictures and videos of past CCLI events from 2015 were on display for all the guests to see. Then all the children in attendance were treated to a special surprise when Santa came to visit Applebee's and gave presents to all the children. After Santa's visit, Stephen Reckie from Real World Experts gave a short presentation on how his company can help college students with career preparation and coaching services to land internships and full-time jobs. The fundraiser event had something for everyone. Singing Christmas carols, winning raffle baskets and 50/50 also added to the fun and excitement of the event. Santa with some of the children that did their Chinese school homework. From left, servers Kaitlyn, Christopher & Timothy serving customers with a smile. From left, Chris, Jonathan, Katelin & Mei Chiu. From left, Ronnie Dart, Shirley Shing, Mona Ng, Cathy Dart. Patty Chow introduces Stephen Reckie of Real World Experts. Overall, our Daniella & Randy Yung manning Mona Ng (on left) promoting Applebee s manager Deborah Lyn (in pink) briefs volunteers on second annual the cash register. raffles and 50/50. dinning room & kitchen procedures. flapjack fundraiser was a very successful event offering a microcosm of culture, community and family, all on a beautiful Sunday morning. Edmund Louie, Event Coordinator 4

MAKING MERRY AT THE CENTER! The Center s holiday party held on Friday, December 11 was an evening of great attendance, entertainment, fun and dessert! Our CCLI family, new members and guests were warmly greeted. Mona Ng ran the 100 Club. Special guest singer Cornell Chan, Hong Kong s Elvis Presley entertained us well. Talented teen guest pianist played a lovely lyrical composition of Chinese music. Our in house guitar player Warren Chew not only played and sang for us but he also ran an amazing karaoke holiday singalong. Mona Ng, our party planner ran her famous scavenger hunt for adults and the children with almost everyone in the room winning a prize. The gift-wrapping contest was a blast! Three children enjoyed being wrapped in gift paper by members of their families. Since they were all so cute, all three children won prizes. The five-dollar grab bag gift table was a popular part of the evening and sure to be repeated next year. (on left) Guests enjoying Viennese Table desserts, &(on right) Helen Chin comes away with her grab-bag gift. Everyone loved sampling the Center s Viennese Table of desserts donated by our generous members! It was a great party as you can see by all the photos provided by Bob Wong, our in house photographer. Many thanks to everyone for coming and helping to make this evening one of our most enjoyable events of the year! Make sure you attend next year! Don t miss out! Helen Chin SHOP ON AMAZON.COM AND CCLI WILL GET A DONATION! Mona Ng s eager young helpers drawing the winning 100 Club numbers. Pianist Jared Li Cornell Chan Warren Chew (far left) leads a group of karaoke singers. (on left) Best gift-wrapped kid contest, &(on right) Scavenger hunt contestant rushes to submit her find. Just in time for holiday shopping season! Now, when you shop on Amazon.com, CCLI will receive a donation* to our organization. There is no cost to you. Shop as you normally would on Amazon. This works with your Amazon Prime membership as well. Here's how to do it: Go to http://smile.amazon.com/ch/11-6018303 OR 1. Go to www.smile.amazon.com 2. In the lower right hand corner, type in "Chinese Center on Long Island" as your charity in the search bar 3. Select Chinese Center on Long Island (it's the first one on the list that comes up) 4. That's it! Start shopping OR Look for the Amazon Smile link on our website - www.chinesecenter.org Every time you want to shop on Amazon.com, be sure to type smile.amazon.com into your browser. We thank you for your support! * 0.5% of your purchase total amount will be donated to CCLI. 5

100 CLUB DECEMBER DRAWING The following winning numbers were drawn at the December 11th Annual Holiday Party $10 Winners - # 97 Edmund Louie # 34 Kay Mei # 95 Ann Elizabeth Chan # 54 Stephen Polanci # 98 Chris & Mei Chiu # 32 Jones Wong $20 Winner # 70 Patty Chow $30 Winner # 25 Ted Chan $40 Winner # 10 Joe Bartoldus Congratulations to all our winners. Thank you to all our participants for supporting the center. Half of the proceeds go back to the Center for our various programs. The other half goes to our winners. Our next drawing will be at the Center's November Thanksgiving dinner. Mona Ng MEMORIAL PAGE FOR JAMES H. CHIN IN JOURNAL There will be a memorial page for James H. Chin in our Chinese Center New Year Journal. If you would like to pay tribute, please send check made out to Chinese Center on Long Island, and send to: Chinese Center on Long Island, 395 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead, NY 11552 ATTENTION: JOURNAL COMMITTEE. Checks must be received by January 29, 2016. Please write on check memo line: James H. Chin Memorial Page. MEMORIAL PAGE FOR DR. KIAN LING TIO IN JOURNAL There will be a memorial page for Dr. Kian Ling Tio in our Chinese Center New Year Journal. If you would like to pay tribute, please send check made out to Chinese Center on Long Island, and send to: Chinese Center on Long Island, 395 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead, NY 11552 ATTENTION: JOURNAL COMMITTEE. Checks must be received by January 29, 2016. Please write on check memo line: Dr. Kian Ling Tio Memorial Page. MEMORIAL PAGE FOR CATHERINE JUE IN JOURNAL There will be a memorial page for Catherine Jue in our Chinese Center New Year Journal. If you would like to pay tribute, please send check made out to Chinese Center on Long Island, and send to: Chinese Center on Long Island, 395 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead, NY 11552 ATTENTION: JOURNAL COMMITTEE. Checks must be received by January 29, 2016. Please write on check memo line: Catherine Jue Memorial Page. MEMORIAL PAGE FOR ALICE ENG YOUNG IN JOURNAL There will be a memorial page for Alice Eng Young in our Chinese Center New Year Journal. If you would like to pay tribute, please send check made out to Chinese Center on Long Island, and send to: Chinese Center on Long Island, 395 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead, NY 11552 ATTENTION: JOURNAL COMMITTEE. Checks must be received by January 29, 2016. Please write on check memo line: Alice Eng Young Memorial Page. 6

