Tradewind Newsletter - December 13, 2024 (Dec. 14, 2024)

A MESSAGE FROM

PRESIDENT TOM COYNE

Aloha and Happy Holidays,

Welcome new member Jason Ebe, we are looking forward to your contribution to service projects in our Club.

The Rotary Club of Honolulu Holiday Party is coming up soon. Please register as soon as possible before we hit our 70-person limit.

Best regards,

Tom Coyne

President

The Rotary Club of Honolulu

WELCOME RCOH'S NEWEST MEMBER

JASON EBE

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Honolulu, Jason!

Jason is not new to Rotary. He was a member of the Phoenix, AZ 100 Club for many years!

We are excited that Jason has chosen to join our Club!

Stay tuned to know more about Jason, in a future edition of our Tradewind Newsletter!

2025 RYLA is just around the corner! Let your Youth know about the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp!

DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 20, 2024

More information HERE for all Islands

Questions for Oahu RYLA: Email HERE

CALLING ALL YOUTH

Time for the Statewide

YXC VIDEO CONTEST

The Youth Xchange Statewide Student Video Competition is a premier statewide event open to all students—elementary, middle/intermediate, high school, and college. This competition empowers youth to create, produce, and promote awareness of critical community issues through video content, bringing these important topics to the forefront.

Holomua: Innovating for a Better Future

This year’s theme Holomua: Innovating for a Better Future emphasizes the fusion of tradition and technology, inspiring Hawaiʻi’s youth to harness technical innovations to tackle community challenges and build a sustainable future. It empowers students to be voices for change while celebrating the powerful synergy between cultural wisdom and cutting-edge technology.

The Rotary Club of Honolulu is proud and honored to once again sponsor the CREATING PEACE category! Click the links below to register and for more information about the upcoming video contest!

Register here: https://olelo.org/yxc2025/contest/

YXC 2025: Contest - Olelo Community Media

Mental Health Initiatives Rotary Action Group Meeting will be on December 27th @ 5PM.

The link is on our District 5000 website as well as lots of other awesome updates and news.

Please join us as we discuss this last calendar year and plan for 2025. Some of the topics will include...

* Check-ins: How are we doing during this holiday season?

* Accomplishments in 2024

* Future meeting times and dates

* Possible board members

* Goals for 2025

Mahalo for caring about mental health!

Aloha and Mahalo, Kathleen

Chair, D5000 MHI RAG

www.ragonmentalhealth.org

2024.12.23 RCOH HOLIDAY LUNCH PARTY
Pacific Club
Dec. 23, 2024 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

2025.01.07 Hybrid Lunch Mtg - Scott Jung
Pacific Club
Jan. 07, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

2025.01.07 RCOH Board of Directors Meeting
Pacific Club
Jan. 07, 2025 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

2024.01.14 Hybrid Lunch Mtg - Carla Houser
Inspiration Hawaii Museum
Jan. 14, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

2024.01.28 Hybrid Lunch Meeting
Pacific Club
Jan. 28, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

2025.02.04 Hybrid Lunch Mtg - Dr. Kim-Anh Nguyen
Pacific Club
Feb. 04, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

View entire list

Volunteers -

Dec. 23, 2024

Greeters - Nancy Grekin & Reese Liggett

Pledge - Julia Allen

Music -

Inspiration -

Volunteers -

Jan. 07, 2024

Greeters - Rich Proctor & Jason Ebe

Pledge - Jason Ebe

Music - Lucci Pinoliad

Inspiration - Lucci Pinoliad

WEEKLY MEETING SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

Thank you, members, for helping to fill in the pukas on our weekly schedules! Greeters, Pledge and Music Leaders, Inspiration Givers ... YOU are appreciated!

If you would like to help, watch for the signup sheet!

Member Birthdays

Marsha Bohnett

December 5

Travis Saito

December 6

Martha German

December 8

Harry Chiu

December 12

Nancy White

December 21

Join Date

Bub Wo

December 3, 1985

39 years

Kerri Van Duyne

December 3, 2013

11 years

Erik Soderholm

December 6, 1983

41 years

Mitch Weld

December 8, 2009

15 years

Jason Ebe

December 10, 1997

27 years

Ananda Ferreira

December 11, 2018

6 years

Rick Tabor

December 18, 2018

6 years

Terri Leon

December 19, 2017

7 years

Keane Akao

December 31, 2020

4 years

SERVICE ABOVE SELF

If you have a project you'd like to present, please complete the Project Recommendation Form and email to our Director of Community Services, Nancy HERE.

Do you have a speaker recommendation? If so, please complete the Speaker Recommendation Form and send it to RCOH Administrator, Lee HERE. She will submit all forms to the Speaker Committee.

Happy Holidays!

District 5000 (Hawaii) offers really robust training and leadership development programs that are open to all Rotarians who want to improve their Rotary knowledge or engage in professional development.

All are welcome to attend these Zoom meetings. Webinar recordings are on the D5000 Webinar Recording page . CLICK HERE. Saturday Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94810456899

Jan 6, Monday, 7-8pm. Alakaʻi Forum for Club Learning Facilitators. Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/93862501700

Jan 11, Saturday, 9-10am. President-Elect Learning Session sponsored by Southwest PETS Education Team. Rotary International Staff presenting on Rotary Brand and Logos. Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4567479711?pwd=R0ZYYUZ4S0FpYVhvK2ZqMlhZMkllQT09

Jan 25, Saturday, 9am to Noon. Pre-PETS for all PEs and in-coming AGs.

Feb 1, Saturday, 9-10am. Welcome to Rotary for Prospects and New Members to learn the basics about what Rotary is all about. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94810456899

Reminders:
 Annual club meeting held before Dec 31 to elect 2025-2026 board and have Club financial report.
 District Grant Qualification forms due Jan 31 to grants@rotaryd5000.org
 Input incoming board names into ClubRunner by Jan 31

The District Conference will be at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu May 30 to June 1, 2025. Registration fee increases on January 1. For info, go to:

https://rotaryd5000.org/sitepage/district-conference-2025-ala-moana/

The Rotary Convention in Calgary, Canada will be June 21-25, 2025. For information, go to
https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/. Registration fees increase on Dec 16th

Monthly District Committees: (Check the District website for more info and Zoom links)
First Tues, 5:30pm Presidents-Elect
Third Tues, 5:30pm– Membership Chairs
Fourth Mon, 5:30pm- Youth Service
Last Fri, 5pm- Mental Health Initiative

Your District Learning Facilitators

Benson Medina

Naomi Masuno