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JustJazz!
(A Semi-Professional Jazz Competition)
A Benefit Event for Hawaii's Troops organized by USO Hawaii
Neal Blaisdell Center
Saturday, November 20, 2010 6:00 - 9:30 P.M.
Competition Guidelines
Open to residents of the State of Hawaii.
Competition open to both solo and group acts.
Contestant stage performance: 10 minutes.
8-10 Applicants will be selected as Contestants.
Application Deadline: September 30, 2010
Applications must be mailed with Demo Tape, most recent Bio, and
$50.00 Registration Fee Payable to:
USO Hawaii, 300 Rodgers Blvd #48, Honolulu, HI 96819
Demo tapes will be mailed back to applicants.
For PayPal Registration Payment please contact:
William Johnson, wjohnson@uso.org or call (808) 836 3351
WINNING COMPETITION CRITERIA
Stage Presence/ Audience Appeal/Technical Expertise/Overall Impact
For Online Application please click below:
http://affiliates.uso.org/hawaii/default.cfm?contentid=1255
For Additional Information please contact:
Eva Laird Smith (808) 422 1213
elsmith@uso.org
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!!!
Online Donations Are Accepted Through The Following Links:
www.uso.org/donatehawaii
or
www.uso.org/donate/custom.aspx?id=2004&
BECOME A USO VOLUNTEER!
Volunteer with us at:
USO Honolulu Airport Center, USO Hickam AFB AMC Terminal, Marine Corps Base
Hawaii Thrift Store and Special Events around the island.
Click on: "Support Your Local USO" for More Information
VOLUNTEER SCHEDULER NEEDED!
USO HAWAII is currently looking for a Volunteer Scheduler who will coordinate, manage, confirm, and maintain the Volunteer Roster at USO Hawaii Honolulu International Airport.
We have a fast-paced environment that provides support and volunteer assistance to our military and their families at the Honolulu Airport (Monday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to 12 midnight.)
You will work collaboratively with the USO Center Manager in ensuring all operating hours are manned and accomplished efficiently by our Volunteers.
This Volunteer Position may be implemented off-site, needs a highly organized planner with office/computer operating skills and professional phone etiquette.
Contact: wjohnson@uso.org
USO Backpack & School Supply Give Away
Back to School 2010!
Volunteers smile as kids enjoy their school supplies, snacks, and gifts!
Picking out books after a small snack at USO's Backpack and School Supply give away!
Families lining up for backpacks on July 25, 2010 at Hickam Officers Club.
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR LUNCHEON FOR SPOUSES OF ACTIVE DUTY
Laura Scruggs, spouse of Joint Base Captain Scruggs, Deborah Kitchens, wife of Joint Base Commander Richard Kitchens, Eva Laird Smith, USO director, Ombudsman and event coordinator, Lindsay Hearne, Guest of Honor Mrs. Donna Willard, spouse of Pacific Commander, Admiral Robert Willard, Mildred Courtney, Director, Military & Government Affairs, Outrigger Resorts and Hotels, and Robin Gray, spouse of Joint Base Command Master Chief Earl Gray (L-R).
Joint Base spouses enjoying a nice lunch at Waikiki's Lau Yee Chai restaurant last June 12th, as a way of honoring them as active duty spouses of sailors. The ladies won raffle prizes, received various goodie bags and give aways from the Navy Exchange, etc.with a grant prize raffle of an overnight stay at the Outrigger Hotels & Resorts. K.I.D.S. kiddie books, brand new children's shoes were also provided for the families, as well as Sesame Street DVDs through USO programs.
GRANTS WATCH
Pearl Harbor Officer's Wives' Club Charity Association
USO Hawaii was recently awarded a $1,000 grant for morale and assistance programs by the Pearl Harbor Officer's Wives' Club Charity Association.
Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor
Officers of the Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor donated $1,000 to USO Hawaii during their monthly meeting at the Oahu Club Club.
Friends of Hawaii, Inc.
Awarded USO Hawaii with a $5,000 grant through their recent Sony Open Golf Tournament fundraiser early this year. More than 85 USO Hawaii volunteers assisted in the entire PGA tournament in Honolulu.
Hickam Officers Spouses Club
A $1,000 grant award from the Hickam Officers Spouses Club will be used for various morale and support programs, especially for its Deploying, Redeploying Support Program.
Aloha United Way
In May this year, the Aloha United Way confirmed its pledged donation designations for USO Hawaii, as well as its share as a Legacy Partner Agency beginning January 1 to December 31, 2010.
Total AUW 2010 Distribution amount: $20, 320.
Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii Awards USO Hawaii with $5,000 at Military Appreciation Month Celebration
The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii hosted the 25th Anniversary of Hawaii Military Appreciation Month with an evening of Aloha at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel last April 29. Every year, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii dedicates the month of May as a tribute to our military heroes and their families.
The evening's guests included all service branch command and officers, government officials, corporate businesses and the general community in paying tribute to our brave men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Members of the Chamber led by Al Landon, Chairman & CEO of Bank of Hawaii, Lee Webber, President & Publisher, The Honolulu Advertiser, Richard Anderson, VP & General Manager, Technology Solutions & Services, BAE Systems, and Chatt Wright, President, Hawaii Pacific University presented USO Hawaii with a check donation of $5,000 that evening.
USO officers led by Karl Kiyokawa, Chair of the USO Advisory Council, Kyle Brockett, Chair-Elect, and Eva Laird Smith, USO Hawaii director accepted the presentation award on behalf of the organization. This generous gift donation from the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii and its corporate members affirms USO Hawaii's commitment to our troops and their families.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT FROM HAWAII'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
The Queen's Medical Center recently donated $5,000 to the Gala Tribute event, through Sharlene K. Tsuda, Vice President for Community Development.
