Gana-A’Yoo Shareholders and Descendants:

The Spring 2024 full time and part time general scholarship application is live! Please visit ganaayoo.awardships.org to apply. The deadline is Jan. 1, 2024.

Also, don’t forget that Gana-A’Yoo Foundation offers four (4) travel and expense scholarships to attend Alaska Works Partnership free training events. Applications are accepted year-round!

For more information and questions call 907.569.9599 or email [email protected].

The Gana-A’Yoo Foundation Board of Directors has one open position for individuals passionate about supporting fellow shareholders and helping our Foundation grow.
 

Available Positions:

1. Three-Year Term (Starting March 2024)

 
Current board members are Alexis Sheeder (2024), Kaitlyn Demoski (2025), and Shay Huntington McEwen (2026).
 

How to Apply:

• Send your resume and a letter of intent via fax to 907-569-9699 or email to [email protected].

• Deadline: March 1, 2024

Board members must be 18 years of age or older to qualify. Please note that under federal laws governing private foundations, family members of Gana-A’Yoo Foundation board members are not eligible to receive a Foundation scholarship during their term on the board. Current scholarship recipients are also not eligible to serve on the board.

For any queries or additional information, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected].

Thank you for your interest in becoming a part of our mission-driven board!

Thank you to the 262 shareholders who have updated their stock wills in the last five years! Congratulations to the $500 winners, Emily Ann Worel and Adrianne Marie Wyble!

The next stock will drawing will be on May 5, 2024, so be sure to continue submitting valid stock wills!

The Stock Will form can be found: Here

Please join us! The Gana-A’Yoo team is hosting a Shareholder/Descendant Open House at our Anchorage office on Thursday, October 19 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm.  Come for the tour of our new office space, to spend time with fellow shareholders/descendants, and to get to know your Gana-A’Yoo team. There are cash door prizes and lunch will be provided!

If you can’t make it but would still like to participate, we would love to display your themed photo (and/or message) in a special slideshow that will play during our two-hour event on the first day of the 2023 AFN Convention!

Because the theme of this year’s Convention is “Our Way of Life” (honoring Alaska Natives’ traditional practices), our photo slideshow also follows that theme. Show how proud you are of your subsistence traditions by sending in your favorite photo representing our treasured traditional ways of life – if you’d like to add a note for an Open House attendee to see, send that to us too! We are excited to hear from you: What does “Our Ways of Life” means to you?

If you’d like to showcase your photo and a message, please send them directly to [email protected]. Please submit: 1. as many of your subsistence-themed photos as you’d like, 2. the photographer’s name, 3. brief photo description (location, etc), 4. and (optional) any message you’d like to share with our Open House attendees! Thank you so much for considering this request!

Office address: 3900 C Street, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK, United States, 99503

Please enjoy the latest edition of our shareholder newsletter: Denadolale’ Fall 2023

Gana-A’Yoo Foundation is offering four (4) travel and expense scholarships to attend Alaska Works Partnership free training events at various locations throughout the state for multiple trades! Click here to open an information flyer or find it the Gana-A’Yoo Foundation webpage.

Visit the Alaska Works website, Alaskaworks.org, and explore the variety of training events and locations across Alaska. Contact us at [email protected] or 907-569-9599 for more information.

Meet Hailee Tanner! She is a Gana-A’Yoo scholarship recipient and current student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks pursuing a bachelor’s degree in biology with the goal of becoming a dermatologist. Click here to watch Hailee’s video interview.    – Interview by Laura Ekada

Reminder: General scholarship applications are due on August 15, 2023. Please visit ganaayoo.awardspring.com to apply and contact [email protected] with any questions. Visit the Gana-A’Yoo Foundation webpage to learn more.

Attention Gana-A’Yoo Shareholders and Descendants! Reminder! Fall scholarship deadlines are fast approaching:

–  Competitive applications are due Tuesday, August 1.
–  General applications are due Tuesday, August 15.

 
Applications for career and technical education are accepted year round.

 
To learn more visit the Foundation page on your Shareholder Portal at ganaayoo.com.  For questions, please email [email protected] or call the corporate office at 907-569-9599.

Enjoy the latest edition of our shareholder newsletter: Denadolale’ Summer 2023