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PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE FEBRUARY 2017

Happy Chinese New Year, Gung Hey Fat Choy, 新年快乐! I hope everyone has enjoyed spending time with

your friends and family. This is what it is all about, celebrating and starting off the new year with your loved ones. 2017 is the year of the Fire Rooster, - the 10th animal sign in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. People born in the year of the Rooster are known to be very observant, hardworking, resourceful, courageous, talented and very confident. Once Chinese New Year arrives, the busy season for the lion troupe and dance performers also begins. Every year we average over 15 performances at various venues across Long Island and New York City. Our groups perform at restaurants, weddings, nursing homes, TV stations, schools, Boys and Girls Scouts and even the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The goal of these performances is to educate the audience about the Chinese Culture. Please support our kids by coming out to watch their performances. They do a tremendous job representing the Chinese Center on Long Island. Our performers spend tireless hours and energy practicing to ensure that when the curtains go up they are ready. If you are interested in helping out, or interested in joining any of the many activities we have, please come by and see Randy, any board member or myself, as we always need volunteers. We want to thank all our members who support the Center in the many activities we have to offer. Let’s continue to move the Center forward! Wishing everyone a healthy, wealthy and happy New Year! Chris Chiu and Randy Yung, Co-presidents cclicchiu@hotmail.com, ccli.randy@gmail.com

SENIOR MEETING:

SAVE THE DATE

February 3, 2017 Deadline for submittal of Journal family & business ads

February 17, 2017 Deadline to reserve seats at CCLI Chinese New Year Gala

March 18, 2017 CCLI Chinese New Year Gala

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“DIABETES” PRESENTATION AND ART CONTEST JUDGING ON JAN. 25, 2017

Wednesdays, February 8th and 22nd (10:30am - 2:30pm)

Wednesdays, March 8th and 22nd (10:30am - 2:30pm)

Patricia Santiago, our January presenter from the American Diabetes

Association (ADA), is a certified

registered nurse with over 20 years of

experience. She and Rachal Staiano,

an intern with ADA studying nutrition at

Adelphi University, gave a presentation

on diabetes and nutrition at our January

senior meeting.

Patricia first gave the audience a

diabetes risk test to fill out to see if we

were at risk for Type 2 diabetes. She

also explained how the body breaks

down food into glucose and insulin then

moves the blood into your cells. In a

person with diabetes, there is a

problem with the insulin. Patricia

described the warning signs of diabetes

and how you can manage diabetes by

checking your A1C, blood pressure and

cholesterol, through a proper diet,

physical activity and taking the proper medication. Patricia demonstrated

some simple chair exercises we can do at work or at home. There was a

good discussion about how rice is a staple in the Asian diet but we should

only include a small amount in our meal. Rachal and Patricia described

dividing a 9-inch plate into 3 sections. The largest section should contain nonstarchy vegetables, the two smaller

sections should contain starchy foods such as rice or noodles with the other section containing protein foods

such as fish, chicken or eggs. The informative presentation ended with many questions during the Q & A session.

After our presentation, our seniors celebrated the Chinese New Year with all types of home cooked New Year

food cooked by our seniors such as Prosperity Cakes (Fa Goh), Nian Goh, vegetarian dishes, Long life noodles

and more. Thank you to our seniors for contributing so many fantastic dishes!

Our seniors helped out with our annual art contest by being our judges for our 3 age groups. It was a tough job

as our children submitted such wonderful drawings. Thank you to Elaine Chu, Warren Chew, Lily Lee, Emma

Don and Betty Leong for being our judges!

The senior group wants to wish all our members a healthy, happy and prosperous Year of the Rooster. May all

your wishes come true!

Mona Ng

Patricia Santiago, on left, discusses American Diabetes

Assn. literature handouts.

Patricia Santiago, on right, with co-presenter Rachal

Staiano, fielding questions from the audience.

From left, Mona Ng, Jack Kott, Betty Leong,

Rachal Staiano, Patricia Santiago.

Art Contest judges, from left, Elaine Chu, Warren

Chew, Lily Lee, Emma Don, Betty Leong.

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CHINESE NEW YEAR PERFORMANCES

Our kids and alumni dancers and lion troupe were so busy in

January. These pictures were taken from performances at the

Oceanside Library, the Maple Pointe Assisted Living facility and

at the Holiday Inn in Setauket which was shown on the WPIX 11

morning news. These pictures don't even include the

performances at Long Island restaurants. Thank you to all our

kids / alumni and parents for taking time out of their busy

schedules (sometimes leaving their house at 5am) to do these

performances and keeping our culture alive and thriving in front

of the community!!

Mona Ng

MEMORIAL PAGE FOR JOSEPH ENG IN JOURNAL 2017

There will be a memorial page for Joseph Eng in our Chinese Center New Year Journal. Joe served as president from 1979 to 1980. If you would like to pay tribute, please send a 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 February 11, 2017. Please write on check memo line: Joseph Eng Memorial Page.

MEMORIAL PAGE FOR CHAN LAM IN JOURNAL 2017

There will be a memorial page for Chan Lam in our Chinese Center New Year Journal. Chan, together with his

wife Monica were active participants in many Center activities. If you would like to pay tribute, please send a

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 February 11, 2017. Please write on check memo line: Chan Lam Memorial Page.

Maple Pointe at Rockville Centre Assisted Living

Oceanside Library

Holiday Inn in Setauket

Maple Pointe at Rockville Centre Assisted Living

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BALLROOM DANCE LESSONS AND SOCIAL DANCING

Date: February 25, 2017 only. March 4, 11 and 25, 2017 (to make up the missing lesson in February, we have 3 lessons in March, and the year of the Rooster Banquet is on March 18, we will be dancing every Saturday in March!) Time: Class I – 7:30 PM to 8:30PM – Hustle Class II - 8:30PM to 9:30 PM – Quick Step Social Dancing & refreshment – 9:30PM to 11:30 PM Fees: If you have not yet paid the tuition for the Spring semester, please pay at the 2/25/17 dance lessons, for the Spring Semester (February to June, 2017), inclusive of refreshment and social dancing, $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. $6.00 per member couple joining social dancing only, and $8.00 per non-member couple. Should you have any questions, please feel free to call Theresa Wing at (516) 333-0739 or Veronica Yan at (516) 485-3929. You may also send e-mail messages to Theresa Wing, wing62@verizon.net.

CCLI FEBRUARY 2017

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All activities are held at the Chinese Center on Long Island, 395 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead – unless otherwise noted

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CCLI MARCH 2017

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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

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Email: CCLIBanquet@gmail.com www.chinesecenter.org

Good Fortune Restaurant

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Chinese Center on Long Island, Inc. Chinese New Year Gala

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