This donation will be fully utilized by USO Hawaii to enhance its service and morale programs for our military and their families throughout 2010.
A big Mahalo for this community support from The Queen's Medical Center.
USO Hawaii Continues to Receive Help from Local Military Affiliated Organizations
Every bit of help counts! Two nonprofit organizations with military affiliation extended help to USO Hawaii with a community grant of $1,000 each.
Boutiki (a nonprofit gift shop within Pearl Harbor) operated by military spouses and volunteers gifted USO Hawaii with a $1,000 grant to help our nonprofit organization deliver more effective programs services to our military and their families. Every year, Boutiki awards many community-based organizations serving our military here in Hawaii with funding assistance.
This marks the first year that USO Hawaii submitted a grant request to them.
The Kaneohe Officers' Spouses Club is set to award several community-based nonprofit organizations with funding assistance for specific program implementation. In May this year, USO Hawaii will be awarded $1,000 by the KOSC towards USO's Deployment Redeployment Service Programs (DRSP) as well as its Operation Enduring Care (OEC) for Wounded Warriors.
2010 World Leadership Conference
The USO Leadership Conference 2010 (April 19-23) brought together stateside and overseas directors, managers, and USO Arlington leadership together for one productive week in Washington DC.
USO Hawaii's William Johnson, Elaine Ota and Eva Laird Smith with General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff at the April 21 dinner hosted by USO Arlington for leadership conference participants.
Among the two hundred thirty participants were USO representatives from Germany and Italy who bonded with USO Hawaii director Eva Laird Smith, and Hickam Air Force Base center manager Elaine Ota.
William Johnson, center manager, Honolulu International Airport also attended the week-long conference. The entire USO Pacific Region was represented by its overseas country directors and operations and programs managers from Okinawa, Japan, Korea, Guam and Hawaii led by Tom Kolstad, VP-Pacific Operations.
USO COUNCIL MEMBER DONATES $10,000 FOR AIRPORT CENTER UPGRADE
USO Hawaii Council Member Richard Stelk with USO Hawaii director Eva Laird Smith
and Tom Kolstad, USO Regional VP-Pacific
Richard Stelk, a retired Chevron executive and current member of the USO Hawaii Advisory Council, recently donated $10,000 towards facilities upgrade at the Honolulu International Airport, where USO Hawaii maintains a center.
Stelk's individual gift enables refurbishment of the USO center facilities such as new food counters, functional cabinets, and a newly designed reception desk.
In November 2009, the center marked its reopening with enhanced facilities upgrades. New leather recliners, round tables with matching leather chairs, a computer terminal, and Wi-Fi alcoves allow deploying troops and family members transiting through the airport with internet connectivity.
Last year, USO Hawaii provided over 64,000 troops and families with services and amenities of a home away from home. Rick Stelk's generous gift completes the second phase of facilities upgrade this year.
Rick Stelk splits his time as an active board member and volunteer at both USO Hawaii and USO Palm Springs, California.
Rick Stelk, USO Hawaii staff William Johnson and Eva Laird Smith with visiting USO Pacific team members Debbie Kolstad, Yuko and James Embry (L-R)
Is your spouse deployed?
Have you or your spouse returned from deployment within the past 12 months?
If so, you can enter the
Contest Sponored by:
Drawings held on a monthly basis.
Click on the link below for details and entry form:
http://affiliates.uso.org/hawaii/default.cfm?contentid=557
Please click below for more photos:
http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/Gala_slideshow.pdf
MORE USO PHOTO SLIDESHOWS:
2010
Month of the Military Child Egg Hunt: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/2010_MoMC.pdf
Month of the Military Child "Dude, find the Food" Schofield Barracks: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/4.10_MoMC_Dude_find_the_food.pdf
Unit Support for 3-25 CAB Egg Hunt: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/3.10_3rdBN_25CAB_Egg_Hunt.pdf
Elaine Ota, Hickam USO Center Manager, receives recognition: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/3.10_E.Ota_recognition_award.pdf
USO Hawaii Volunteer Appreciation Dinner: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/2010_Volunteer_Salute.pdf
2009
Deployments and Homecomings: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/2009_DRSP.pdf
USO participates in Honolulu City Lights Parade: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/12.5.09_Honolulu_City_Lights_Parade.pdf
Sesame Street Live Schofield Barracks: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/12.09Sesame_Stree_ Live_Schofield_Barracks.pdf
Sesame Street Live Kaneohe MCBH: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/12.09Sesame_Street_Live_Kaneohe_MCBH.pdf
Sesame Street Live Hickam AFB: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/12.09Sesame_Street_Live_Hickam_AFB.pdf
USO Unit support for 1st BN 3rd Marines Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Hawaii: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/1st_BN_3rd_Marines_Mess_Night_Nov_2009.pdf
Lee Ann Womack "A Tropic Homecoming" Concert at Schofield Barracks: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/2009_USO_Entertainment_LeeAnn_Womack_at_ Schofield Barracks.pdf
Craft Connections with families of deployed members at AMR Community Center: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/2009_Craft_Connections_with_ACS_AMR_community_center.pdf
Read for the Record at Hale Kula Elementary School: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/10.09_Read_for_the_Record.pdf
1st Annual Hooter's Golf Tournament: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/10.09_Hooters_Golf_Tournament.pdf
USO Military Appreciation Day at the Honolulu Zoo: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/2009_Military_Appreciation_Day_at_the_Honolulu_Zoo_D._Cho.pdf
Pro Bowlers visit Wounded Warrior Detachment, MCBH: http://www.uso.org/Hawaii/files/2.09_OEC_ProBowl_Players_at_WWD.pdf
Mahalo to the generosity of our community sponsors and supporters.
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