We had a healthy turnout on Tuesday for the Veterans’ Day event out at Barber’s Point. In total, there were around two dozen Rotarians from four clubs in the District, with our contingent being the largest, I think. Thanks to all of those from our Club who joined the festivities: Carolann Biederman, Greg Lui-Kwan, Nancy Lui-Kwan, Rick Tabor, Michelle Dolan, Lee LaBrash, Rich Proctor and Nancy Youngren. After the ceremony, food and entertainment, we were given a tour of the US VETS facilities, including the kauhale “tiny homes” of Kama'oku Kalaeloa that they manage. In addition to the celebration of veterans, Lee and I also had a wonderful opportunity to visit with Bob Robinson and Susan Robinson, where we got a tour of their lovely apartment at The Ivy in Hawaii Kai and spent time hearing (among other things) about the time they spent exploring English canals with Alice Tucker.
Many of you may already be familiar with the weekly show “Inspire You and Me” that our Director of Communications Jessica Lani Rich hosts and produces. For those of you not familiar with this uplifting show, you will have a special reason to watch tomorrow evening’s presentation, as it will be an interview with yours truly, discussing what the Rotary Club of Honolulu is and does in the community. It is a great opportunity for us to get our Club in front of those who might join us or benefit from our service work. There may also be a musical surprise in store, but you’ll have to watch to see it. Details are given below.
Coming up, we have a RAT Pack project tomorrow (Saturday) at Palama Settlement to prepare and paint the metal railings throughout the property. There is still time to sign up or just come out and join us. Lunch will be provided, as well as many opportunities to socialize with fellow Club members and a number of students that will be joining us from HPU. Among others, I see that Paul Saito and his wife Sybil will be there to help with this signature project for our Club. Finally, on Tuesday, our District 5000 Governor Nancy Cabral will be joining us to discuss many of the ways in which the District and Rotary International supports the work of all Rotary Clubs in Hawaii and how we can contribute to the work done throughout the District. It looks like we already have a healthy group signed up for lunch including Nancy Pace, Carol Sakata, Bob Borek, Nancy White and Dawn Marie. If you haven’t already, please do sign up to join us. I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at Palama Settlement and on Tuesday at the Pacific Club.
The Rotary Club of Honolulu has done a lot of Rat Pack work at Palama Settlement throughout the years, so this project is a continuation of what we have been doing for them.
The scope of this project is to paint all, or most, of the metal railings that surround the buildings.
Rotary Club of Honolulu President Brian Dunkel is a guest on the statewide “Inspire You & Me” TV show, Saturday November 15 at 9:35 p.m. on KFVE Hawai’i News Now. Brian is interviewed by Rotary Club member and TV Host Jessica Lani Rich. Brian also shares his wonderful talent and entertains us by singing the Star-Spangled Banner.
Aloha and Mahalo, Jessica Lani Rich
FAMILY PROGRAMS OF HAWAII
As many of our members may recall, we gathered gift cards and monetary donations for children at the Family Programs of Hawaii.
Kanu Hawaii is updating our statewide volunteer platform to better support disaster response & recovery efforts beginning with O'ahu. We’re inviting nonprofit and government partners throughout the City & County of Honolulu to join a short 30 min webinar where we’ll:
Share the new disaster relief features on the Kanu Volunteer Platform
Gather your feedback and ideas to make it even more useful for your organization
Update you on Volunteer Month 2026 & joining Mālama Hawaiʻi (free access to visitors)
This is supported by the City & County through a preparedness grant-in-aid.
Webinar: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 Time: 11:30a-12p OR 3:30p-4p (we're doing it twice, you choose one) RSVP Here:Eventbrite RSVP Link
Mahalo for all you do to serve our community — we hope you’ll join us in this important effort to strengthen Hawaiʻi’s resilience together.
Mālama,
Keone
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Keone Kealoha
Executive Director
Kanu Hawaiʻi www.KanuHawaii.org (808) 206-8446 x11 Office
(808) 634-8174 Text / Mobile
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