Denadolale’ Spring 2024
Please enjoy the latest edition of our shareholder newsletter: Denadolale’ Spring 2024
Please enjoy the latest edition of our shareholder newsletter: Denadolale’ Spring 2024
The Gana-A’Yoo Settlement Trust Board of Trustees approved the Gana-A’Yoo Settlement Trust (GST) distribution amount of $9.00 per unit (share), or $900.00 per 100 shares to those with a record date of April 5, 2024. This non-taxable distribution will be issued on Friday, May 17, 2024, by direct deposit or mail.
To receive a direct deposit, a completed direct deposit form must be on file or received by April 5, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. This is also the deadline for address updates. Shareholders are encouraged to update your stock wills if you have not done so recently. Forms are available in the Shareholder Portal.
For more information, please contact Gana-A’Yoo, Limited at 907-569-9599 or toll-free at 888-656-1606.
We are excited to announce that we are celebrating the growth of our corporation in the upcoming annual report. We invite you to share your perspective on “Growing Together” with us by submitting your viewpoint through photos.
What does Growing Together mean to you? Which pictures can you share with your community showing how knowledge is passed from generation to generation?
Please send all your high-resolution photos to [email protected] by March 2, 2024, for them to appear in the annual report.
Be entered into a drawing to win $100 by having a current direct deposit form on file by Monday, April 1, 2024, at 5 pm.
Direct deposit forms are available on your Shareholder Portal. For more information, please contact Gana-A’Yoo, Limited at 907-569-9599 or toll-free at 888-656-1606.
Voting Shareholders! Go Green for Gana-A’Yoo! Call today to opt-in to receive materials electronically! The final deadline to opt-in is Monday, April 1, 2024, at 5 pm.
• No paper needed, receive all mail electronically
• Save trees – trees are not needed to produce digital materials
• Help Gana-A’Yoo save money by reducing printing and mailing costs
Shareholders who have previously opted into electronic delivery with a valid email address are automatically entered to win. Shareholders have the option to revoke consent and receive a mailed copy of the annual report, proxy statement, and other information within 30 days.
There will be four $50 cash prize drawings for shareholders who have opted into electronic delivery by the deadline. Please contact Shareholder Records at 907-569-9599 or toll-free at 888-656-1606 to opt-in for electronic materials.
Gana-A’Yoo shareholders and descendants are invited and encouraged to attend a shareholder information meeting at Raven Landing Community Center in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Wednesday, March 13 from 5 to 7 pm. Join us for the opportunity to meet staff, update records, food, and prizes!
To make this meeting as useful to you as possible, please email your comments and questions for the Gana-A’Yoo Board of Directors in advance to: [email protected].
Can’t make it? We will also have a booth at the Doyon Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Friday, March 15, located at the Westmark Hotel.
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Are you interested in helping to share the future of shareholders and descendants? We’re on the lookout for passionate individuals to step into the role of Directors and be the driving force behind our collective success.
Application Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2024
How to Apply: Complete the Candidate and Director’s Questionnaire now! Find the form here or visit our Common Forms and Links page.
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!
Please make the time to recognize an outstanding Gana-A’Yoo shareholder and student for 2023! Nomination forms (due by Mar 1, 2024) are below and on the Forms and Links page.
Shareholder of the Year: a shareholder who models the Mission, Vision, and Values of Gana-A’Yoo. Shareholder of the Year Nomination Form
Student of the Year: recognizes a student, 7th grade – college, who models the mission, vision, and values of the Gana-A’Yoo Foundation. Nominees must be either a Gana-A’Yoo shareholder or a descendant of an original shareholder. Student of the Year Nomination Form
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.
1. Three-Year Term (Starting March 2024)
Current board members are Alexis Sheeder (2024), Kaitlyn Demoski (2025), and Shay Huntington McEwen (2026).
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
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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.
Gana-A’Yoo shareholders who have a valid stock will on file dated in the past 5 years by November 5th will be entered into two $500 drawings!
Find Stock Will and other commonly used forms here on the Forms and Links page.