BALLROOM DANCE LESSONS AND SOCIAL DANCING Date: January 9 and 23, 2016 Fees: Social only- $3.00 per member February 6 and 27, 2016 -$4.00 per non-member Time: Class I - 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm Contact: Theresa Wing, (516) 333-0739 Class II - 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm or Veronica Yan, (516) 485-3929 Social Dancing - 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm What is New? 1. The 2015 Fall semester dance lessons will end on January 23, 2016, if you wish to continue taking lessons for 2016 Spring semester (from February to June 2016), you must register and pay in full, no later than January 23, 2016. The fees are still $150.00 per couple (please note that all dance students must be center members). If you are taking both classes, fees would be $235.00 per couple. These amounts cover 10 lessons over a period of 5 months, inclusive of refreshment and social dancing. 2. We are offering the following dances for the Spring Semester, subject to be changed: Class I (7:30) Viennese (Quick) Waltz Class II (8:30) International (Slow) Waltz 3. We welcome new students at this time. CCLI FAVORITE RECIPES COOKBOOKS FOR SALE CCLI FAVORITE RECIPES COOKBOOKS are on sale for $20. If you have reserved copies and didn't pick them up yet please let us know. There are a limited number of cookbooks left. If you want to purchase copies, they are available at the Center. Please email Janice Chew at uschews@optonline.net or Mona Ng at cclimng@yahoo.com Send Us Your Year of the Monkey Portrait Lunar Birthdays in the Year of the Monkey (1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016) Those born under the sign of the monkey are believed to be smart, quick-witted, frank, optimistic, ambitious and adventurous. Monkeys are masters of practical jokes, because they like playing most of the time. Your portrait could be here Some of our members born in the year of the Monkey. A sneak peak at the Lunar Birthdays article in the upcoming 2016 Souvenir Journal Are you born in the Year of the Monkey? Then send us your portrait to be included in the 2016 Souvenir Journal as shown above. The digital photo should be a high-resolution head and shoulders portrait. Email the jpeg file together with your full name to the Journal Committee at cclijournalss@aol.com. Deadline is January 30, 2016. 7

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CCLI JANUARY 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 6 7 Mah Jong 7PM 8 9 CCLI Toastmasters 10-11:30AM Ballroom Dancing 7:30 &8:30PM 10 11 12 13 Senior Club Meeting 10:30AM Take Control of Your Health Care 11:00 AM Mah Jong 7PM 14 15 16 School Closed 17 18 19 20 21 Mah Jong 7PM 22 23 Ballroom Dancing 7:30 &8:30PM 24 25 26 27 Senior Club Meeting 10:30AM Mah Jong 7PM 28 29 30 CCLI Toastmasters 10-11:30AM 31 All activities are held at the Chinese Center on Long Island, 395 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead unless otherwise noted All dates and times are subject to change. IMPORTANT: IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER, Call 516-483-7770 for cancellation information 12

CCLI FEBRUARY 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ballroom Dancing 7:30 & 8:30PM 7 8 9 10 Senior Club 9:30AM 11 Mah Jong 7:00 PM 12 13 CCLI Toastmasters 10-11:30 AM 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Mah Jong 7:00 PM 21 22 24 Senior Club 9:30AM 25 Mah Jong 7:00 PM 26 27 CCLI Toastmasters 10-11:30 AM Ballroom Dancing 7:30 & 8:30PM 28 29 All activities are held at the Chinese Center on Long Island, 395 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead unless otherwise noted. All dates and times are subject to change. IMPORTANT: IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER, call 516-483-7770 for cancellation information 13